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Charles Kamweru

Lake Elsinore ,CA

Summary

Over 10 years of contact center operations management accompanied with strong analytical and reporting skills with a track record for improving department KPI's. Accomplished in implementing and managing operational strategy, workforce processes, and developing applications that improve efficiencies and work-flow. Successfully managed inbound, outbound (blended), chat, social media and back office work groups leading to being awarded the companies highest level of achievement - Parthenon Award of Excellence in 2012. A focused leader that communicates well with customers, teams and management, and will continually deliver innovative, viable and sustainable solutions to evolving and challenging business needs. Dedicated customer service professional with strong verbal and written communication skills. Ready to apply analytical and problem-solving skills to help teams resolve customer complaints and foster long-term customer relationships. Confidently adjusts to changing situations and works well under pressure. Successful Customer Service Director with extensive experience in managing operational customer service teams. Proficient with working knowledge of customer service software, databases and tools. Strong leader committed to motivating team members to deliver better results. Analytical [Job Title] with keen eye for metrics. Skilled in developing and implementing customer service policies and procedures. Approachable leader with collaborative input around team members. Experienced Office Management and Administration Professional experienced optimizing productivity, efficiency and service quality across various environments. Highly dependable, ethical and reliable support specialist and leader that blends advanced organizational, technical and business acumen. Works effectively with cross-functional teams in ensuring operational and service excellence. Organized Office Manager with noted experience in administrative management. Prioritize projects and multitask effectively to achieve project goals. Methodical and detail-oriented team player with expertise in team leadership. Offering these skills and strong work ethic. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level [Job Title] position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Customer Service

Eastern Municipal Water District
04.2017 - Current
  • Increased customer satisfaction rates by implementing new training programs for customer service representatives.
  • Streamlined call center operations for improved efficiency and reduced wait times.
  • Implemented targeted marketing strategies to upsell products and services, driving sales growth.
  • Introduced comprehensive quality assurance processes, ensuring consistent delivery of exceptional customer service experiences.
  • Optimized workforce scheduling to maximize productivity while minimizing labor costs.
  • Established clear communication channels within the department, fostering a positive work environment that encouraged collaboration and innovation.
  • Analyzed data trends to identify areas of opportunity for process improvements and cost savings measures within the department.
  • Led team meetings focused on sharing best practices, addressing challenges, and celebrating successes in order to foster a cohesive, high-performing unit.
  • Analyzed customer feedback and identified areas for improvement, leading to increased customer retention.
  • Built strong relationships with field operations team to support business development opportunities and improve service.
  • Improved office operations by automating client correspondence, record tracking and data communications.
  • Optimized organizational systems for payment collections, AP/AR, deposits, and recordkeeping.

Customer Service Operations Manager

Eastern Municipal Water District
05.2016 - 04.2017
  • Responsible for the management of all customer call center functions including 40 front line employees handling about 25,000 calls per month
  • Maintaining established service levels and KPIs, ensuring quality and world class customer service is delivered on each interaction with internal and external customers
  • Key player in the Customer Segmentation efforts that will help the District identify various customer groupings that require different treatments allowing the organization to be more proactive in driving down call volume, delinquency rates, truck rolls along with creating more visibility on self-service tools available to the customers
  • Working with District Database Administrators to create a call center dashboard that'll bring consistent and real time reporting to agents and supervisors
  • Introduced automated After call Wrap-up reporting which led to reduced missed dispositions and maintained target of 1%
  • Partnered with Information System Project Management team to redesign and soon implement key changes to the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Customer Portal with the intent to create more awareness on District offered self-service tools and features.

Director, Marketing Operations

Zenith Education Group
01.2013 - 06.2015
  • Developed and successfully rolled out a process that enabled our enterprise dialer technology to maintain a speed to contact rate of under 30 seconds resulting in a 12% improvement in lead to transfer rate
  • Played an integral role in the migration of the contact center from Santa Ana to Denver growing the team from 120 agents to 450 agents
  • Successfully rolled out a robust contingency plan minimizing business risks and ensuring technology uptime of 98% or better
  • Spearheaded an effort to review current business processes and system capabilities
  • Identified process improvements resulting in an 8% increase in quality scores and an overall improvement in call handling
  • Improved internal Federal and State DNC processes by introducing hourly and nightly scrub processes that ensured all dial lists across 4 contact centers were within FCC compliance
  • Project-managed the build out of an outsourced vendor site to fulfill outbound calling requirements, including training, developing campaign and agent KPI's
  • Structured all campaign strategies to increase call center performance and efficiency
  • Lead discussions with Contact Center Sales Leadership, Marketing and Analytics, IT teams to define scope and document business requirements for campaign planning and build out, reporting, sales operations and customer service
  • Developed interval reports and contact strategies that improved and enhanced contact and transfer rates by 8% and 12% respectively
  • Responsible for hiring and building up a team of 8 Field Relations Specialists and 1 Operations Manager whose primary focus was to be a liaison between the Corporate Office and over 100 campuses, 3 vendors sites (Santa Ana, Chicago and Panama) and our contact centers located in Santa Ana and Denver
  • Partnered with the Training Department to provide the necessary tools and training environments needed to develop material used to on-board and develop all contact center agents.

Vendor Relations/Contact Center Operations Manager

Corinthian Colleges INC.
02.2010 - 01.2013
  • Managed a team of 3 Operations Supervisors responsible for 60 universal agents working across 5 different contact center work types including Inbound, outbound, chat, social media and lead management
  • Implemented skill based call routing in conjunction with staff alignment that resulted in a 28% reduction in call overflow and a yearly savings of $300,000
  • Maximized outsourcing partnership through periodic on-site visits, meeting regularly with the dedicated leadership teams, clearly defining SLAs, sharing best practices and training sessions
  • Intra-day monitoring of chat, inbound and outbound call queues ensuring service levels and sales goals were met
  • Reduced operational cost by implanting cloud based applications and led the evolution of these applications through testing, validation and working with I.T engineers and developers
  • Used historical call patterns and seasonal influences to budget and forecast staffing needs
  • Maintained forecast accuracy under 5%
  • Oversaw the creation of new contact center departments to support expanding workforce and volume, including developing new service center policies, procedures and performance standards
  • Collaborated with Training Manager to develop task-specific curriculum, lesson plans and training guidelines for new hire orientation resulting in a 50% decrease of new hire attrition
  • Introduced department incentive programs designed to increase productivity, team morale and overall sales metrics
  • Developed career paths and employee development programs that had 60% internal growth rate
  • Partnered with Human Resources to develop policies for attendance, time off request, performance management and progressive discipline
  • Prepared and delivered executive level summaries of call volume, conversion rates and customer satisfaction metrics.

Field Relation Specialist/Contact Center Liaison

Corinthian Colleges INC.
10.2004 - 02.2010
    • Single point of contact for over 100 campuses in the US and Canada on all lead routing processes and procedures
    • Responsible for training new Directors of Admissions on marketing support tools, contact center and vendor processes and procedures
    • Managed the companies 5,500 advertising toll free numbers including IVR messaging, call routing and traffic reporting
    • Supervised a team of 15 Marketing Support Specialists
    • Met with each team member twice a month to provide coaching and performance counseling
    • Produced solution reporting to Managers, Director and VP to ensure contact center metrics such as SLA's, AHT, Utilization, ABA and customer service were being met
    • Partnered with I.T to review and improve business processes and system capabilities leading to an increase of 8% in agent quality scores and overall improvement in call handling.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Public Administration -

California Baptist University

Advanced Excel Level 2&3 -

New Horizon Training Center
01.2009

Admissions Management Training -

Corinthian Colleges, INC
01.2008

Senn Delaney-Leadership Shadow, Feedback and Coaching -

Senn Delaney
01.2007

Introduction to Project Management -

New Horizon Training Center
01.2005

Communications -

Santa Ana College
01.1999

General Education -

Augustana College
01.1998

Skills

  • Cross functional team management
  • Budgeting and cost reduction
  • Change management
  • New center start-up and expansion
  • Process implementation and improvement
  • Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Management
  • Strong problem solving and communication skills
  • Performance tracking and evaluation
  • Versed in contact center technologies including: LiveVox, Cisco, eLoyalty, LivePerson, SalesForce, Avaya, eWFM, Calabrio, IVR, Inova
  • Vendor management
  • Performance management
  • Remote team management
  • Customer segmentation
  • Conflict resolution
  • Continuous improvement
  • Budget management
  • Process optimization
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Problem-solving
  • Customer satisfaction measurement
  • Data analysis
  • Strategic planning
  • Team leadership
  • Administrative Management
  • Staff Development and Training
  • Goal Setting
  • Workflow Optimization
  • Customer Service Management
  • Leadership and Change Management
  • Operations Management
  • Policy and Procedure Modification

Awards

  • Corinthian Colleges, INC - Employee of the Month (Feb 2005 & May 2006)
  • Corinthian Colleges, INC - Outstanding Professional Achievement (Aug 2011)
  • Corinthian Colleges, INC - Parthenon Award of Excellence (Aug 2012)

Timeline

Director of Customer Service

Eastern Municipal Water District
04.2017 - Current

Customer Service Operations Manager

Eastern Municipal Water District
05.2016 - 04.2017

Director, Marketing Operations

Zenith Education Group
01.2013 - 06.2015

Vendor Relations/Contact Center Operations Manager

Corinthian Colleges INC.
02.2010 - 01.2013

Field Relation Specialist/Contact Center Liaison

Corinthian Colleges INC.
10.2004 - 02.2010

Bachelor of Arts, Public Administration -

California Baptist University

Advanced Excel Level 2&3 -

New Horizon Training Center

Admissions Management Training -

Corinthian Colleges, INC

Senn Delaney-Leadership Shadow, Feedback and Coaching -

Senn Delaney

Introduction to Project Management -

New Horizon Training Center

Communications -

Santa Ana College

General Education -

Augustana College
Charles Kamweru