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ELENA NAJM

ELENA NAJM

Dubai,UAE

Summary

Customer-oriented Quality Specialist with strong history of leading high-performance teams to meet or exceed objectives. Dedicated and hardworking with internal drive to deliver excellence. Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organization skills.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Lead Quality Specialist

Qatar Airways, Europe
Wroclaw, Poland
2022.06 - 2024.01
  • Monitored compliance and assisted with adherence to ISO standards and internal quality metrics.
  • Investigated quality issues to identify root causes and raise appropriate corrective action.
  • Conducted staff appraisals and evaluations, fostering continuous improvement and development.
  • Defined quality targets and monitored agents' performance and KPIs to improve call handling.
  • Collaborated with team leaders to meet performance and productivity targets.
  • Handled English, Russian, Polish, and Spanish investigations.

Achievements:

  • Identified error trends and determined appropriate training needs, suggested modifications to policies and procedures.
  • Member of Global Calibration.

Bilingual Customer Services Representative

Qatar Airways, Europe
Wroclaw, Poland
2021.03 - 2022.05
  • Assisted customers with varying questions using product knowledge and service expertise.
  • Handled customer complaints, providing appropriate solutions to guarantee positive outcomes.
  • Maintained customer happiness with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing needs and resolving concerns.
  • Resolved customer issues effectively, using strong interpersonal skills and conflict resolution techniques.

Achievements:

  • Coaching new joiners, introducing them to daily proceedings in the company, as well as providing coaching sessions and guidelines to mid - level experienced agents for specific KPIs

Guest Services

Holiday Inn Resort KANDOOMA
, Maldives
2015.07 - 2016.10
  • Provided warm, positive customer care from arrival to departure, encouraging return visits and repeat spending.
  • Updated systems with booking information to reflect accurate, current availability.
  • Maintained excellent product and service knowledge to offer helpful customer guidance.
  • Delivered first class customer care through polite, professional service.
  • Enrolling guests into the Privilege Club program
  • Handled customer complaints, providing appropriate solutions to guarantee positive outcomes.

Achievements:

  • Consistently achieved service rating targets, managing customer enquiries with personalized care and attention.
  • Departmental trainer of the FO, therefore training all new receptionists
  • Highest up seller of the department Q4 2015, Q2 2016, Q3 2016
  • Highest privilege club enroller of the department Q1, Q2 and Q3 2016
  • Best employee of the month January and April 2016

Guest Service Manager

Radisson Blu
Wroclaw, Poland
2014.03 - 2014.12
  • Monitored and analyzed daily front desk activity to guarantee ongoing compliance with performance and brand standards.
  • Adhered to company policies and brand standards to support outstanding guest experiences.
  • Uses suggestive selling techniques to sell room nights, increase occupancy and revenue.
  • Handled guest complaints to protect brand reputation.
  • Supervise daily shift process ensuring all team members adhere to standard operating procedures.
  • Build strong relationships and liaise with all other departments, especially housekeeping, reservations etc
  • Takes responsibility in the absence of the front office manager.

Achievements:

  • Increase the number of guests enrolled into the Club Carlson program.
  • To have the highest number of up selling among the front office team.
  • Best employer in the front office team for 3 months in a row. excursions..
  • Best employer in the front office team for 3 months in a row

Activities Co - Ordinator

Crowne Plaza Resort
Salalah, Oman
2012.11 - 2013.12
  • Tailored activities to participants needs and abilities, prioritizing group activities that brought individuals together.
  • Produced weekly activity program, communicating social schedule to all guests.
  • Supervise and guide the team to ensure optimum sales techniques are used for the purpose of maximizing revenue.
  • Member of the Green Engage Team of the hotel and DTC (Departmental Training Coordinator) of the recreation department.

Achievements:

  • Create the leisure desk and kids club which is mandatory in Crowne Plaza Resorts brand standards.
  • Create and organize leisure activities program (on - site and off - site activities)
  • Assist the recreation manager in setting budgets/P&L and supervising the recreation team
  • In charge of the recreation department in the absence of the recreation manager

Interpreter (English, Spanish, Russian, German)

International Trade Fair for Glass Production
Dusseldorf, Germany
2012.10 - 2012.10

Sport entertainer

Radisson Blu Resort
Malta
2012.07 - 2012.09

Children Animator

Estival Park
La Pineda, Spain
2012.06 - 2012.07

Chief Animator

Crowne Plaza
Salalah, Oman
2011.11 - 2012.04
  • Created and organized the animation program in hotel

Assistant leisure team leader

Cala Viñas
Mallorca, Spain
2011.05 - 2011.10

Leisure time animator

Crowne Plaza
Salalah, Oman
2010.11 - 2011.04

Sports Animator

Almyros Natura Hotel
Corfu, Greece
2010.08 - 2010.10

Chief Executive Assistant

IPF - Iniciativas de Proyectos de Formacion
Malaga, Spain
2008.07 - 2008.09
  • Supervise foreign tourists' groups from Italy and Portugal
  • Translate documents for IPF in Polish, Russian and Spanish
  • Coordinate with various business partners in Poland, Russia and Ukraine

Speaker and editor of TV program

Local television "Telka"
Wroclaw, Poland
2007.02 - 2007.07

Education

Master of Interculture Communication - Journalism and Public Relations

University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw / Poland
2008.09 - 2010.06

Erasmus - Sokrates - Journalism

Universidad San Jorge
Zaragoza / Spain
2007.09 - 2008.02

Bachelor in Journalism and public relations - Journalism and Social Communication

Higher School of Management “Edukacja"
Wroclaw
2005.09 - 2008.06

Skills

  • Multilingual
  • Exceptional interpersonal communication
  • Complaint resolution
  • Adherence to high customer service standards
  • Effective problem solver
  • Exceptional telephone etiquette
  • Compliance understanding
  • Customer-focused
  • Product knowledge
  • Call center operations
  • Guest loyalty programs
  • Cross-departmental collaboration
  • VIP guest management
  • Computer skills: Amadeus GDS, Opera, Microsoft office, Micros

Languages

Polish
Native
English
Fluent
Spanish
Advanced
Russian
Fluent

Recommendations

Joao Romana - Head of Customer Care Management 

"I had the pleasure to have managed Elena as lead quality agent in Qatar airways. She's a dedicated, knowledgeable and hard working person who helped me to develop and change, in a positive way, the Quality department in Qatar airways Europe. I could trust her with complicated tasks and analysis because I knew she was talented and mature to handle it. I recommend Elena for any position in Quality and above".

Hobbies

Travelling, photography, diving, body surfing, extreme sports, psychology

Timeline

Lead Quality Specialist

Qatar Airways, Europe
2022.06 - 2024.01

Bilingual Customer Services Representative

Qatar Airways, Europe
2021.03 - 2022.05

Guest Services

Holiday Inn Resort KANDOOMA
2015.07 - 2016.10

Guest Service Manager

Radisson Blu
2014.03 - 2014.12

Activities Co - Ordinator

Crowne Plaza Resort
2012.11 - 2013.12

Interpreter (English, Spanish, Russian, German)

International Trade Fair for Glass Production
2012.10 - 2012.10

Sport entertainer

Radisson Blu Resort
2012.07 - 2012.09

Children Animator

Estival Park
2012.06 - 2012.07

Chief Animator

Crowne Plaza
2011.11 - 2012.04

Assistant leisure team leader

Cala Viñas
2011.05 - 2011.10

Leisure time animator

Crowne Plaza
2010.11 - 2011.04

Sports Animator

Almyros Natura Hotel
2010.08 - 2010.10

Master of Interculture Communication - Journalism and Public Relations

University of Wroclaw
2008.09 - 2010.06

Chief Executive Assistant

IPF - Iniciativas de Proyectos de Formacion
2008.07 - 2008.09

Erasmus - Sokrates - Journalism

Universidad San Jorge
2007.09 - 2008.02

Speaker and editor of TV program

Local television "Telka"
2007.02 - 2007.07

Bachelor in Journalism and public relations - Journalism and Social Communication

Higher School of Management “Edukacja"
2005.09 - 2008.06
ELENA NAJM