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LESLEY RICE

LESLEY RICE

Tucson,AZ

Summary

Customer-oriented Manager successful at troubleshooting and handling customer support issues in a timely manner. Energetic Network Manager with strong time management skills who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Customer Service

AT&T
Tucson, AZ
06.2022 - Current

Supervises a 10-member team responsible for fiber and mobility calls.

  • Sent Daily Results by utilizing the VOC portal, personal performance data, and mydata portal.
  • Send daily team communication as greetings and see how they are pacing throughout the day by asking how they are doing.
    •Email updates like looking at frontline focus, pilot updates on current pilots, fame updates, and biweekly center results are sent in an email form.
    •Attendance Issues
    •Ensure we clear out the DDC report daily and complete attendance discipline in real-time. Manage job accommodation requests as they come in.
    •Coding, Timecard Corrections
    •Manage coding real-time or preschedule meetings, make sure timecard corrections are updated daily, and ensure we do not have any no-call no-shows by checking iex daily, communicating with the agents, and documenting if they are not logged in and have not coded themselves.

Manager, Network Customer Service Center

AT&T
Brecksville, OH
05.2013 - 06.2022
  • In May 2013, promoted to Manager in the Network Customer Service Center, responsible for coaching and developing 19 maintenance administrators who take calls from customers needing repair to their landline telephones
  • As a performance manager, always willing to take the lead for special projects to help improve the organization while continuing to exceed the customer satisfaction goal of 63%
  • As Awards and Recognition lead for over 80 maintenance administrators, develop contests to improve center results
  • As employee engagement lead of 10 maintenance administrators, created and implemented activities to build and improve center morale
  • As escalation manger lead for over 20 maintenance administrators who take irate calls
  • I achieved objective of 60% by reducing offline time and improved the scheduling to offer a more fair rotation..

Service Representative

AT&T
07.2002 - 04.2013
  • Effectively managed a high-volume of inbound customer calls
  • Addressed and resolved customer product complaints empathetically and professionally
  • Gathered and verified all required customer information for tracking purposes
  • After handling billing questions transitioned into sales offering
  • Assisted 80 peers by handling manager takeovers and complex orders.

Maintenance Administrator

AT&T
04.2008
  • Responsible for answering incoming calls for customers needing repair to their landline telephones
  • As a member of the training team and trained approximately 25 peers when they returned to work from disability
  • This experience as a maintenance administrator has helped me succeed in my current role as a performance manager, supervising maintenance administrators.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Kent State University
01.2001

High School Diploma -

Westlake High School
01.1996

Skills

  • Skilled in call center operations
  • Customer interface expertise
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Exceptional workflow management
  • Strong project management skills
  • Strong problem solving aptitude
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Collaboration
  • Training & Development

Accomplishments

  • Cross-trained 70 call center representatives in Milwaukee on call receipt guidelines
  • Cross-trained 4 call centers on Smart Chat project which improved first call resolution
  • Recipient of "Service Excellent Award" in 2014 and 2016
  • Recipient of "Moment of Excellence Award" in 2016

Phone

(440) 749-1015

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Manager, Customer Service

AT&T
06.2022 - Current

Manager, Network Customer Service Center

AT&T
05.2013 - 06.2022

Maintenance Administrator

AT&T
04.2008

Service Representative

AT&T
07.2002 - 04.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Kent State University

High School Diploma -

Westlake High School
LESLEY RICE