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Certification
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Amanda Stanford

Amanda Stanford

Philadelphia,PA

Summary

Motivated, goal-orientated and success-driven professional with 9+ years of front-line, managerial and consultative experience building customer success programs, and developing high performing service-oriented teams; generating increased ROI for customers across various industries. Accomplished in working with organizational leaders to establish business goals and devise strategies driving revenue generation and business growth. Proven track record in creating scalable customer success operation manuals, analyzing business KPIs and operational outcomes to improve overall performance; leveraging deep industry knowledge, interpersonal communication skills, and critical thinking to positively impact overall company success.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
3
3

Certifications

Work History

Success Architect

Salesforce
San Francisco, CA
11.2021 - Current
  • Maximize time to value for 170,00,00 + Client Opportunities / Renewals (1.2. in New Business), empowering 350+ customers while maintaining a 5 CSAT.
  • Develop success plans to boost long-term business success and increase ROI of Service Cloud product.
  • Analyze customer business processes and goals to propose optimal software applications and feature adoption for their respective use-cases.
  • Communicate best practices and interface enhancements to promote better functionality for end users.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders for growth opportunities and successful partnerships.
  • Engage with customers to increase product adoption and influence increased product investment.
  • Interface directly with customers, stakeholders and end-users regarding feature implementation, best-practices, and strategic organization development to increase overall product and end-user success.

Shift Manager

ID.me
Tysons Corner, VA
02.2021 - 11.2021
  • Fostered culture of customer centricity by aligning with product, marketing, operations, finance and executive teams to drive initiatives centered on customer success
  • Managed a team of 10+ direct reports and 180+ frontline employees; overseeing daily and monthly performance, inclusive of: training, development, and career tracking.
  • Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
  • Manage a team of 10+ direct reports and 180+ frontline employees; overseeing daily and monthly performance, inclusive of: training, development, and career tracking.
  • Assessed reports to evaluate performance, develop targeted improvements and implement changes.
  • Developed and implemented systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
  • Developed effective SOPs to streamline accountability measures that align with strategic decisions to achieve both short term and long-term objectives.
  • Kept operations responsive and agile with proactive troubleshooting and problem-solving of routine and complex concerns.

Customer Service Manager

American Airlines
Arlington, VA
05.2019 - 01.2021

Daily activities included but were not limited to:

  • Exceeding team goals and collaborating with colleagues to implement customer service initiatives.
  • Maintaining clear and accurate interdepartmental communication in real time.
  • Obtaining, synthesizing, and reporting daily performance metrics and operational reviews.
  • Training and regularly mentoring direct reports on performance-oriented strategies and customer service techniques.
  • Managing a team of 35+ direct reports daily and monthly performance, inclusive of: training, development and career tracking.
  • Collaborating with colleagues and upper leadership to improve customer service processes and support structures station-wide.
  • Strategically managing employee time and attendance from operational perspective to increase budgetary saving.
  • Designing and implementing strategic plans to achieve improved station metrics, safety performance, customer experience and team development.

Customer Service Agent

American Airlines
Arlington, VA
05.2014 - 05.2019
  • Addressed passengers' concerns about delayed and canceled flights and resolved issues utilizing LAST techniques.
  • Followed through on all critical inter-departmental escalations to increase customer experience.
  • Enforced safety/security measures and protected sensitive zones.
  • Sold, processed ticked changes, created and booked reservations, thoroughly followed through on all documentation required for distressed passengers.


Student Placement Specialist

2U
Lanham, MD
09.2018 - 04.2019

Daily actives included but were not limited to:

  • Managing all aspects of placement for our online master’s programs in a specified territory to ensure overall student success in the program
  • Developing new outreach and engagement communication templates
  • Fostering new partnerships and maintained relationships with agencies for placements
  • Matching agencies with students and placing them with a sense of urgency to prevent any lapse in class registration
  • Working with counterparts at the university and legal team on contract execution of partnership agreements to finalize agency contracts
  • Creating individual strategy for long term placement relationships as well as fulfilling one-off placement requirements for students

Software Utilized

·SalesForce; Advanced Time Management Calendaring; DropBox/Google Drive; Zoom/Google Hangouts/Adobe Classroom

Education

Master of Arts - International Development

American University
Washington, DC
05.2020

Bachelor of Arts - Speech, Language And Hearing Sciences

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
05.2014

Skills

  • Executive Consulting
  • Technical Consulting
  • Customer Success
  • Team Collaboration and Leadership
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Written and Oral Communication
  • Strategic Planning
  • Time Management and Reporting
  • Pipeline Management
  • Process Improvement
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    Technical Deliveries

    - Salesforce Service Cloud Implementation

    - Salesforce Omni-Channel

Certification

  • Salesforce Certified Administrator - April 2023
  • Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder - June 2023
  • Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator - July 2023

Languages

English - Native | Spanish - Full Professional Proficiency | Portuguese - Limited Working Proficiency

Timeline

Success Architect

Salesforce
11.2021 - Current

Shift Manager

ID.me
02.2021 - 11.2021

Customer Service Manager

American Airlines
05.2019 - 01.2021

Student Placement Specialist

2U
09.2018 - 04.2019

Customer Service Agent

American Airlines
05.2014 - 05.2019

Master of Arts - International Development

American University

Bachelor of Arts - Speech, Language And Hearing Sciences

Temple University
Amanda Stanford