“Hiring the right people takes time, the right questions and a healthy dose of curiosity. What do you think is the most important factor when building your team? For us, it’s personality.” —Richard Branson
The individual will direct and/or manage all activities associated with call center operations. In addition, the successful candidate will maintain and enhance services by organizing and evaluating delivery systems and procedures, supervise a staff of Customer Service Agents and work to develop and coach talent to ensure the successful operation of the team and organization.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Contributes to departmental business plans and priorities by applying company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues
• Sets priorities for team to ensure task completion, coordinates work activities with other supervisors
• Requires knowledge and experience in own discipline; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills
• Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and business plan; receives guidance and oversight from manager
• Directs and/or manages all activities associated with Call Center/Chat Agent operations, including developing and implementing policies and procedures on systems
• Establishes and implements performance and service standards
• Develops and implements process and/or operational improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of operations
• Ensures productivity meets or exceeds service and quality standards
• Assesses and analyses team performance, identifies performance gaps and provides feedback and coaching
• Provides guidance, leadership and motivation to promote maximum performance
• Assesses and evaluates current team competencies to develop a baseline of service opportunities
• Measures service levels and tracking systems for program improvement
• Analyses and resolves customer service escalations
• Administers company personnel policies in all areas and follows company staffing standards and training recommendations
• Maintains adherence in areas such as attendance, punctuality and use of time-off
Required Qualifications and Skills: