Manager - Regional Airport Customer Service (St. Louis)

Frontier Careers • St Louis, MO

4h

About The Position

Based in a Frontier station with a number of daily operations, the Regional Manager of Airport Customer Service is responsible for delivering outstanding and safe operational performance, customer service, and financial performance in a number of Frontier airport locations. The Regional Manager of Airport Customer Service is the primary Frontier representative to both the airport and business partner for the stations within their region. In addition to daily operations, this position oversees seasonal and new station openings and seasonal closures of stations. The Regional Manager of Airport Customer Service reports directly to the Director and has regular / daily interaction with Frontier officers and directors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years prior passenger airline experience in a leadership role
• Previous City Manager experience
• Must have a high level of initiative, strong team building skills, excellent communication skills, the ability to teach others leadership techniques and a complete understanding of station management responsibilities.
• Must have a desire to serve others and travel flexibility.
• Must be self-motivated, a good listener, innovative, and a coach.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, concurrent projects and priorities
• Ability to effectively manage and justify station budgets
• Ability to demonstrate superior instructional and facilitation skills
• Ability to manage and mentor business partners in an effort to make the customer service experience uniform across the system.
• Skill in interpersonal communications, leadership, delegation, collaboration, critical-thinking, and problem solving
• Knowledge and understanding of Federal Aviation Administration Regulations, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Transportation, Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as any other regulatory entities
• Frequent (up to 75%)

Responsibilities

• Safety – Be a champion for safety through accountability, awareness and communication. Ensure that all employees, direct and business partner, understand the importance of safety and require that they conduct themselves in a manner that reflects this value and enhances the level of safety of the company.
• Operational Performance – Ensure outstanding operational performance in assigned cities. Work cross-functionally with other operational and planning departments to influence and improve day-to-day performance. Ensure business partner management and front-line visibility to station and corporate goals and drive continuous improvement through effective management and development of processes and procedures.
• Customer Service – Deliver superlative customer service through engagement, motivation, coaching and leadership. Be a tireless advocate of Low Fares Done Right and effectively communicate its meaning to Frontier’s business partners and front-line teams.
• Fiscal Responsibility – Develop and manage multi-million-dollar budgets with accuracy. Continuously strive to lower costs through identification and elimination of inefficiencies and improvement of contracts.
• Executive interaction – Interact with Frontier Officers and Directors. Collaborate with senior management to provide strategic and operational planning input for the Customer Service Division as well as the company. Report progress and results to senior management on a regular basis.
• Regulatory Compliance – Ensure compliance with all airline and government agency regulations and protocols. Monitor compliance with all FAA, TSA and DOT regulations. Establish sound working relationships with FAA, TSA, Customs, Immigrations, airport authorities, and business partners. Where applicable, ensure all international requirements are met and complied with, working with CBP and governments where necessary to procure rights and slots.
• Vision – Keep an open mind to new ideas and ways of conducting business, while focusing on the Company’s goals and business plan. Foster an environment where employee suggestions are vetted and implemented when in line with the company’s direction.
• Visible and Active Leadership – Be a willing, motivational leader who seeks out opportunities to get in front of employees and business partner leadership and employees to establish excellent two-way communication and manage the flow of correspondence to and from the stations. Be a role model for others to follow. Guide business partners as they partner to lead the day-to-day operations of our stations.
• Availability – Be available 24/7. This includes phone calls, texts, and email responses in real time.
• Data Analysis – Have the ability to interpret and pull reports from multiple company reporting platforms. Share operational performance reports with business partners to ensure transparency and performance to goals.
• Business Partner Satisfaction – Ensure each city in the region is led by experienced, motivated, energetic, polished, and professional business partner managers and supervisors who focus on safety, operational performance, customer service, communication, employee engagement, and fiscal performance.
• Reward and recognition – Identify successes and seek ways to recognize superior performance while ensuring high standards are set and maintained.
• Appearance – Ensure that a high standard is set with regard to the appearance of our business partners, facilities and equipment.
• Administration and Quality Assurance – Manage the contractual requirements of the stations, ensuring that local management is adhering to the standards set. Monitor compliance with all training, safety, financial and operational goals, ensuring that business partners understand and perform to the level of expectation and operational excellence expected by Frontier.
• Technology – Assist in the assessment, justification, implementation, and performance of technology to make our stations as efficient as possible, working with the Information Technology division (IT).
• Work directly with the Customer Service Training Manager during the development of training curricula to ensure quality control and effectiveness of all training.
• Manage special projects and committees.
• Perform other functions as assigned by the Director, Stations.
• Fluency in Spanish required for predominantly Spanish speaking or Latin American locations.

Benefits

• Flight benefits for you and your family to fly on Frontier Airlines
• Buddy passes for your friends so they can experience what makes us so great
• Discounts throughout the travel industry on hotels, car rentals, cruises, and vacation packages
• Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, restaurants, luggage, and over 2,000 other vendors
• Enjoy a ‘Dress for your Day’ business casual environment
• Flexible work schedules that support work/life balance
• Total Rewards program including a competitive base salary, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, paid holidays, 401(k) plan, vacation/sick time, and medical/dental/vision insurance that begins the 1 st of the month following your hire date.
• The HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing employees with financial assistance during catastrophic hardship

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager