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Lodging Service Associate (German and English speaking)

Are you passionate about travel?

Do you want to be in a high pace, high energy workplace bent on revolutionizing the industry?

Are you looking for a new challenge in an exciting environment that offers the agility of a start-up but with the resources of a multinational? We make it easy to find and book the perfect vacation rental for any getaway, often for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations.

The Lodging Service Associate position at Expedia Group offers this for you as we continue to build a culture of extraordinary service. Our front-line teams provide exceptional service and experience to all our customers. On the rare occasion they are not able to fully resolve all issues, the Resolution team will take ownership of the customer case, working with hosts and guests, within our VR policies & processes, to find a workable resolution to customer issues.

We welcome new ideas, opinions, and pitches which we can test & learn in a trusted working environment. We communicate directly, share feedback at all levels, engaging with our customers and internal stakeholders.

What you’ll do:

• Outbound phone and email handling of queries raised via social media, internal or executive escalations, Legal team, and external stakeholders

• Prompt acknowledgment to all parties of case ownership and resolution owner

• Perform root cause analysis to understand why issues not fully resolved on first contact

• Understand our groups policies, processes, and operational norms as part of resolution discovery

• Retain customer loyalty through problem solving, fully accountable for customer resolution in timely manner

• Provide coaching feedback to front-line teams on case learnings, to reduce future case escalation

• Identify any policy, process, or help-support article gaps, raising internal tickets for appropriate team to investigate as part of continuous improvement and contact-propensity reduction

• Markets: supporting our customers, hosts, or guests

Who you are:

• Communication: Exceptional business verbal, written, questioning, and listening skills in both English and German language (essential)

• Experience: Background in Customer Support and case resolution 

• Motivation: Highly motivated, passionate, with ability to build strong rapport with our customers 

• Analytical: Attention to detail and ability to interpret information, making sound recommendations  

• IT:High standard of computer literacy is essential, experience with CRM systems(considered a plus) 

• Openness: Growth mindset, open to new ideas, embrace feedback

• Relationship building: Ability to build effective relationships with internal stakeholders (essential) 

• Professionalism and teamwork:People-oriented andgoodinterpersonal skills to build effective relationships. Maintain calmness under pressure with the ability to empathize and identify with our mission, purpose, and values

• Problem solver:  Ability to quickly understand the problem and develop creative and workable solutions 

• Task orientation:Able to plan well andprioritize work. Balancing the need to engage in a positive customer relationship and deliver in line with personal and team KPIs (strong) 

• Embrace change:Willing to understand and work with newly added features/tasks, given that as a Tech company we are constantly working on developing new products or perfecting existing ones(strong)

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About Expedia Group

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.

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