
Customer Service Manager I
- The Woodlands, TX
- $50,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintain standards and practices to ensure the contact center functions efficiently and effectively.
- Clearly define and communicate all goals and standards to the team. Maintain team’s accountability for operational and business goals.
- Maintain team’s call quality standards, providing feedback and developing performance development plans.
- Establish clear, measurable individual and team performance targets.
- Work collaboratively with internal management team and communicate effectively cross departmentally.
- Oversee the progress of employees through monitoring reports and providing appropriate feedback.
- Instill and nurture teamwork and ensure employee engagement daily.
- Drive employee engagement through open and supportive communication with the team and participation in departmental and company events.
- Onboard and train new hires as well as provide refresher training to current team members
- Plan departmental activities, set deadlines and determine status of work in progress.
- Participate in contact center recruitment activities, conducting interviews and identifying qualified candidates.
- Maintain and oversee daily staffing requirements to achieve service level agreements and operational targets.
- Design and implement projects that have a direct impact on contact center performance.
- Occasional travel to meetings or outside training may be required.
- Managing ad hoc projects and other duties as assigned.
- Previous experience using ACD system.
- Call delivery systems or CRM experience
- 5 years’ supervisory / management experience in a contact center.
- Project management experience.
- Strong verbal, written, analytical and leadership skills.
- Proven ability to effectively educate, lead, and engage employees.
- Experience in employee performance management, delivering performance improvement plans and conducting performance reviews.
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate employees to perform at peak standards.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
- Experience in working cross departmentally to deliver results.
- Ability to handle multi-tasking effectively
- Strong time management skills.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite products including Excel and Word.
- Drive to championing change and employee engagement culture.
- Insurance industry experience.
- Ability to manage the escalation process with strong follow-through and attention to detail
- Liaison with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
- Associates or bachelor’s degree preferred.