Sr Delivery Specialist (French Speaker)

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Job Summary

Job Description

The Delivery Specialist will be responsible for onboarding new agency customers, providing training, and technical support during their migration phase. The role involves supporting large conversion projects in Europe and Africa, leading the onboarding of new agencies with low to medium complexity, and supporting scoping studies. The specialist will also support all activities to help customers meet their target plans, create playbooks and training materials, and plan customer training. They will also provide floorwalking support, complete conversion evaluations, maintain relationships with customers' operations and IT, and manage operational issue resolution. They will be expected to define metrics, manage customer perception, and manage system integration and beta test activity. The role requires strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Must have:
  • Proven experience in travel industry and E2E workflow knowledge.
  • General understanding of travel industry infrastructure and technology.
  • Good knowledge of the Sabre GDS (or other GDSs).
  • Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
  • Proficiency in creating and delivering formal training programs.
  • Functional and technical experience in customer facing functions.
  • Proven knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Visio.
  • Fluent in French and English, both written and verbal.
Good to have:
  • API knowledge is a plus.

Job Details

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel. 

Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.

Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.

General description:

A Delivery Specialist is responsible for the Onboarding of new agency customers and performs training and technical support during their migration phase.  

Responsibilities

  • Supports large conversion projects in Europe and Africa.

  • Leads the onboarding of new agencies with low to medium complex setup needs.

  • Supports scoping studies and scope revalidations.

  • Supports all activities and task that will lead the customer to meet their target plan.

  • Adopts all standards and processes specified in the playbooks for delivery from configuration to installation and testing and integration of all required products.

  • Supports creation of new playbooks and training material.

  • Plans the customer training with the client. Schedule training with Sabre’s trainers or conduct the training class (virtual or onsite). 

  • Floorwalking: Provide support to agents during first days after go-live either virtually or onsite until client is running as BAU.

  • Completes conversion evaluations. 

  • Maintains a very close working relationship with customer’s Operations & IT counterparts.

  • Seeks and obtains information about Customers’ technology project portfolio and priorities including but not limited to regular engagements on workflow optimization, automation needs, revenue diversification, etc.

  • Manages operational issue resolution.

  • Defines metrics to measure Sabre’s product performance and influences teams within Sabre to ensure that Sabre product performs above parity.

  • Manages customer perception by focusing the customer on the benefits of using and adopting Sabre technology.

  • Manages customer’s Sabre product system integration and beta test activity and identify critical path items and key risks to stakeholders.

  • Facilitates customer’s escalation path to promote visibility and subsequent resolution of customer’s operational challenges.

  • Manages an assigned customer portfolio.

Qualifications:

  • Proven experience in travel industry, including E2E workflow & common operations knowledge. API knowledge is a plus.

  • General understanding of Travel Industry infrastructure, technology direction, architecture and relationship between suppliers, developers and subscribers.

  • Good knowledge of the Sabre GDS (other GDSs considered as a plus).

  • Ability to connect with a variety of audiences at all levels within and outside Sabre.

  • Strong verbal communication and listening skills internal and external.

  • Creative individual with strong analytical and solution-oriented skills.

  • Proficiency in creating and delivering formal training programs and presentations.

  • Functional and technical experience on customer facing functions primarily focused on technical troubleshooting and/or system support and/or analysis.

  • Proven knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Visio.

  • General understanding and usability of computers and networks.

  • Team player with experience of working with different cultures in a global environment.

Other Information:

  • Languages: French and English - fluent both written and verbal

  • Travel required 25% of the time

  • Location: Athens

We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as your application progresses. Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role will proceed in the selection process.

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About The Company

We are Sabre Corp's Global Capability Centre in India.


Sabre is a leading software and technology company that powers the global travel industry. With decades of revolutionary firsts, our team of experts drive innovation and ingenuity across the travel ecosystem. Building on our rich history, we aim to be the premier global technology platform in travel. We are on a mission to create a new marketplace for personalized travel.


Sabre is pronounced Say-ber.


Sabre Bengaluru has been certified a 'Great Place to Work' in 2021, 2009 and 2016.

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