Bilingual Service and Sales Agent - Hme Based (Vancuver) Lking fr a great place t wrk? A place where an award-winning culture means empwerment, teamwrk and a passin fr what yu d? Then think WestJet. It's a great place t land. WestJet is an rganizatin recgnized by its delivery f a remarkable guest experience resulting in us achieving ver $3B in sales. In rder fr ur best-in-class airline t be this successful, we require the skills and talents f prfessinals like yu t ensure ur nging grwth. In an industry that is dminated by legacy cmpetitrs, yu have the pprtunity t build yur career with an rganizatin driven by prgressive strategies, leadership and practices. If yu are lking t break ut f the status qu by jining a cmpany with a strng grwth plan, which cnsistently ranks as ne f the mst prfitable airlines in the wrld, and which has a visin t be a tp five internatinal airline, WestJet is the place fr yu! Psting Open Date: 08/20/2018 Psting Clse Date: 10/08/2018 (Please nte the psting will clse at 11:59pm) Intrducing WestJet's new wrld! We are Team WestJet. We are caring at ur cre. We are a glbal airline. WestJet is n a jurney tward becming a glbal airline a missin t bring Canadians t the wrld, and the wrld t Canada. We are taking the first steps alng this jurney, transitining frm a successful lw-cst carrier t a glbal, full-service netwrk carrier with the delivery f ur first Being 787-900 Dreamliner aircraft in January 2019. We are lking fr great peple t jin ur Service and Sales Agent team! Yur Stry: Yu have been tld that yu are great with peple, yu lve helping thers and, d s genuinely. Yur ideal envirnment is interacting with thers frm the cmfrt f yur wn hme (maybe in yur pajamas, we wn t tell!). Yu are a natural cmmunicatr that will wrk t slve the issues f thers and, can multitask using cmplex cmputer systems and dn t shy away frm learning new technlgy.
The Rle(s) Overview: WestJet's Service and Sales Agents are respnsible fr creating a remarkable experience fr ur guests thrugh ne-n-ne telephne cntact t arrange air travel n WestJet flights, and prvide infrmatin fr guests with varying needs. Yu are ften the first pint f cntact fr ur guests and play an essential and crucial rle as a WestJet brand ambassadr. We want t make sure ur guests enjy their call with yu, therefre, yu are there t educate and help ur Guests, while creating the experience ur Guests have cme t knw and lve abut WestJet! WestJet is lking fr talent fr the fllwing Service and Sales Agent psitin: Bilingual Shift Wrk - Our Cntact Centre peratins are 24/7/365 days a year and will require yu t be flexible and available t wrk early mrnings, evenings, vernights, weekends, and hlidays. Full-Time (40 hurs per week) - 5 wrking days (8.5 hur shifts) with 2 days ff. Respnsibilities: Bk air travel fr internal and external guests, answer questins and prvide general infrmatin abut travel with WestJet. Prvide pst bking supprt, such as changing and cancelling reservatins, using ur reservatin system. Effectively research and make decisins based n the infrmatin yu have available t yu, while balancing the needs f the guest with the needs f the business. Adhc prjects as assigned. Qualificatins: High Schl diplma Must be able t cmmunicate with an advanced level f written and spken English and an additinal language frm the fllwing list: Japanese Cantnese Mandarin Krean Spanish French Punjabi Hindi Italian
Prtuguese Tagalg A cmbinatin f tw years experience in a sales envirnment and/r custmer service related capacity Exceptinal guest service skills and effective verbal and written cmmunicatin skills. Yu are smart, independent, self-mtivated, empathetic, slutins fcused, and passinate abut supprting ur guests. A prven track recrd f punctuality and reliability. Demnstrated strng cmputer skills with a minimum typing speed f 40 wrds per minute. Intermediate t advanced prficiency with cmputers and experience wrking within a Windws-based envirnment, including Micrsft Wrd, Excel, Outlk and instant messaging Experience using the SabreSnic Reservatin System is an asset Ability t sit fr lng perids f time and handle high call vlumes Organizatinal fit fr WestJet culture, supprting ur Missin, Visin and Values What are sme f the perks? Owners Perfrmance Award (OPA) Annually we review hw we as WestJetters have perfrmed ver the year. On ur Birthday in February we have a celebratin and can earn additinal mney as an Owner s Perfrmance Award (OPA)! Emplyee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) After successful cmpletin f a 90-day perid, emplyees are eligible t participate in ur ESPP, where yu can jin 90% f ur rganizatin in becming a WestJet Owner. Emplyees are eligible t purchase up t 20% f their base salary in WestJet shares and WestJet will match this amunt dllar fr dllar. There is a 1-year vesting perid after which the emplyee is able t cash ut their shares and the WestJet matched cntributin, as they vest. Prfit Sharing WestJet cmmits t sharing its prfits with emplyee wners twice per year in May and Nvember. Yur prfit share amunt can als be rlled int WestJet shares, matched 100% by WestJet, if yu haven t already maximized yur 20% participatin with pay perid deductins. Travel Privileges WestJet Flight Privileges - begin within 10 days frm yur start date. Yu are able t fly anywhere WJ flies n an unlimited basis & at a small fee plus taxes. This applies t yu, yur travel cmpanin, any children (up t 25 years ld if they re enrlled in schl and up t 21 years ld if they are nt) and 2 parents.
The cst paid by emplyees is $2.50 plus taxes, fees and surcharges, rughly $50-60 return fr Canadian destinatins and $80-100 fr destinatins utside f Canada. The csts are the same fr yu and yur spuse/travel cmpanin and dependent children, and slightly mre fr yur parents. Yu will receive 10 Buddy Passes annually (prrated) after 180 days f emplyment, t hand ut fr discunted travel t friends and/r family as yu decide. Emplyees/Travel Cmpanin/Dependent Children are able t purchase up t 8 ne-way cnfirmed seats in each calendar year at 50% ff the lwest available fare at time f bking. Additinal reduced travel rates are available with Interline travel partners, including flight, htel, car and ther travel-related agencies. Flexible Benefit Plan We ffer a Flexible Benefit Plan fr full time emplyees which qualify them fr basic benefits cverage, after successful cmpletin 90 days, with the ptin t purchase upgraded cverage. Includes life, health, dental, shrt-term and lng-term disability with WestJet paying fr the majrity f the cverage. Yu are eligible after yu have successfully cmpleted yur first three mnths at WestJet. Other imprtant infrmatin: All cntact centre psitins require 8 weeks (in ffice) training at the YVR training facility. All cmputer hardware required fr the rle will be prvided. Our psitins are in-hme rles and we require ur agents t have the fllwing envirnment fr their hme ffice t be successful: High speed internet and phne line (hardwired 25 Mbps dwnlad and 2.5 Mbps uplad); Safe, secure and distractin free rm with an ergnmic set-up enabling yu t sit fr lng perids f time. Yur hme must be wired t prvide a separate phne line fr wrk purpses. Yur hme must be lcated in an area that established brad-band internet prviders are able t service. Yu must be lcated within 1 hur distance cmmute f the Vancuver Internatinal Airprt 2100-5000 Miller Rad, Richmnd BC V7B 1K6 WestJet is Canada's mst preferred airline, perating ver ne hundred aircraft t destinatins in Nrth America, Central America, the Caribbean and Eurpe. We are recgnized as a Tp Emplyer in Canada and ur mre than 10,000 emplyees wrk hard t ensure we maintain ur psitin as ne f Canada's mst respected crprate cultures. With the launch f WestJet Encre, we will cntinue ur steady grwth by ffering flights and jbs t mre cities in Canada.
We wuld like t thank all applicants in advance fr their interest in WestJet. We believe in enriching the lives f everyne in WestJet's wrld and encurage applicatins frm all qualified individuals. Our nging effrts tward evlving ttal diversity will cntinue t be the way we d business every day. As wners, we believe in celebrating everyne s unique skills, perspectives and experiences. WestJet is cmmitted t inclusiveness, equity and accessibility. We encurage all qualified candidates t apply. If yu inspire greater creativity and innvatin twards reaching new altitudes and meet the qualificatins fr the psitin in which yu are interested, we welcme yu t cmplete an nline applicatin. WestJet is a great place t land - pwered by Talent and Grwth. At WestJet, the safety and security f ur peple and ur guests is a cre value and at the heart f what we d. As safety and security is a shared respnsibility, it is expected that yu will utilize safe wrk practices t ensure yur well-being and the safety f thers. Apply t this jb nw...