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Jeremy Parkerson

Land O’ Lakes

Summary

Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, excelling in customer experience management and process optimization. Achieved a significant reduction in call wait times while fostering team development and motivation. Skilled in project management, I drive continuous improvement to enhance operational efficiency and elevate customer satisfaction.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Process Owner, Customer Service and Accounts Receivables

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
Tampa
02.2021 - Current
  • Developed efficient risk management strategies and profit-driven workflows for customer service representatives, account receivables clerks, and digital platforms to enhance customer experiences.
  • Standardized standard operating procedures and policies across various customer service and account receivable teams.
  • Migrate operational teams from multiple OTCs into one universal system.
  • Lead project team from blueprint into future design.
  • Conduct functional testing, support UAT, log issues, and ensure desired outcomes.
  • Participated in the collection and migration of data to improve system integration.
  • Guide CMO through change impacts and develop training, QRG, and support materials.
  • Train end users and provide ongoing support in hyper care after go live.
  • Lead call center operations of 8 managers, 21 supervisors, and 200+ agents.
  • Supported QA, training, workforce management, hiring, employee incentive, diversity and inclusion, and employee appreciation programs.
  • Coach and mentor leaders and frontline employees for continuous improvement and job satisfaction.
  • Managed nationwide distribution of wine and spirits to ensure product availability for retailers.

AVP, Remote and Digital Operations

Park Community Credit Union
Louisville
01.2019 - 02.2021
  • Directed strategic and technical leadership for enhancing the mobile, online, interactive teller, and call center experiences for credit union members.
  • Reduced abandoned call rates from 20% to less than 5% and wait times of 5:00 to less than a minute without adding additional staff.
  • Hired and trained 40 indirect front-line team members and 4 leaders to enhance team performance.
  • Integrated call queues and cross-trained team members for optimal efficiency and seamless member interaction.
  • Trained and empowered team members to produce high quality member experiences by reducing transferred calls, escalations, and create first call resolution.
  • Created session workflow and routing for ITM machines to reduce member wait times.
  • Directed member engagement efforts while managing project teams to enhance digital platforms and vendor updates.
  • Maintain and successfully stay within budget while balancing the members’ needs and employee morale.
  • Created reporting and scorecard for team members to drive performance and deliver success on key metrics.
  • Lead project to purchase, install, and roll out call recording for call center.
  • Led COVID-19 Response Team to ensure members were able to receive the support and assistance while branch lobbies were closed.
  • Steered online account membership application improvement project and improved application completion, approval, and response times.
  • Enhanced mobile and online functions providing members more self-help options and capabilities bringing digital tools to competitive standards.
  • Held focus groups with employees and members to gain feedback on mobile and online banking platforms helping determine strategic priorities.
  • Provides retail and commercial banking products and services to members in Louisville, Lexington, and Southern Indiana.

Vice President, Customer Resource Center Manager

Limestone Bank
Louisville
11.2013 - 01.2019
  • Manages customer resource advisors that handle online banking boarding and support, mobile app support, fund transfers, address changes, statement questions, email support, billing, and general banking inquiries while cross-selling products and services.
  • Created the Customer Resource Center from the ground floor into a thriving asset for the organization.
  • Chair on Customer Experience Improvement committee.
  • Hire, train, and provide continued support to team members.
  • Lead projects to improve end to end customer experiences and process inefficiencies.
  • Manages day to day operations; including employee relations issues, customer escalations, service outages, call spikes and adjustments, new policy and procedure roll outs, shrinkage, corrective actions, payroll and benefit time administration, facility issues, HR consultations, employment separations, managing up reporting for senior leadership, and coaching frontline for development.
  • Forecast call volume, creates schedules, schedules out of seat activity, makes day-of adjustments, and assigns off the phone responsibilities for customer resource center to meet the needs of the customers.
  • Set up call routing, IVR options and messages, and creates reporting optimizing call flow and handling.
  • Developed scorecard and metric indicators to drive peak performance across all advisors and the department.
  • Implemented call quality program to ensure consistently positive customer experiences that enhance competitive edge for community bank.
  • Provides retail and commercial banking products and services to customers in metro and rural Kentucky.
  • Recognition and Awards: President’s Star Award 2014

Customer Service Operations Manager

Charter Communications
Louisville
12.2004 - 10.2013
  • Managed 600+ customer service representatives and 40+ supervisors that handled technical support, billing, and general inquiries while advising upgrade options regarding their entertainment services.
  • Guided escalation teams to produce over $200,000 addition revenue annually in "service to sales" environment turning chronic service issues and irate customers into buying customers.
  • Managed day to day operations; including employee relations issues, customer escalations, service outages, call spikes and adjustments, new policy and procedure roll outs, shrinkage, corrective action, payroll and benefit time administration, facility issues, HR consultations, employment separations, managing up reporting for senior leadership, and coached frontline for development.
  • Spearheaded initiative to reduce call volume by improving First Call Resolution; over a 3 month duration FCR improved from 75% to 82% reducing operational cost by $20,000 a month.
  • Lead project team focused on customer on-boarding and home visits to resolve service issues; project grew from a 6 week project, 40 team members, and 2 supervisors to a 6 year project, 300 team members, and 21 supervisors based on improved customer satisfaction, customer churn reduction, and employee morale.
  • Mentored and developed over 50+ employees to promoted leadership roles within Charter's organization.
  • Steered average handle time reduction project that provided over $350,000 annualized cost saving.
  • Forecasted customer call volume, scheduled staff, and planned new hire classes for a 250,000 monthly inbound call center to meet service level and line adherence goals.
  • Directed monthly national conference calls with field operations and senior management providing performance results of each service area identifying trends for process improvement and adding accountability to field operations; repeat service issues were reduced by 50% and customer contact rate was improved by 20%.
  • Administered reward and recognition annual budget providing motivation to engage employees, created a competitive team based culture, and recognized wildly successful team members.
  • Provides cable, internet, and telephone products and services to residential and business customers nationwide.
  • Recognition and Awards: Outstanding Performance Award - 2008, Cable Fax Magazine "Top Operator" - 2009 (Managing Day of Service department), Top performing "service to sales" manager for 6 consecutive years.

Technical Support Team Leader

Pegasus Satellite Television
Louisville
10.2003 - 12.2004
  • Supervised 20 technical support representatives handling inbound calls from residential customers about equipment, services, billing, and general inquiries.
  • Developed, supported, and mentored 20+ technical support representatives to meet the needs of customers and metric goals set by company.
  • Facilitated team meetings and training sessions to cover new strategies, policy and procedure roll outs, and best practices to improve job performance.
  • Led reward and recognition program to enhance employee morale and lower attrition rates.
  • Reviewed customer interactions and provided targeted feedback to team members for quality assurance.
  • Rural Direct TV satellite television provider. (Company was purchased by Direct TV in December 2004)

Operations Support Specialist

National Processing Company
Louisville
05.1996 - 09.2003
  • Lead major projects, owned vendor relationships such as AMEX and Discover Card, lead fraud investigations, and provided support to 100+ credit card call center specialists.
  • Facilitated training sessions for new product and equipment launches to ensure effective team integration.
  • Coordinated 2 major projects to convert over 10,000 customers to different billing platforms without incident or service interruptions.
  • Led project to move all customers from paper reporting to online reporting saving over $1.3 million annually and creating more competitive pricing to bring on new customers.
  • Mentored and developed 20+ billing specialists to enhance customer experience and service quality.
  • Listened to customer contacts and provided feedback to team members for quality assurance.
  • Processed credit card transactions for small and large businesses.

Education

Jefferson Community College

McKendree College

Skills

  • Customer experience management
  • Process optimization
  • Call center operations
  • Employee development
  • Strategic planning
  • Continuous improvement
  • Team building and motivation
  • Project management
  • Forecasting
  • Vendor management

Recognition And Awards

  • President’s Star Award, 2014
  • Outstanding Performance Award, 2008
  • Cable Fax Magazine 'Top Operator', 2009
  • Top performing 'service to sales' manager, 6 consecutive years

Timeline

Business Process Owner, Customer Service and Accounts Receivables

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
02.2021 - Current

AVP, Remote and Digital Operations

Park Community Credit Union
01.2019 - 02.2021

Vice President, Customer Resource Center Manager

Limestone Bank
11.2013 - 01.2019

Customer Service Operations Manager

Charter Communications
12.2004 - 10.2013

Technical Support Team Leader

Pegasus Satellite Television
10.2003 - 12.2004

Operations Support Specialist

National Processing Company
05.1996 - 09.2003

Jefferson Community College

McKendree College
Jeremy Parkerson