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Customer Service Management

Location:
Pilot Mountain, NC, 27041
Posted:
August 18, 2010

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LORA T. BROWN

*** *. *** ******, **** ***

Pilot Mountain, NC 27041

Tel. no: 336-***-****

e-mail: abjfq0@r.postjobfree.com

E M P L O Y M E N T H I S T O R Y:

Accenture, Inc. Makati City, Philippines

Quality Monitoring, Customer Feedback and Complaints Lead

December 1, 2007 - February 12, 2010

Key Responsibilities:

General:

. Manage team and distribution of work load

o The team is responsible for reviewing and analyzing customer

complaints and escalations to get an understanding of the

customer's experience, assigning a root cause, and identifying

systemic quality problems.

. Serve as client single point of contact for

o Research and analysis for complaints/verbatim provided by

customers, client and vendor

o Tracking and management of identified coaching requests from

complaints/verbatim provided to vendors

o Call observation and calibration performance

. Provide and implement action plans based on complaint and escalation

systemic trends and root cause analysis

. Present any findings or analysis on all complaints to the client's

internal teams

. Drive performance of call observation and calibration metrics

. Manages a third-party call observation vendor as well as a team

responsible for call calibrations and agent performance on calls.

. Formulates action plans using data from call observations to improve

performance and drive projects with team and third-party vendor

creating a continuous improvement loop. Also ensures accurate

calibrations between team, vendors, and client partners.

. Reports findings from complaints and call monitoring to the client,

internal and vendor teams, and making recommendations on quality

initiatives.

Vendor Management:

. Manage day to day and special project performance of third- party call

monitoring vendor

. Provide direction to vendor and drive continuous improvement through

call monitoring

Team Management:

. Review team's work as needed

. Identify opportunities for improvements in team effectiveness and

processes

. Ensure all deliverables are completed accurately and on time

Accenture, Inc. Makati City, Philippines

Call Quality Specialist

April 3, 2006 - December, 2007

Key Responsibilities:

Call Monitoring (AQS/AMS):

. Assure that approved client quality standards and procedures are

practiced and attained

. Participate in external monitoring sessions

. Perform setup and coordination activities for remote and local monitoring

sessions

. Provide written and verbal feedback at sessions end

. Provide feedback to partners and subcontractors on each evaluation

session using the prescribed feedback model

. Maintain accurate monitoring records and reports

Process Improvement:

. Identify and recommend changes to training as needed

. Focus on program and individual goals and develop suggestions to improve

performance

. Ensure correct versions of scripts, and Methods and Procedures are used

at all times.

. Develop, complete and disseminate daily evaluations and summary reports,

weekly performance reports, and monthly reporting packages; prepare

additional reports as requested

. Identify areas for quality improvements using prescribed procedures; and

make recommendations to supervisor

People Support, Inc. Makati City, Philippines

Workforce Analyst

October 1, 2005 - March, 2006

Key Responsibilities:

* Responsible for generating, maintaining and tracking volume forecast,

capacity and schedule.

* Regularly monitor and review volume pattern for existing clients.

Update forecast based on historical data to compare with forecast

provided by the client (if any)

* Update FTE and team list information

* Creates training and meeting schedules for optimizing eRep

availability

* Determines overtime hours for understaffing, additional time off for

overstaffing

* Upload schedules in payroll system

* Track shrinkage or off-phone activities for accuracy of staffing

recommendations

* Come up with staffing recommendations (hiring and movements) to meet

service level and utilization target, and determine financial impact

on the business

* Determine capacity per eRep, per workgroup, per center; determine

volume allocation between the two centers based on capacity.

* Coordinate shift bids, administer schedule assignment process

* Coordinate/administer schedule adjustments, schedule exceptions,

schedule trade/shift swap with Forcedesk Team

* Calculate for staffing requirements and create schedules that meet the

defined service level, revenue goals, and operating, schedules, and

capacity

* Analyze performance; forecast accuracy and schedule efficiency;

identify challenges and opportunities for improvement

* Analyze performance; forecast accuracy and schedule efficiency;

identify challenges and opportunities for improvement

* Generates ad hoc reports within WFM's scope of responsibility

* Regularly communicates with clients, Ops, and other units in WFM

regarding forecast, staffing and capacity numbers

* Regularly monitors and reviews volume trend and volume pattern for

existing clients. Update forecast based on historical data. Analyzes

staffing, evaluate schedule performance and accuracy. Analyzes

performance; forecast accuracy and schedule efficiency; identify

challenges and opportunities for improvement

People Support, Inc. Makati City, Philippines

Senior Real-Time Analyst

August 30, 2004 - October 1, 2005

People Support, Inc. Makati City, Philippines

Real-Time Analyst

February 27, 2004 - August 30, 2004

Key Responsibilities:

* Train and coach Real-Time Analyst on real-time monitoring and call

center metrics

* Verify communication of all information relevant to staffing

* Act as cross-functional single point of contact for Workforce

Management with Information Technology and Telecommunication regarding

system related issues that impact production. Track and report issues

and resolution.

* Assist Operations Management with any schedule or staffing information

requirement

* Monitor, track and report eRep schedule adherence and employee

occurrences

* Monitor hourly call volumes, AHT and staffing requirements. Alert

Operations Management on threshold violation.

* Update employee and team data maintained in the workforce management

software

* Assess real time call volume to escalate to Operations Management and

recommend short-term adjustment to staffing to address current issues

* Facilitate eRep skill assignment

* Monitor and report allocation to workforce management team that may

trigger changes in staffing plan and schedule

People Support, Inc. Makati City, Philippines

Technical Support eRep

January 13, 2003 - February 27, 2004

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide online customer service via email, chat, voice-over IP and

phone on a 24x7 basis.

Accenture, Inc. Makati City, Philippines

Administrative Assistant for Human Resources - Recruitment

March 2000 - January 3, 2003

Key Responsibilities:

* Contact the candidates and schedule them for interviews

* Input profile of the candidate into an HR information system/database

* Update the candidates' recruiting status in the database

* Coordinate with the recruit the completion of pre-employment

requirements prior to start date

* Prepare job offer packets to candidates

* Prepare and sends application status letters to candidates

* Prepare and submit weekly candidate pipeline reports (statistics) to

the Recruitment Manager

* Assist in conducting Pre-employment exam

* Assist in job fairs and other company recruiting activities

* Conduct job offer

* Conduct pre-screening interview

* Complete other tasks that may be assigned from time to time in

support of the project

Nextel Communications, Inc. (Manila, Philippines)

Customer Service Assistant

November 1999 - March 2000

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide online customer service via email, chat, voice-over IP and

phone on a 24x7 basis.

S K I L L S:

* Excellent English communication skills

* Excellent quantitative and analytical skills

* Strong interpersonal and customer service skills

* Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and produce

* Ability to multi-task, adapt to change and achieve results with

accuracy and precision

* Computer proficient (i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access) and

technology savvy

E D U C A T I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D:

1995 - 1999 Far Eastern University (Philippines)

AB Mass Communication

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