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Klaudia Volpe

Customer Experience Lead
Rolling Meadows,IL

Summary

An experienced professional with over 10 years of management, client relations, and program development and implementation. Demonstrates expertise in building connections with clients and problem solving. Great leadership skills, dedicated and dependable worker, and passionate for high quality and efficient work. Leads teams of customer service-focused professionals to improve customer ratings, reduce complaints and increase business.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
49
49
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Customer Experience Lead

AIT Worldwide Logistics
07.2022 - Current
  • Promoted superior experience by addressing customer concerns, demonstrating empathy, and resolving problems swiftly.
  • Trained staff on operating procedures and company services.
  • Sought ways to improve processes and services provided.
  • Optimized customer support by establishing collaborative service environments through targeted operational initiatives.
  • Increased efficiency and team productivity by promoting operational best practices.
  • Followed-through on all critical inter-departmental escalations to increase customer retention rates.
  • Responded proactively and positively to rapid change.
  • Cross-trained and provided backup support for organizational leadership.
  • Exhibited high energy and professionalism when dealing with clients and staff.
  • Developed highly empathetic client relationships and earned reputation for exceeding service standard goals.
  • Trained new personnel regarding company operations, policies and services.
  • Cross-trained and backed up other customer service managers.
  • Reduced process inconsistencies and effectively trained team members on best practices and protocols.
  • Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
  • Monitored metrics and developed actionable insights to improve efficiency and performance.
  • Coached team members to deliver hospitable, professional service while adhering to set service models.
  • Actively supported service associates by quickly responding to questions via phone and email and finding appropriate solutions to customer issues.
  • Conducted training and mentored team members to promote productivity, accuracy, and commitment to friendly service.
  • Responded to customer inquiries and resolved complaints to establish trust and increase satisfaction.
  • Set priorities and problem-solved workflow issues to maintain rapport with customers and managers.
  • Created, prepared, and delivered reports to various internal departments.
  • Delegated tasks to administrative support staff to organize and improve office efficiency.
  • Resolved issues through active listening and open-ended questioning, escalating major problems to manager.

Customer Service Representative

AIT Worldwide Logistics
02.2021 - 07.2022
  • Responded to high volume of incoming calls utilizing listening and communication skills to identify customer problems, needs, and opportunities.
  • Responded to customer requests for products, services, and company information.
  • Answered constant flow of customer calls with minimal wait times.
  • Utilized telephone, online chat, and email platforms to deliver outstanding customer service.
  • Documented customer interactions in internal database to maintain customer service history details.
  • Addressed customer inquiries, concerns, and complaints by providing solutions and alternatives and followed up to confirm resolution.
  • Met customer call guidelines for service levels, handle time and productivity.
  • Collaborated with staff members to enhance customer service experience and exceed team goals through effective client satisfaction rates.

Lead Teacher

ABCD Academy for Children
09.2013 - 05.2020
  • Built and strengthened positive relationships with clients and staff
  • Assisted fellow teachers with assignment development, special projects, tests, administrative updates and grading
  • Established course websites to make updated handouts and other resources available to students at all times
  • Attended in-service training and professional development courses to stay on top of policy and education changes
  • Coordinated calendar of training events and quarterly performance reviews
  • Identified and communicated to management regarding areas needing additional training
  • Conducted training needs assessments to identify individuals' current level of skill compared to required competency for position
  • Built strong community referral network

Preschool Assistant Teacher

Early Days
11.2012 - 09.2013
  • Supported lead teacher with daily classroom activities
  • Monitored students to observe behavior, enforce rules and maintain safety
  • Assisted with implementation of approved lesson plans and daily classroom schedule
  • Attended all required staff meetings, workshops and school functions
  • Organized student items by labeling and documenting collection
  • Evaluated student's progress and documented in reports.

Education

Director Practicum/Internship -

William Rainey Harper College
Palatine, IL

Skills

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Additional Information

Daily/Weekly

  • Formulate game plan email and advise the team what they need to focus on.
  • Manage reports for the team to keep shipments moving or closed out and to keep the client informed. Following up with the completion of these reports an addressing any problem areas.
  • Run reports to spot check returns going to the correct location or that we have met client's expectations per the SOP.
  • Delegate phone queue and tag teammates in to take calls if needed.
  • Action tickets where assistance is needed. This could be from any parts of our department.
  • Assist in any AIT HD issues. This ranges from reaching out to the escalation team, coordinators, helping upload shipments correctly to the XLR or fixing trigger issues, etc.
  • Address any escalations that come through the team. De-escalating the consignee, finding a solution that best fits their needs, following up with the shipment until delivery.
  • Address any escalations that come through our clients. Client emails come in consistently throughout the day and expect quick responses from Leads. The issues range in variety from something that can be easily addressed or things that need more attention and investigation. Follow up to provide solutions and monitor the situation.
  • Work on any manifest requests that come in.
  • Work on side projects assigned by upper management.
  • Build relationships with the team with daily interactions, answering questions, walking the room, providing support if someone is struggling, and providing space to listen if someone is having a difficult time.
  • Manage Team 2 and helped guide them to work with the client, helped keep tickets down/addressing overdue if they are behind, checking in with them if they understand the process and providing support if they need help.
  • Run weekly meetings for Team 2 with the support of my supervisor.
  • Provided topics for team meetings for all the teams.
  • Answer and support questions from the beyond team members and redirect back to the customer service team if needed.
  • Always come to our leadership meeting prepared and usually have topics so we can have a productive meeting.


Overall

  • Worked on material for the team such as the station contact guide, phone schedule, etc.
  • Helping to make sure the team is informed of any changes and provide material for them to reference in teams.
  • Hosted several training classes to keep the team’s skills up to date.
  • Helped restructure training material for new hires to make the material more efficient.
  • Built relationships and trust with clients- some on an executive level.
  • Became more familiar with the pick-up process so that I could be available for the pick-up team with questions. This gave me experience working on reverse logistics and helped me build stronger relationships with the pick-up team.
  • Involved in interview process for new candidates and sometimes ran interviews with the help of a supervisor.
  • Helped keep up morale with fun events like potlucks, celebrating birthdays, planning activities for the holidays during the stressful times of Q4.
  • Built close relationships with Legacy Select contacts across the board from the customer service team, coordinators, in store team, ops supervisors. I have knowledge on who to reach to escalate a shipment or get an update.
  • Regularly checked in with management to report any situations that need to be addressed with the team. This could involve individual teammates that would need to be addressed by a supervisor or just issues with a process that we may need to change overall.

Timeline

Customer Experience Lead

AIT Worldwide Logistics
07.2022 - Current

Customer Service Representative

AIT Worldwide Logistics
02.2021 - 07.2022

Lead Teacher

ABCD Academy for Children
09.2013 - 05.2020

Preschool Assistant Teacher

Early Days
11.2012 - 09.2013

Director Practicum/Internship -

William Rainey Harper College
Klaudia VolpeCustomer Experience Lead