Lounge Services Manager - Jeddah

About the Role

Qatar Airways is proud to introduce its first-ever premium lounge in King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, setting a new benchmark for luxury, hospitality, and world-class customer experience. We are seeking an exceptional Lounge Services Manager to lead this exciting new operation and play a pivotal role in bringing our award-winning service standards to life.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the guest experience from the ground up, lead a passionate team, and represent one of the world's most prestigious airlines in a flagship environment designed to redefine airport hospitality. As a premier ambassador for Qatar Airways, you will meet, greet and attend to our passengers' needs throughout their lounge visit, ensuring a seamless and world-class travel experience. If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for service excellence and a commitment to delivering unforgettable customer experiences, we invite you to be part of this landmark achievement.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing all specific features related to the Jeddah lounge operations. Responsibilities involve full management front-of-house operation and the delivery of a variety of food and beverage services within the lounge. You will also oversee daily reporting and administrative activities, including quality assurance and HACCP auditing, while managing service providers and coordinating closely with Qatar Airways Ground Services and airport authorities. Maintain customer service levels and sales through regular reviews of customer preferences in order to ensure that the unit provides quality product and service to its customers.

Accountabilities

• Take overall responsibility for entire lounge operations. Manage and ensure work output that meets the agreed standard of quantity, quality, cost and time frame to maintain financial viability within the Lounge. Ensure that the daily functioning of the lounge is carried out as assigned by the management.

• Coordinating necessary activities to ensure efficient and risk free operation with all areas of the Lounge.

• Ensuring Efficient and effective communication between team members throughout the Lounge operations including internal and external bodies where necessary, ensuring that customers do not face any service related issues.

• Effective communication with external and internal stakeholders is maintained, including being accountable for management of outsourced services such as cleaning and maintenance of the lounges.

• Provide solutions to service related issues and problems faced by staff within the lounge, ensuring that they are addressed to higher management and resolved with quick turn-around times when necessary.

• Provide all lounge services; manage accounts, financial, contractual obligations and day to day communication within the lounge, ensuring that service provided by respective parties are within Service Level Agreements between the two companies.

• Liaise with local airport authorities and arrange periodic consultation with them in order to discuss issues and enhance assistance or support from respective authorities.

• Prepare the annual business plans and operating within the budgets, ensuring that adequate funding provisions are made for all activities with the area of responsibility.

• Propose cost efficient initiatives to the Senior Manager Lounges in order to sustain expense levels and improve revenue opportunities, and suggest value added initiatives so that passengers can benefit from services without compromising QR quality and standards.

• Act as a premier ambassador for Qatar Airways, meeting, greeting and attending to passengers' needs throughout their lounge experience, ensuring the highest standards of customer service and hospitality.

• Oversee daily reporting, administrative activities, quality assurance processes and HACCP audits to ensure compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.

• Coordinate closely with Qatar Airways Ground Services, airport authorities and other key stakeholders to ensure seamless day-to-day lounge operations.

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