Team Leader (Singapore Travel & Lifestyle) ID-6866

January 13, 2025

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At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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How will you make an impact in this role?

Customer Interaction

Establish relationships with premium customers and deliver VoCM and Sales & Revenue targets.
Evaluate customers’ complaints and ensure that they are dealt with expeditiously and satisfactorily, reporting service failures to source and making recommendations to prevent recurrence.
Ensure compliance to company policies and procedures accurately in order to meet the MAS requirements.

Colleagues (Staff Management and Development)

Lead, motivate and supervise a team of over 15 direct reports to ensure that all customers contacts are answered promptly, of consistent quality, and in accordance with stipulated performance standards.
Conduct team huddles, 1:1 meetings and performance reviews with direct reports. Share recommendations and motivate individual contributors to become top performers.
Coach Consultants on their daily tasks with emphasis on customer contact center processes and systems, and achievement of individual and departmental KPIs.
Identify training and development needs of consultants to bridge competency gaps.
Continuously enhance Consultants’ understanding and knowledge of travel and luxury products.
Encourage and guide Consultants to achieve higher performance standards, and whenever necessary, enforce staff discipline to ensure proper conduct and outstanding customer service.

Stakeholder Internal (Teamwork and Co-operation)

Work closely with cross-functional teams and leaders across many levels of management to deliver positive outcomes.
Collaborate with marketing to enhance the competitiveness of the product and deliveries to maximize customer satisfaction.
Collaborate with Colleague Experience Group to manage change effectively, to recruit and retain employees.
Assume additional responsibilities and projects at the request of leadership team when needed to support the business.

Qualifications

Minimum of 1 year of experience in the travel industry managing booking platforms (e.g., Sabre 360) and/or concierge service industry, leading a team of over 15 direct reports.
Strong background in coaching, counseling, and motivating customer service teams in a Customer Contact Centre environment.
Excellent team player focused on achieving individual and team goals.
A good level of knowledge or expertise in the area of premium travel and luxury products.
Exhibits exceptional communication and problem-solving skills.
Works with cross-functional teams and leaders across many levels of management.
Successfully works in a fast-paced environment and able to multi-task and coordinate ongoing projects, plans, and people development.
Exemplifies excellent work ethic and can be trusted to work with autonomy.
Proven leadership experience, good emotional intelligence, and a strong commitment to people development.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

Competitive base salaries.
Bonus incentives.
Support for financial well-being and retirement.
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location).
Flexible working model with hybrid or onsite arrangements depending on role and business need.
Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location).
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location).
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program.
Career development and training opportunities.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.