Ishwar
Muthukumaran
Executive Profile
With over 7 years of experience in
customer service ranging from dispute
services, relationship management,
client servicing, training and leadership
/ management experience at fortune
500s such as American Express and
PayPal. My work has led me to have a
passion for learning. development and
management.
Contact Details
Email:
aditse@r.postjobfree.com
Phone:
Skills
Training for Early Corporate Learners
(Customer Service)
Training and Coaching for Existing
Corporate Learners (Customer Service)
Copy Writing
Content Management
Dictation Skills – 80wpm
Writing Etiquette
Microsoft Offices (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and Outlook)
Work Background
Team Leader - US Market
Handing Day to Day operations for 15 Customer Care Professionals (CCP) Hosting Weekly and Ad-Hoc Coaching for CCPs
Handling Daily Live Escalations for Customers
Supporting Operations Manager to highlight operational risks and areas for improvement
Creating sales techniques for value generation purposes Work along with Serve Level Planners to manage timing for CCPs Managing CCP scorecard for 7 different goals including sales and health of compliance
Working with other site leaders and other departments to ensure smooth operations for all existing CCPs in team
American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd.
March 2019 - August 2019 (left for scholarship)
Achievements
Lowered customer return call back by 2% (For within 1 week return call back) under Customer First Resolution program
Created call flow for existing pain areas including value generation (sales) raising offer rate and acceptance of sale rates by 12 - 15%. Education
RMIT University
Bachelors of Communication
Major: Journalism
Minor: Literature and Philosophy
Melbourne, Australia
Class of 2009
Taylors University
Diploma in Communication
Major: Journalism
Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Class of 2007
Work Background
Limitations and Appeals Specialist
Analyse accounts history and trends and perform relevant research to effectively identify problems. Contact account holders in an effort to verify activity and mitigate loss. Continually monitor cases and reports to identify trends and notify management of information gleaned from that activity. Educate customers on how to maintain security and strive for loss prevention for both PayPal and its customers. Answer customers’ queries related to unauthorized account access via phone call. Conduct account reviews using multiple resources including customer contact, reviewing PayPal activity, phone matches, IP Search, and various websites, etc.• Responsible for reviewing documentation, analysing data, and determining in a timely manner whether to verify the authenticity of transactions and/or activities. Review PayPal accounts and determine the legitimacy of the account, account holder and transactions, the associated risk
(using fraud indicators), and make sure all appropriate decisions are made on each account reviewed. PayPal (M) Services Sdn. Bhd.
February 2018 - February 2019
Achievements
Team top performer Quarter 2/2018
Outstanding Achievement April 2018
Customer Service Award CS KL May 2018
Outstanding Achievement June 2018
Learning Specialist
Superior service [White glove/Relationship Care] Service training provided within· guidelines and training periods. Optimizing the end to end performance in support of business goals. Capacity Planning & Administration - Support Delivery Centre Of Excellence through exceptional management f the Learning Centre and Learning Administration.
E2E ID Management and Centralisation - Support Trainings of various LOBs and managing New Hire IDs. Manage Learning Administration in RMS & LMS including Content Administration. Support all Delivery Managers on site
Suggest and Implement Process Improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Collaborate with Global Colleagues to streamline processes. Provide various reporting as required.
Maintain all Training Rooms & equipment used in the Learning Centre Accountable for successful Transitioning of new projects over Con-calls. Managing timely completion of Assigned tasks with 100% accuracy. Support overall Learning Environment.
Support Instructional Designers on Learning Materials along with Departmental Subject Matter Experts Support for Operations during On the job Training and extensive coaching during afterhours for operations. Liaising with Human Resources for hiring.
American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd.
October 2016 - October 2017
Achievements
100% Certification Rate with Recognition Provided by Learning Manager and Vice President of Learning and Development. Successful in being the First Trainer to upskill new hires with Save a Customer skill. Work Background
Relationship Care Specialist
Liaising with Marketing and Production to ensure favourable outcome to clientele. Managing Performance Management Program for Low Performing Consultants with coaching/SBS. Designing internal communication for entire department• Designing external communication on sales/promotional material to be delivered via softcopy to clients.
Conducting Training and Creating Training Materials for Department American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd.
July 2016 – October 2016
Achievements
A successful score rate of consultants graduating out of performance management Raising centre scores with efforts produced.
Senior Card Consultant / Relationship Manager
Responsible for delivering superior customer service through supporting a team of 15 Customer Care Professionals Support Team Leader in implementing Knowledge Management Initiatives such as Assessments / Huddles / Process clarifications etc.
Build and address Training Need Analysis Inventory based on SBS / Knowledge gaps / Assessment Analysis Conduct process and product refreshers to ensure Knowledge consistency across team Identify and eliminate defect process that impact First Contact Resolution by highlighting toTL / SDO /Manager Ensure all financial adjustments are accurately processed Support Team Leader in handling Card member escalations Take regular Servicing calls as per business requirement during stipulated hours as well as on an ad-hoc basis if required Card Attrition Handling
High Profile Portfolio Handling [Centurion and Platinum Card Products] American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd.
August 2014 – July 2016
Achievements
American Express Malaysia [Pinnacle Award]
Global Excellence Award
Dispute Analyst
Responsible for all cardholder transaction dispute cycle including documentation retrievals, chargebacks, adjustments, merchant fraud investigations, pre-arbitration and pre-compliance, arbitration and compliance. Research, analyses, and carries out the appropriate course of action for each claim. Call Backs for Escalations
American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd.
June 2013 – August 2014
Achievements
Top Performer for final quarter 2013
Rookie Performer for 2013
Successfully assisted the department with piloting the callout/rebill project. Assisted senior analysts and team leader produce internal workshops. Work Background
Media Executive
Researching, developing and writing content for TalentCorp’s career booklets Monitoring and assisting for SciDev.net meeting for AusAid Writing articles for the Globalist Magazine
Content Capital Sdn. Bhd.
February 2012 – May 2013
Achievements
Completed booklet on Healthcare which was rated as second best booklet for Jobstreet's 2012 Job Fair Successfully coordinated SciDev.Net's focus group meeting consisting of stakeholders, scientists and academicians in order for AusAid to develop funding plans in areas such as science and technology for Malaysia Broadcast Monitor
Exclusively monitor Australian TV and Radio programs for over 1000 clients in the form of content summaries for business intelligence and market research.
Managed networking within various departments in the company within Malaysia, Australia and Singapore in order to develop and meet sales targets.
Asia Media Monitors
October 2010 – February 2012
Achievements
Made three international news headlines through monitoring interviews with politicians, economists and NonGovernment Organizations for major clients such as the Australian Department of Immigration, Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and The Refugee Council
Overachieved standard KPI of 80 summaries per day to 120 summaries within a tight deadline of 15 minutes Reference
Asha Sharma
Email: aditse@r.postjobfree.com
Phone: (+60) 3-2050-0000
Contact
Learning Delivery Manager
American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd.
Punithavathy Murugayah
Email: aditse@r.postjobfree.com
Phone: +60-16-773****
Contact
Senior Team Leader
American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd.