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Karen Taylor

Oklahoma City,OK

Summary

Resourceful Supervisor trained in resolution of critical issues within time-sensitive environment with successful track record of building and maintaining talented teams. Highly organized, energetic and versatile leader committed to continuous improvements. Proven history of motivating staff to work together to achieve targets.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Supervisor

Foundever
Norman, OKLAHOMA
08.2019 - 12.2023

Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and
organize workflows.

Handled customer complaints, resolved issues, and adjusted policies to meet changing needs.
Monitored workflow to improve employee time management and increase productivity.
Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
Maintained compliance with company policies, objectives, and communication goals.
Boosted team performance by developing customer service training materials and conducting
service training.
Solicited customer feedback to identify and improve on areas of weakness.
Evaluated customer needs and feedback to drive product and service improvements.
Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specification.

Customer Service Specialist

SBC Gold
Norman, OKLAHOMA
05.2019 - 07.2019
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer
    needs and resolving concerns.
    Addressed customer complaints and mitigated dissatisfaction by employing timely and on-point
    solutions.
    Took payment information and other pertinent information such as addresses and phone numbers
    to place orders.
    Achieved high satisfaction rating through proactive one-call resolutions of customer issues

Supervisor

SITEL Worldwide
Norman, OK
02.2014 - 05.2019
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and
    organize workflows.
    Handled customer complaints, resolved issues, and adjusted policies to meet changing needs.
    Monitored workflow to improve employee time management and increase productivity.
    Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
    Customer Service Representative, 09/2007 to 03/2008
    SOS Staffing – Plano, TX
    Managed for leas

Collections Agent

ProCollect
Dallas, TX
04.2006 - 12.2007

Processed payments and applied to customer balances.
Achieved performance goals on consistent basis.
Delivered exceptional customer service on collection calls and maintained calm and professional
demeanor.
Persistently reached out to customers with extremely past due accounts to recover lost revenue.

Fullfillment Clerk

Design Vision Optical
Garland, TX
09.2004 - 01.2006
  • Selected and filled orders from stock to fulfill customer requirements.
    Followed procedures at all times for personal and team safety.
    Collaborated effectively with coworkers on initiatives focused on achieving measurable
    improvements in production quality and workflow.
    Received and reviewed new orders, located requested merchandise, and promptly initiated
    processing.
    Pulled & prepared customer orders to be sent for assembling. Assisted in the assembling of
    customer orders. Quality control of manufactured items. Weekly, monthly & yearly inventory. Daily
    restock of manufactured items. Packaged & prepared customer orders for shipment.

Customer Service Representative

Today's Staffing
Dallas, TX
10.1999 - 02.2002
  • Processed catalog orders for various merchants. Resolved customer complaints. Track customer order.
    Assisted with incoming calls for customer satisfaction.

Customer Service Representative

USA Mobility
Dallas, TX
02.2000 - 04.2001
  • Resolved technical issues with pager usage and malfunction. Placed follow up calls when necessary to insure customer satisfaction. Assisted with customer billing accounts. Notated results in customer accounts

Education

GED -

Garland High School
Garland, TX
08-2000

Skills

  • Staff and Priority Management
  • Schedule development
  • Training and mentoring
  • Employee Motivation
  • Goal- Oriented
  • Software Experience-Multiple platforms to include Salesforce and Amazon Workspace
  • Complex Problem Solving

Timeline

Supervisor

Foundever
08.2019 - 12.2023

Customer Service Specialist

SBC Gold
05.2019 - 07.2019

Supervisor

SITEL Worldwide
02.2014 - 05.2019

Collections Agent

ProCollect
04.2006 - 12.2007

Fullfillment Clerk

Design Vision Optical
09.2004 - 01.2006

Customer Service Representative

USA Mobility
02.2000 - 04.2001

Customer Service Representative

Today's Staffing
10.1999 - 02.2002

GED -

Garland High School
Karen Taylor