• Assigned to the following task: 
  • Inventory count
  • Costing
  • Account Analysis
  • Preparation of Dashboard

The Assistant Sales Manager position is responsible for revenue generation from new and existing customers within event portfolio in Informa Markets Philippines. This role will manage Sales to different tier customers depending on the market and brand context.  This team is critical to the business, as the key to our success is retention, growth and cultivating new business.

The Sales role will involve a combination of internal and external sales activity, meeting customers face to face and attending competitor events. He/ She will sell to valued existing customers, generate new business, and performance will be evaluated based on achieving revenue and new business targets.

The Sales will be expected to develop their awareness of the brand industry, building greater insight over time. Maintaining and strengthening the relationship throughout the year is an important focus, to develop an understanding of the customers’ needs and expectations from their attendance at the event. He/ She will understand the customers’ needs and articulate a compelling value proposition as part of the sale. They will have a significant role in supporting re-booking of customers at an Event, while also providing support as a guest re-booker for other brands.

Job Responsibilities:

• Meet or exceed revenue target for assigned accounts through sales (digital, booth, sponsorship/ advertisement, and fully integrated packages)
• Sell to existing/ lapsed customer accounts with engaging conversations and compelling proposals while guiding them through buying process
• Prospect and close new business opportunities inside and outside of existing client base through cold calling and follow-up calling
• Leverage understanding of customer buying trends to help develop Sales plans and approaches
• Execute on assigned Sales campaigns, against accounts, products, and revenue targets, in line with sales plan
• Support the on-site re-booking of existing customer accounts, in line with at event account allocation and sales targets
• Maintain accurate pipeline, sales activity, and customer information within Salesforce (CRM system)
• Distribute customer insight and marketing information to marketing team
• Manage the handing over of sale information and customer requirements (via Salesforce) to the event Operations and Brand teams

In the Manager, AP Service Delivery role, you will play a pivotal part in ensuring the efficient and effective execution of our Accounts Payable processes, contributing to the financial health and success of our organization. This leadership position offers a dynamic and fast-paced environment, where you can drive excellence in service delivery. We seek a candidate who is adaptable, results-oriented, and capable of driving improvements in service quality and delivery processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of associates and specialists, providing guidance and support to ensure productivity and accuracy in invoice and all related documentation processing and record keeping 
• Set clear performance expectations and provide regular feedback
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and legal requirement
• Stay updated on changes in regulations and implement necessary adjustments 
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency
• Propose and implement best practices to enhance departmental operation
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders
• Serve as the point of contact for issues within the function
• Support internal and external audits
• Identify areas for improvement in service quality and efficiency, provide inputs that will drive process-related investment decisions and implementation
• Identify and mitigate risks that could impact service deliver, develop contingency plans
• Generate regular reports and maintain accurate records of service delivery activities and performance metrics
• Present performance results to relevant stakeholders in relevant governance forums (e.g. Monthly, Quarterly Business Review...etc)
• Allocate and manage resources, ensure that the team is adequately trained and resourced
• Ad hoc tasks assigned from time to time

The GROUP MANAGER, INTERNAL AUDIT, effectively directs, leads and manages the internal audit activity of the country where the Food Group operates.  It helps the organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of risk management, controls and governance processes. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Audit/Risk Management/Compliance/Governance

A. Engagement Planning: 

• At the Group level, assist the Group Internal Audit Head in developing risk-based annual audit plan identifying the objectives, scope, timing and resource allocations needed.
• At the Country level, identify sources of potential engagements through risk framework.
• At the Engagement level, assess audit engagement objectives and scope to ensure they address the risks identified especially the emerging ones.

B. Function Management:

• Delegate tasks in a constructive and supportive manner and coach staff to enhance competence and professional development. Conduct effective performance appraisal of IA team against key performance indicators.
• Determine the appropriate continuing professional development necessary to keep staff effective in work.
• Conduct effective performance appraisal of IA team against key performance indicators.

C. Risk Management and Fraud

• Assess whether the risk management, risk governance framework and internal control systems are operational as intended.
• Review the completeness of management’s risk analysis and actions taken to remedy issues raised by risk management processes, and suggest improvements.
• Evaluate risk exposures relating to the organization’s governance, operations and information systems.

D. Internal Control

• Assess the internal control framework including the adequacy and effectiveness of controls.
• Evaluate the implications of organizational changes, operational changes and changes in business strategy using appropriate internal control framework.
• Advise board and senior management on improvement initiatives to improve controls.

E. Governance and Environment

• Evaluate design and operational effectiveness of governance framework for addressing governance risks.
• Examine existing organizational behavior, performance management techniques, management’s effectiveness to lead and build organizational commitment.
• Examine the organization’s approach to social responsibility and sustainability.

Business Process Improvement and Innovation

• Evaluate the long-term sustainability of business models impacted by technology and other disruptors, assess impact of changes in the business landscape and give recommendations to take advantage of new opportunities.
• Apply data analytics and Information Technology in auditing, identifying and assess various risks related to IT, information security, and data privacy.
• Synthesize critical findings and insights within the business context to make inferences and recommend actions to address the risks.

Business Partnering

Collaborates with various stakeholders across the business to add value, enhance decision-making processes, and contribute to overall organizational success such as: 

• Advisory and consultation on improving business process, controls, and risk management strategies to assist in decision making and enhancing operational efficiency. 
• Collaborate in assessing fraud or cyber security risks, conducting investigation, and recommending controls to mitigate fraud or cyber security risks and safeguards the organization’s assets. 
• Partner with leaders in developing KPIs and performance monitoring frameworks. 

Continuing Education & People Development

• Keep abreast of regulatory changes, industry standards, and emerging information technology risks relevant to the industry by attending trainings, forums and/or conferences and assessing their impact on the company's internal controls and audit approach.
• Regularly assess current practices, methodologies and team skills against available benchmarks (e.g. audit associations i.e. ISACA, IIA-P, International Association of Privacy Professionals) and implement programs to address issues, if any.
• Lead and manage the assigned internal audit team, including assigning audit engagements, providing guidance and mentoring to enhance performance, and conducting performance evaluations. Design and implement programs to improve compliance in general, including the conduct of regular training and orientation for employees. 

Administrative:

• Take part in special investigations where necessary and report to the Audit Committee with the highest level of confidentiality.
• Participate in the internal control projects covering all operations where necessary for One Food Group.
• Adheres to and keeps abreast of company/department policies and Code of Conduct/Ethics; and actively participates in company activities.

• Conduct regular audits and assessments to identify areas for improvement and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Responsible for setting up compliance of delivery rules and standard operating processes (SOPs) for the delivery riders of foodpanda PH
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive compliance matrix for the riders to ensure the regional requirements are being met.
• Collaborate with the training team to create materials that promote adherence to quality and compliance standards.
• Ensures to reduce costs driven by non-compliance of riders bring down top-driving operational costs through process improvements and
  streamlined courier/fleet compliance processes.
• Tracking of daily rider performance Preparing and analyzing large data sets to identify operational bottlenecks and optimization
  opportunities
• Ensuring local implementation of global projects, in particular roll out of tools and product improvements
• Stay informed about local, and regional changes and regulations affecting rider logistics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, compliance, and product, to ensure seamless integration of quality and compliance processes.
• Working towards constantly improving customer experience

Team Summary

The North America Digital Implementations team provides content services and implementations support to the overall NA Implementations group for products and services such as DPS Mobile, Visa Campaign Solutions, Visa In-app Provisioning for SDK & API, and other digital initiatives and offerings.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and operations for the Content Services and Implementations Support processes of NA Digital Implementations.
• Cultivate relationship with other Visa teams such as Product, Technology and Client Readiness and work effectively with them to bring a holistic solution to our clients’ needs.
• Develop and implement business strategies and plans for the team in alignment to the project objectives and business goals.
• Partner closely with the team members to develop and enhance business processes.
• Manage/balance team schedule and capacity to support Implementations.
• Lead, coach, and develop each team member and provide them with guidance and feedback.
• Collaborate and coordinate with other implementers and key stakeholders to ensure alignment and integration of all related project activities.
• Prepare and maintain project tracking and team status reports.
• Assume appropriate decision-making authorities to ensure flawless execution of project and team objectives.
• Serve as the overflow for VCS campaign build/Ops projects.
• Provide flexibility for management coverage of a team that works on different time zones.
• Embody the Visa Leadership Principles.

Essential Skills

• People Management
• Project Management
• Technical Aptitude
• Strong Analytical skills
• Strategic thinking
• Strong decision-making skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Conflict Management

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

• Reviews sales contracts, establish parameters, quotes and negotiate prices.
• Develops market segments action plan, account management and its execution. 
• Participates in the tradeshows and conventions organized by Accor.
• Attends coordination meetings with the different departments in the Hotel for groups and VIP arrivals.

Leads and co-ordinates the day-to-day operations of the NCR team(s) that supports the New Claim Review calls. Actively motivate, develop, coach and engage team members to drive results and create a high performing team while showing genuine care in managing an environment of safety and wellbeing. Hold team members accountable for performance against key metrics, including achievement of financial and efficiency outcomes, and manages underperformance. Sets clear objectives and targets for the team, articulates clear link to the strategy to provide meaning and purpose to tasks. Analyse relevant agent data and reports to identify trends to continuously drive an improvement in the business results of team members and department. Delivery of agent coaching based on needs identified through analysis of agent data, audits and agent feedback. To resolve queries, manage and solve roadblocks, including reporting IT Issues and keeping the Stakeholders and Management Informed. To complete administrative tasks such as- workload distribution, attendance, leave regularization, schedule adherence, communication with team, One on One and any training or coaching required. Collaborate with the Suncorp Home Claims Partnering team to relentlessly deliver exceptional customer service to deliver against Home Claims Strategy. Lead and develop a diverse workforce, drive an inclusive culture, foster a team environment where people are accountable for safety and wellbeing. Build a resilient, highly engaged/agile team, with a culture of simplicity, innovation and continuous improvement. Adhere to Suncorp Group policies including but not limited to, delegated authority level to mitigate risk and compliance. Monitor team performance and display a clear level of understanding of all performance reporting. Drives results to achieve service, efficiency, and timeframes SLAs within Home Claims teams. Monitors, tracks and reports on own performance and progress. Actively seeks feedback and coaching on own performance and takes responsibility for self-development.

Reporting to the Trade Channel Marketing Manager, the Channel Lead role is responsible for developing the category route-to-market strategy: analyzing, understanding, driving, and creating new avenues for sales growth, and new opportunities for making available the category’s brands, products, and services to customers/shoppers/ consumers. This role works closely with the brand category marketing teams and the field sales teams, to undertake the critical operations that translate brand and category marketing strategies and plans into detailed operational activities and guidelines, for effective and optimized execution across the various sales channels.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lead growth strategy development for trade channels and routes-to-market for the company’s brands and products.

2. Set guidance for field sales and retail operations teams to execute the marketing strategy and programs in the trade channels and the route-to-market.

3. Set volume forecast, volume allocation plans, and pricing execution detail for the sales team, as aligned with the brand marketing team.

NielsenIQ Customer Success places our customers at the heart of everything that we do. We strive to offer a consistent customer experience across all our markets by harmonizing our ways of working, focusing on engagement and driving analytics excellence. We give our customers an enjoyable, easy, effective service featuring a modernized customer experience. Customer Success is instrumental to realize the NielsenIQ vision to be a leading global information services company with strong, market leading growth enabled by new, innovative product offerings and modern technology that creates substantial value for our customers, retailers and employees.  

This position will be, within the Analytics & Insights team, responsible for delighting clients around Asia through delivering retail measurement insights and analysis.  
 

Responsibilities

• Providing performance overview analysis and business issue analysis to Consumer Packaged Goods clients around Asia 
• Providing in-depth consulting services and delivering insights and analytics as well as thought leadership 
• Developing deep knowledge of Nielsen IQ RMS and Panel solutions and delivering value for clients 
• Working closely with the Consulting Lead and Customer Service to transform customer experience 
• Consulting clients to optimize use of NielsenIQ Essentials 
• Developing and delivering business solutions for client performance tracking 
• Coaching junior associates to help their analytical development 
• Managing a team of at least 3 people to deliver optimal results with a timeline 

As a Team Manager, you will set the path to success by managing performance and service quality to guarantee customer satisfaction. You are also expected to:

• Establish and maintain communication with clients and/or team members; understand their needs, resolve issues, and meet expectations
• Produce solid and effective strategies based on accurate and meaningful data reports and analysis and/or keen observations that would impact the bottom line
• Identify the training needs that will equip the staff with fundamental skills and knowledge
• Have a thorough understanding of the various system tools and operational procedures utilized within the program
• Collaborate with stakeholders on a regular basis for changes in promotions and updates
• Conduct all defined and required process compliance and adherence to all team members, partners, and third-party providers 

• Develops design art work according to corporate standards and ensure optimum brand image for hotel collateral, advertisement and exposure.
• Manages collateral printing and hotel merchandize in line with brand standards. 
• Assists in production of all displays and signage in the hotel public areas and seasonal/theme decorations.
• Maintains an up-to-date image and collateral filing.

• Develops and maintains a high level of communication with major sources of business, and advises the Reservations Manager of feedback, as needed.
• Caters to room inquiries and reservations on a daily basis received via telephone calls and emails with full utilization of Opera PMS for creating and updating room reservations.
• Works towards maximizing hotel revenues by promoting upselling in the department, ensuring efficient availability control procedures and overbooking decisions.

• Demonstrates that all Front Office Standard Operating Policies and Procedures are performed in all interactions.

• Provides a warm welcome and assists guests’ according to Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Brand Standards.

• Maintains the balance in operational, administrative  and colleague needs by providing guidance and motivation to the Front Office team. 

This role will primarily support management of day to day operational activities within the global month-end and journals team. This role will support the manager in executing operating plans such as putting controls in place to ensure quality and timeliness of output, reporting gaps and recommending process improvements for more efficient service delivery.  The role will involve day to day management of the team to ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, policies, and procedures.

• Evaluate frequency of ad hoc reports and raise change requests as needed
• Act as the first level interviewer for team member hiring
• Authorize overtime and approves team members’ submitted timesheets[TD1] 
• Review and approve reconciliations performed by the R2A team members based on the Global Process Maps

• Identify and analyze complex issues and recommend solutions or alternatives.
• Act as first level escalation point for questions and issue resolutions ensuring issues are addressed on a timely manner Responsible for escalating the issues further as and when necessary.
• Provide regular performance and operational progress reports to managers to ensure issues are being flagged on a timely manner and ensures performance/operational gaps are addressed.
• Responsible for the implementation of team’s business continuity plan.
• Recommends resource planning solutions for changing resource loading and work volumes.
• Sets performance and behavioral expectations.  Conducts regular review, provide feedback and coaching, and other developmental, training and learning opportunity plans to ensure the success of the individuals within the team. Lead short term projects and supports medium to long term projects and contribute to long term initiatives planning.  
• Develop strong stakeholder relationship by ensuring escalations are managed effectively and proactively and elevating it further as and when necessary.
• Ensure team compliance to and delivery of service level agreements, policies and procedures as a agreed with the Manager.

• Ensures consistency on exceeding guest services expectations by personal involvement in the arrival, rooming, and departure of key/VIP guests.

• Establishes strong and effective communication with all Departments and ensures that all Front Office Policies and Procedures are adhered to.

• Creates an environment that allows Colleagues to achieve job fulfillment and provides a path for career development with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts.  Develops strong teams through active involvement in the operations and through the development and support of a continually evolving team. 

Reporting to the Manager- Financial Services, the role requires a strong and proven experience in delivering and coordinating financial accounting and reporting activities, including statutory financial reporting to meet Philippines Stock Exchange (PSE) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) reports, and reviewing and overseeing activities to support the accurate delivery of financial reports including system positing, process adherence and timetable management. Passionate about managing a team who will require, to a varying degree, coaching and supervision, to prepare financial reporting to internal and external stakeholders and cash flow and treasury forecasting.

Financial Accounting

• Preparation of the Company’s and related parent entity financial statements on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• SME for external and (relevant) internal financial audit engagements.
• Actively contribute to and advise on accounting positions where new and/or revised process changes require.

Coach and Mentor Financial Accountants

• Demonstrated experience in coaching financial professionals in both operational and statutory areas, including providing support remotely.
• Cultivate team collaboration on key deliverables, with a focus on identifying and implementing continuous improvement and automation to current processes.
• Demonstrated experience in people leadership, management, and development, particularly within a diverse cultural and educational context.

Treasury and Cash Flow Management

• Effectively manage the organization’s cashflow and ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements.

We are looking for a skilled Accounting Executive Associate (AP) to be responsible for processing all invoices received for payment and for undertaking the payment of all creditors in an accurate, efficient and timely manner.  Accounting Executive Associate (AP) is essential for ensuring accurate financial record-keeping, maintaining strong vendor relationships, optimizing cash flow, supporting financial reporting and audits, and driving operational efficiency and cost control within the organization. Their role is integral to the overall financial management and success of the organization.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Process outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
2. Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data
3. Reconcile the accounts payable ledger to ensure that all bills and payments are accounted for and properly posted.
4. Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling vendor accounts and monthly vendor statements
5. Facilitate payment of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting clients
6. Generate reports detailing accounts payables status
7. Understand expense accounts and cost centers
8. Understands compliance issues around accounts payable processes (W-9, sales tax, etc.)
9. Various administrative tasks, including mailings, typing correspondence, report preparation, scanning, etc.

NielsenIQ Customer Success places our customers at the heart of everything that we do. We strive to offer a consistent customer experience across all our markets by harmonizing our ways of working, focusing on engagement and driving analytics excellence. We give our clients an enjoyable, easy, effective service featuring a modernized customer experience. Customer Success is instrumental to realize the NielsenIQ vision to be a leading global information services company with strong, market-leading growth enabled by new, innovative product offerings and modern technology that creates substantial value for our customers, retailers and employees.   

Responsibilities

• Drive client satisfaction by providing insights and actionable recommendations during presentations 
• Develop strategic understanding of industry trends, competition and opportunities of NielsenIQ 
• Consult with clients regarding general concerns 
• Conduct external presentations 
• Responsible for meeting the COE objectives as a whole and ongoing delivery of COE KPIs 
• Ensure the services provided to clients are timely and precise according to client business needs and specifications while meeting the company's quality standards 
• Responsible for allocating work based on the current team workload capacity and the skills and aspirations of the team 
• Conducts performance reviews for direct reports 
• Responsible for the training and development of the team. Ensure team members are trained to handle client requirements 
• Establish high standards of performance, provide support, recognition and feedback to develop associates and support a strong team environment 
• Contribute to the development and implementation of training plans to ensure that associates are able to grow and demonstrate mastery of required competencies in their jobs 
• Supervise all stages of project management and monitor performance. 

This role is responsible for developing individuals and teams that execute against specific activities related to analytics and/or client response. Identifying and implementing ongoing improvements in efficiency and effectiveness in the way we service our clients. This role is also responsible for hiring and managing all aspects of people management. 

The Manager role of Global Client Resolution team is responsible for providing leadership, oversight, and direction to   staff, ensuring that team members have the information, tools, and resources needed to deliver exceptional results to internal and external customers. The role requires a keen insight into support trends which includes emails, chat and calls with all its best practices, and reach for deep collaboration and partnership with business leadership across Client Services, Sales, Product, and other organizations within Visa. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee team consisting of analyst and associates that will primarily work on chats and calls and emails providing ongoing guidance and direction to support the dynamic and evolving nature of Visa’s products and services. 
• Provide regular coaching and feedback to team members in order to optimize performance and engagement.  Act as mentor and coach to support and strengthen their development and provide guidance to help support short and long-term employee career goals.
• Collaborate with global peers to identify and document hand-offs and support needs associated with Global Client Resolution processes.   
• Meet regularly with regional peers and other key stakeholders to obtain visibility into support trends, initiatives, operational issues, or other activities that may affect the business unit.  Assess and plan for future staffing needs to ensure that adequate resources are in place to meet demand. 
• Foster deep partnerships with CS, Sales, and Product peers.  Loop into the Annual Operational Planning process for prioritization of funding and resources, proving detailed business rationale and ROI to ensure that staff additions and tool enhancements receive proper prioritization and funding. 
• Drive team to optimize workflows, communication, and hand-offs associated with the various products and programs that this team supports.  Ensure that team documentation is created and updated.  
• Champion efforts to improve support tools, providing the business rationale needed to secure funding and prioritization of new and enhanced tools and functionality.
• Ensure that internal and Client-facing documentation is maintained and updated as systems or applications change, or as new initiatives or support needs are introduced.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.

We are seeking a dynamic, transformational Service Owner to join the Service Desk. The Service Owner has a pivotal role within the End User Support organization, responsible for the strategic direction, performance, and continuous improvement of services provided by the Service Desk Team. This role is essential in ensuring the services align with business objectives, deliver significant value to stakeholders, and complies with all relevant standards.

Key Focus Areas

The ideal candidate should be passionate about: 

• Transformational Leadership - Drive transformational change within the service by identifying and implementing innovative solutions that address evolving business needs.
• Service Efficiency - Oversee the efficient operation of the service, ensuring optimal performance and swift resolution of any issues.
• Continuous Improvement - Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service quality, informed by performance data and stakeholder feedback.
• Automation/Self Services – Be passionate about automating and simplifying process and drive a culture of self-services
• Strategic Alignment - Ensure that the service's strategic direction is closely aligned with the organization's goals and objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement - Maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders, ensuring their needs are met and expectations managed.
• Risk Management - Proactively identify and mitigate risks to ensure uninterrupted service delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

The Service Owner will drive transformational change within the services provided, ensuring it evolves to meet future business needs and technological advancements.

• Service Transition - Manage the transition of new or changed services into the operational environment, ensuring minimal disruption to existing services and operations. Identify and manage risks associated with the service, ensuring that any potential issues are mitigated before they can impact the service. Track volume/issues of services transition
• Service Operation - Oversee the day-to-day operation of services, ensuring they meet agreed-upon service levels and performance targets. Ensure that the service is delivered effectively and efficiently. Responsible for any issues that arise and must ensure that they are resolved in a timely manner. Responsible to run Operational Reviews.
• Capacity and Demand Management - Define and manage capacity and demand for the services in a way that anticipates future growth and transformational needs. Ensure the service can scale efficiently to meet changing organizational demands.
• Service Improvement - Continuously monitor service channels and review performance metrics to identify transformational opportunities for improvement. Leverage data analytics and data insights to drive OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) that enhance service quality and effectiveness.
• Stakeholder Management - Engage with and manage relationships with End User Support, Business Partners, and Business stakeholders involved in the service, ensuring communication and collaboration. Ensure stakeholder needs are anticipated, met, and expectations are managed throughout the service lifecycle.
• Risk Management - Identify, assess, and manage risks associated with the service, with a focus on transformational risk mitigation strategies. Ensure that potential issues are proactively addressed before they impact service delivery.
• Compliance - Ensure the services comply with all Corporate Key Controls, and organizational policies, ensuring the service remains fully compliant.
• Collaboration - Collaborate with peer stakeholders across other End User Systems operations engineering functions to drive improvements.
• ITSM Expertise - Lead transformational initiatives to improve ITSM practices within the organization and provide guidance on best practices.
• Budgeting and Cost Management - Ongoing transformational approach, seeking cost-saving opportunities while maintaining or enhancing service quality. Monitor financial performance to ensure alignment with organizational goals and recommend adjustments as needed.

The Senior Manager, Implementations has a versatile role, combining the duties of an Sr Implementation Consultant and a People Manager. This position involves leading a dedicated team of Implementation Specialists as well as consultants and ensuring the delivery of exceptional technical project support.

The role will require you to work with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to implement changes that drive improvements to the customer experience. The position supports the team and enterprise clients, interacting directly with new and existing customers, business and technology partners and multifunctional Visa and Cybersource internal stakeholders. The Implementation Senior Manager will also be responsible for supporting high profile customers to ensure they receive the most comprehensive support possible.

In this role, you are expected to:

• Facilitate strategic development and thought leadership for the Cybersource Implementation Services team.

• Lead, coach and review a team responsible for assigned projects for our clients

• Develop and deploy, with managers, peers and Product offices, the technical implementation strategy for assigned Asia Pacific clients.

• Support clients to deliver award winning customer satisfaction.

• Develop talent within the team to provide world-class Implementation Support for Cybersource Accounts.

• Manage the team to follow consistent processes and use tools to meet the organization’s goals.

• Ensure timely and effective resolution of merchant projects, collaborating with other functional groups as needed and consistent with enterprise technical support metrics.

• Establish and maintain strong relationship with global Visa staff in Client Services, Product, Technology or Operations and Sales.

• Lead complex cross functional customer service delivery initiatives across clients and Visa internal teams.

• Proactively identify operational opportunities and implement recommendations to increase service quality and efficiency.

• Be the main point of contact for complex escalations and provide resolutions independently. influences wider market function regarding Client Services practices, procedure and policies

Why this is important to Visa:

The Senior Manager, Implementations is the cluster lead for Implementation Consultants and Analysts. They are also the central operators of Value-Added Services business teams across Asia Pacific market teams and clients. To be successful as a Senior Manager, you will need to become a strong leader, a subject matter expert, a great coordinator of programs and thrive in a strong teamworking culture. Your ability to support the Value-Added Services business will directly impact our clients' trust in our brand and technology in the payment industry and money movement ecosystem.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

At Nielsen IQ, our obsession in helping our clients to grow through comprehensive understanding of consumer behavior leveraging on the ongoing innovation in technology is what motivates us.

Our work helps our clients set growth strategies and determines what products or services you ultimately see in the market and how our clients drive their marketing and trade strategies.

Working in this role, you will play a key role in the provision of strategic insight to our clients in the delivery of consumer research services by having a good understanding of their business issues and developing relevant consumer research solutions including integration across Nielsen’s IQ business units while building and maintaining strong client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for an annual revenue target to be executed / developed through new business in the year.
• Work together with Business Development colleagues and independently identifying and addressing client’s business issue or project brief, proposing the right & relevant solution (i.e. type of consumer study, data collection approach, timeline and investment). This includes developing & presenting the proposed solution to clients.
• Take lead on client engagement and maintain a relationship with the client with the aim to become a trusted advisor, thus gaining more business opportunities.
• Maintain an accurate and up to date knowledge on research techniques and applications; eager to learn about value added analysis to properly answer client’s key objectives.
• Demonstrate willingness and ability to think about client’s business and take concrete steps towards building knowledge about a key industry vertical OR Solution.
• Manage a small team of researchers to coach and mentor both direct and indirect reports, developing & strengthening their competency skills.
• Execute and deliver the project (end-to-end, from questionnaire development to reporting/analysis & verbal presentation) at the most efficient way without impact on the quality of your delivery

Job Summary

• Concentrates in driving business growth and the development of talent.  Spends time in reviewing and assessing overall team performance.
• Balances stakeholders by establishing good working relationship with the cluster counterparts and other support groups (e.g. HR, IT, etc.)
• Concentrates in engaging and developing teams and individuals.  Expected to perform review of core processes, complex ad hoc work, and all other client requirements, as needed.  Provides consistent feedback on accuracy and timeliness of outputs made by the team
• Monitors overall teams' results and performance based on the KPIs (ex. Quality and Timeliness, Error Report, Increased Productivity and Lowers Overtime, among others). 
• Initiates and facilitates meetings to address overall teams' performance and develop/coach non-performing individuals.
• To facilitate and assist various Depositary processes of complex clients and conduct all work in accordance with IQ-EQ Philippines Inc. policies and procedures, as needed.
• As a people manager, the Manager leads, organizes, coordinates, develops, monitors the performance, delegates tasks and responsibilities to their direct reports and their team members (skip level), as needed.
• Ensures balanced work allocation across their teams and reallocates resources accordingly.

Core Responsibilities

• Responsible for the preparation of complex reporting requirements, when necessary.
• Monitors the timely and accurate deliverables of their teams, and intervene, as necessary.
• Acquire knowledge to become specialists of their designated clients' requirements and deliverables.
• Monitors their teams' compliance as they follow procedures and checklists following regulatory requirements of the clients the team’s handle.
• Provides guidance and coaching to the team in both technical and more on the non-technical aspects of their role. 
• Seeks knowledge and expertise for their own professional development.
• Initiates the development of the technical competencies of their teams by providing feedback on their deliverables and endorsing them to the appropriate learning & development activities
• Monitors the development and assigned trainings of their teams.
• Monitors and provides support to cluster counterparts escalations and involves the relevant stakeholders.
• Monitors the agreed timelines of deliverables with the cluster counterparts and provides support for escalations to ensure that their teams carry out the work, as agreed.
• To be able to effectively communicate and relate with various stakeholders of the team.  Maintains and enhances relationships through crucial conversations.
• Monitors that all client cluster requirements are thoroughly being reviewed and follows standards.
• To act as an alternate for the Head of Delivery based on business needs which may include cluster client responsibilities, administrative tasks, and team management.

Tasks & Duties

Cluster Client Delivery

• Acquires functional knowledge and understanding of the clients’ agreements, and other necessary information needed to review and/or prepare deliverables.
• Monitors if the team has the needed information, data and supporting documents are received for the review/preparation of the needed requirements.  Addresses and escalates issues, as needed.
• Monitors the consistency and quality of the deliverables within the agreed timeframes of the teams. 
• Provides support (for timelines) and address issues (for quality), as needed.
• Provide support for the rest of the team and other teams by allotting additional capacity, as needed.  At the same time, initiates the request for support needed from other teams.
• Monitors and communicates the review comments of the team and then follows up to address pending comments for preparers, as needed.
• To act as first line of escalations
• Monitors and oversees the interpretation of the requirements of the client and in some instances, does the research and validates.
• Reviews and acts as the team approver of submitted reports and compliance cases with root cause information, corrective action, and preventive measures in a timely manner.  Responsible in discussing the details and actions done with the HODs and CDDs.
• Oversees the quarterly debrief meeting with the cluster to review the team's performance.  Then addresses concerns and drives resolutions based on its criticality and complexity. 
• Decides the proper treatment for transactions when differences in points of view arise, and escalate recommendations to appropriate stakeholders, as needed.
• Decides on escalated recommendations and if necessary, escalate to SMEs or technical team.
• Acts as first level of escalation of issues/concerns from the funds assigned to their clusters.
• Supports Project Managers by functioning as SMEs, coordinating with stakeholders, and allocating resources.

Workflow Management

• Ensures timesheets are completed daily and accurately filed for all hours worked.
• Reviews and approves timesheets of their team and ensures they are completed daily and accurately filed for all hours worked in a timely manner.
• Reviews and pre-approves filed overtime of their team
• Setups, monitors and updates all deliverables via the workflow planner in a timely manner, as needed.
• Monitors and ensures the completeness and accuracy of all deliverables via the workflow planner in a timely manner. 
• Analyses and proactively manages team capacity deliverables by allocating needed resources/support.

Systems

• Understands and uses best practice on Depositary platform/s.
• Understands and becomes knowledgeable on how to generate reports using reporting platform/s.

Risks

• Monitors relevant procedures, checklists and regulatory requirements are adhered to and completed to mitigate errors.
• Monitors reported breaches, complaints or errors to appropriate stakeholders are acted upon in a timely manner.
• Acquires knowledge of risk factors and potential breach.
• Reviews and acts as the team approver of submitted reports and compliance cases with root cause information, corrective action, and preventive measures in a timely manner.  Responsible in discussing the details and actions done with the HODs and CDDs.

Other

• May undertake any additional tasks and/or responsibilities as part of their professional development which may or may not be related to their specific function.
• Escalate any other work-related issues/concerns to the appropriate stakeholders and acted on in a timely manner.
• Participate in interviews, as needed.

To ensure the creation of an unforgettable and rewarding experience (including services) across all channels and all customer journeys, so that customers will want to come again and again. To secure that the customer is at the centre of all key decision-making processes and that an excellent customer satisfaction is delivered and value for the customers is created.

Act as a member of the Country Management Team and proactively contribute to IKEA business plan, commercial plan and commercial calendar process. Lead the facilitation of a seamless shopping experience across channels to enable for extraordinary growth.

• Secure that the customer is at the centre of all strategies, decisions making, solutions, meeting the customer experience steps.
• Provide the front-line business operations with expertise, so that the customer is taken care of with quality and speed, across all journeys where needed.
• Responsible for country localisation in SOP which need to be aligned with IKEA Retail to secure consistency and compliance.
• Support the store audits (internal & external) Support and align any store / country operational issues including systems. Act as country super user to support store and end users.
• Follow up and identify continuous improvements to the customer experience journey, to deliver an excellent customer satisfaction, and maximize conversion in all touchpoints.
• Actively monitor customer satisfaction & sentiment in the country, markets, customer care center and CMPs; identify together with the respective leaders’ action plans to tackle root causes for dissatisfaction.
• Create collaboration across the country between customer care centers, stores and service partners on achieving operational excellence from a customer perspective (deliver IKEA's customer promises).
• Work across the organisation in customer journey improvement and development in close cooperation with IKEA Retail functions, leveraging on central solutions and initiatives.
• Pro-actively liaise with key stakeholders to secure the right prioritisation, localisation for IKEA Retail to support delivery of tools/systems. Work with IKEA retail stakeholders to align new process and system design before development takes place.
• Work closely with Expansion, cross functions for planning, IR2, work orders, operations flow and all that is needed for new stores and SISAN.