Coordinator, Guest Care Training & Quality
About this role
Job Purpose
The ideal candidate for this multi-faceted role will possess prior training experience and excellent verbal communication skills. In addition to leading by example, they will serve as a resource to elevate our entire team by leading new hire and ongoing training as well as creating and maintaining training courses.
Location: This role will be remote.
Duties & Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of this job include, but are not limited to:
- Identify opportunities for and create knowledge articles and internal email templates as needed
- Regularly complete quality assurance assessments for internal Guest Care Coordinators and Social Care specialists and provide feedback/reporting to our internal leadership
- Host and lead quality assurance assessment meetings and partner with vendor’s leadership team
- Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure training resources are consistently up to date
- Create new hire training (internal and partnership), including organizing materials, leading internal classroom sessions and partner uptraining sessions, and facilitating sit-by sessions and mock calls as needed
- Collect feedback from internal Guest Care team and BPO leadership to identify ongoing training needs and team-wide development opportunities
- Lead ongoing and new skill training sessions to all internal and partnership teams
- Assist with Guest Care production (ezCater, social care, phone calls, emails, and chats) during low training volume periods as needed
- Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the Guest experience path and all applicable lines of business (bakery-cafe operations, the MyPanera program, Subscription Program, Rapid Pick-Up, Gift Cards, Catering, Delivery, Social Care and ezCater)
- Create and maintain new hire and ongoing digital training courses
- Provide feedback to improve Guest experience and efficiency within internal and partnership teams
- Communicate process changes and upcoming promotions to internal and partnership teams on a regular basis
- Work with managers, training and knowledge & QA to understand communication strategy for various initiatives and promotions on weekly basis
- Train and certify partnering vendors as needed
- Prepare for, participate in, and/or lead any meetings as necessary
- May be assigned other duties as determined by supervisor
Objectives:
- Champion a culture of Knowledge Centered Service
- Collaborate with manager, training, knowledge, & QA to ensure all new hires are trained according to established guidelines and timelines
- Challenge team to continuously elevate our knowledge and training procedures
- Ensure that Guest Care is always knowledgeable on new initiatives and changes that will impact the guest
Qualifications (Education & Experience)
Qualifications include:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a professional, poised presence in cross-functional meetings.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust their communication for the audience at hand and identify when information is proprietary or not “public-facing”
- Proficient with Microsoft Windows: Outlook, Word, and Excel; Web Browsers such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Salesforce Service Cloud. Experience with Learning Management Systems software a plus
- Comfortable with technology and the ability to learn new procedures and programs quickly
- Ability to work both independently and as a team player in a dynamic group
- Ability to adapt to varied workload and learn new skills in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
- Experience in guest relations, learning and development, training or restaurant/ retail a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Marketing, or related fields a plus but not required
Working Conditions
- Required travel – Approximately once per quarter to St. Louis Support Center for team meetings
Physical Requirements
- While performing this job, the incumbent is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear & use hands and fingers to operate keyboards
- Regular schedule is 8:00AM-4:30PM Monday through Friday but flexibility is required in order to accommodate new hire’s needs.
Direct Reports
- N/A
The actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and geographical location. Individual compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
Saint Louis Support CenterCompany at a glance
Our first bakery-cafe opened in 1987, founded with a secret sourdough starter and the belief that the best part of bread is sharing it. That vision led to the invention of the Fast Casual category with Panera at the forefront, centered around our delicious menu of chef-curated recipes that are crafted with care by our team members. We make food that we are proud to serve our own families, from crave-worthy soups, salads and sandwiches to mac & cheese and sweets. Each recipe is filled with ingredients we feel good about and none of those we don't because we are committed to serving our guests food that feels good in the moment and long after. While our company is now more than 2,200 bakery-cafes strong, our values and belief in the lasting power of a great meal remain as strong as ever. Nothing beats breaking bread together.
We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families. Our menu, crafted by chefs and bakers, features classic, comforting dishes, each with an intriguing twist.
We’re also focused on improving quality and convenience. With investments in technology and operations, we offer omni-channel access to your Panera favorites – like mobile ordering, catering, and Rapid Pick-Up® for to-go orders, Curbside pick-up and delivery – all designed to make things easier for our guests.
Today, Panera operates as both Panera Bread® or Saint Louis Bread Co St. Louis Bread Company in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. To find a location in your area, click here.
Panera Bread is privately held by JAB Holding Company. Panera Bread is part of Panera Brands, one of the largest fast casual restaurant platforms in the U.S., comprised of Panera Bread®, Caribou Coffee® and Einstein Bros.® Bagels.
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