Quality Assurance Manager

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.         

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

The 123-room Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is the company’s second destination in Japan, in the city’s historic Higashiyama-ku district, close to the Kyoto National Museum and myriad heritage sites such as the Toyokuni Shrine and Kiyomizu Temple. Local artists are featured throughout the traditionally-inspired modern décor characterised by an understated Japanese aesthetic. The Hotel has a spa and fitness centre with a pool, and four food and beverage concepts. There are also be 57 Four Seasons Private Residences.

Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is looking for Quality Assurance Manager. The position is responsible for implementing quality assurance processes that meet the company’s mission and brand standards, target customer needs, guest experiences, and focus on continuous improvement at the property level. This position champions the Quality function and builds support for change.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coaches managers on adopting Four Seasons Quality Standards.

• Conducts monthly audit to ensure compliance with company and brand standards

• Makes and executes the necessary decisions to keep property moving forward toward achievement of goals.

• Directs property quality efforts to address critical customer requirements.

• Assists with regional and/or company-wide implementation of company best practices.

• Facilitates process improvement teams, assuring use of the systematic processes, and improvement is achievable and measurable.

Managing Quality Tools:

• Ensures that management practices at all levels are aligned with quality tools by providing training in quality sciences.

• Uses data collection methods to compile, display, track, and analyze defect trends.

• Demonstrates and communicates key drivers of guest satisfaction for the brand’s target customer.

• Analyzes issues and identifies trends.

Managing the Guest Experience:

• Reviews guest feedback with leadership team and ensures appropriate corrective action is taken.

• Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.

• Stays visible and interfaces with customers on a regular basis to obtain feedback on quality of product, service levels and overall satisfaction. Models service behaviors that meet or exceed guest expectations.

Duties:

• Develops, implements, and manages processes to ensure that products meet required specifications for quality, function, and reliability prior to delivery.
• Identifies and sets appropriate quality standards and parameters for products.
• Coordinates product testing processes.
• Participates in product testing.
• Identifies and analyzes issues, bugs, defects, and other problems, particularly when problems recur in multiple products; recommends and facilitates solutions to these issues.
• Reviews client, customer, and user feedback.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.