- Reporting to the Operations Director, the role includes line responsibility for all Contact Centre, After sales & Complaint handling.
- Manage the day to day performance of the Contact Centre Operations
- to deliver a best in class service, meeting or exceeding all KPIs and within budget. Will have a focus on driving improvements in call handling times.
- Supports the strategy for the development of the contact centre, staying abreast of new practices and technologies.
- Lead and embed the change to a new customer service & CEX systems
- Lead, inspire and co-ordinate the Customer Experience management team at all levels to create motivated and engaged colleagues.
- Be responsible for the end to end customer contact processes and their associated customer experience, supporting cross company initiatives to drive improvements, improve efficiency and reduce complaints.
- You are responsible for the recruitment, training, induction and coaching strategy across customer contact
- Work closely with other teams including HR, L&D and Training delivery teams. Taking full responsibility for the ongoing development all levels of your contact centre.
- Reviewing and defining clearly all contact centre roles, any required shift and candidate profiles required across the contact centre operation
- Applying your experience with best practise, develop continuous improvement plans and make recommendations based upon the employee and customer insight.
- Develop plans and offer insight and knowledge to the organisation on the use of new tools and technologies to create a cost effective operation consistently achieving contact handling SLAs.
- Deliver cost efficiency's and increased in Customer Satisfaction Scores.
- Enhance the quality of customer interactions, ensuring quality assurance, compliance, regulatory and legal obligations are met across all interactions.
- Proven ability to inspire and energise your CEX teams
- Previous experience heading up a successful Contact centre CEX/ CS business
- Demonstrates a proactive and results driven approach to driving productivity & success
- Effective in managing change and fostering innovation for the development of the business
- Excellent problem solving capabilities
- Experience in restructuring and up skilling teams to meet strategic business objectives
- Track record of improving team efficiency and effectiveness
- Skilled in driving continuous improvements