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** Customer Experience Manager - Airports - 25905**
Location: CHICAGO, IL, United States
Posting Start Date: May 11, 2021
Posting End Date: May 18, 2021
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**Description**
**Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.** At Air Canada, safety and our customers are at the centre of everything we do. Its our promise to fly every mile in their shoes, and to treat every traveler with care and class.
Our ambition is to become a top ten global airline in everything we do, and our employees play an important role in getting us there. Our Skytrax 2019 Best Airline in North America award, voted on by our customersthe eighth time weve received this recognition in the last nine yearshighlights our commitment to the highest level of service. It is a testament to the strong engagement of Air Canada's 32,000 diverse and vibrant employees, which is essential to delivering excellent service to the 48 million customers we carry each year.
We have been named one of Canadas top 100 employers for the sixth consecutive year, recognized for our work environment, support and engagement programs, and generous benefits offered to our employees and their families. When we win, we win together as one Air Canada. As our national carrier we #FlytheFlag proudly, bringing a little Canada to the world, wherever we go; come fly it with us!
As a Customer Experience Manager Airports, you will play an important leadership role in our ambition to be a top ten global airline. Your priority will be to ensure the airline safely delivers on and exceeds our customers expectations of their Air Canada experience. By creating a safe, positive, and accountable environment, your dedication to customer service excellence and glowing hearted hospitality will allow you to anticipate and deliver on our customers needs, while providing proactive and empathetic leadership to our team.
Your deliverables will include:
* Responsible for all areas of regulatory, finance and safety, ensuring that all Air Canadas Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are adhered to for the Western Tier 3 stations (both Above the Wing & Below the Wing staff);
* Co-ordinates operational activities with contracted Ground Handlers at these stations;
* Responsible for individual performance management, identification of developmental needs and management of under-performance by coaching and counselling third parties;
* Representing our brand and company vision for customer service excellence;
* Understanding our internal and external customers by anticipating needs and delivering on promises;
* Caring for our customers in difficult situations;
* Building and nurturing trusting relationships. Fostering employee development by empowering, coaching and supporting our team to be their very best,
* Embodying and modelling our Air Canada Flight Path, behavior:
- Treating customers and employees with care & class;
- Demonstrating to employees how we are building a top ten global airline and how to create customer loyalty, daily;
- Ensuring all Air Canada family members provide glowing-hearted hospitality at all customer touchpoints;
- Understanding, following and promoting Air Canadas safety first, always culture & ensuring a safe environment for our customers and colleagues.
**Qualifications**
The skills & abilities required to be a leader in this exciting, dynamic environment, are:
* Effective Decision Making;
* Strong interpersonal skills (organizational, team oriented & focused);
* Entrepreneurial & self-managed abilities;
* A minimum of two years previous Customer Service management experience;
* A genuine passion for creating and leading a global top ten Airline customer and employee experience;
* Ability to develop trust and rapport;
* An entrepreneurial, energetic and tenacious attitude;
* Ability to work flexible schedules;
* Ability to adapt to new technology and to share that knowledge;
* Must be eligible to obtain necessary credentials and clearances including FAA, TSA, Port Authority, U.S. Customs Seals and U.S. Postal
**Linguistic Requirements**
Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.
**Diversity and Inclusion** Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees unique contributions to our companys success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.
**Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.**