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Mark-Philip Sace

Imus,Philippines

Summary

To lead, succeed and contribute in a leadership post in an industry that will be utilizing my management, training, selling, and corporate communication skills which will encourage colleagues and subordinates to be fully engaged in providing superior customer experience in order to exceed targets and goals set by the company.

Insightful Leader with experience directing and improving operations through effective employee motivational strategies and strong policy enforcement. Proficient in best practices, market trends and regulatory requirements of industry operations.

Talented figure-head with analytical approach to business planning and day-to-day problem-solving. Collaborative manager with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Talented Manager with expert team leadership, planning and organizational skills built during successful career. Smoothly equip employees to independently handle daily functions and meet customer needs. Diligent trainer and mentor with exceptional management abilities and results-driven approach.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

CENTRE MANAGER

IPSOS Retail Performance
06.2017 - Current
  • Reports to the Director-VP in the UK site and the head for Operations
  • Philippines Country Head of Operations
  • Responsible for the day-to-day management of the 24/7 team based in Manila, UK, Spain, US & Canada, across the shifts, including the preparation of the shift patterns
  • Approval of holiday requests and team management to ensure appropriate resource at all times including public and special holidays
  • Recruitment of new team members, as and when needed, including temporary staff to allow the Engage coders to be available on a project basis
  • Client analysis on a project basis for specific projects &/ or clients
  • Engage project work on an ad hoc basis by agreement
  • Assessment and day to day management of the incentive schemes
  • Reviewing the systems to ensure they are fit-for-purpose and that data audits and validation can scale with the business
  • Root cause analysis of issues effecting the workload of the validation team, including system analysis and recommendations for improvement
  • Managing a clear process for all incoming telephone calls to the business to ensure the 1-800 calls are answered consistently and in a timely fashion, providing our customers with the support required, whilst ensuring the data is logged on our CRM
  • Drafting of process guidelines and other instructions to the correct IRP standards
  • Provided support in ensuring the data quality for validation and audits for FIRs is of the appropriate standard
  • Supporting the Operations Director in driving all data into the CRM to allow a clear single view of our clients’ store behavior to allow greater insights into the data
  • Assist Director of Retail Intelligence in generating insights and other qualitative reports as and when necessary.

PROGRAM HEAD

Convergys
02.2013 - 07.2017
  • Reports to the Site Director
  • Handles Dun & Bradstreet client with 32 different lines of businesses
  • Tracks and reports performance of individual employees, supervisors, and groups as a whole at the site or client level
  • Audits and observes supervisors to ensure coaching is effectively provided and documented
  • Provide management presence and support to production activities of product support teams to hit real-time metrics, internal and client target
  • Conducts analysis daily, weekly, and monthly production reports as against call traffic and provides feedback to superiors and team leaders regarding areas that will improve productivity and procedures
  • Makes certain that support ratios are at goal
  • Ensures maximum productivity by maximizing on-case time for all agents to include acceptable non-productive levels
  • Develop procedures and policies for better handling of customer correspondence and customer complaints
  • Develop strategies to increase the quality and efficiency of support to customers
  • Significant in people development: Trained, managed and developed incoming Support Staff
  • Identifying and articulating reporting requirements, which includes targets, specific data, and anticipated outcomes.

HEAD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE

Lazada PH
04.2012 - 09.2012
  • Reports to directly to the Co-founder of Lazada PH
  • Manage hiring, training, retention and performance of the customer service team
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements impacting customer care function
  • Develop customer incentive and retention programs to ensure customer loyalty and work with Marketing for promotional launch of deals
  • Collaborate with sales and marketing team to maximize revenues and customer loyalty
  • Coordinate with Finance, Sourcing, Buyers, Warehouse, Inbound and Outbound Logistics to improve customer service and business productivity
  • Work with Content group and Web developers for website on a customer’s perspective and information posted as FAQ’s
  • Maintain in-depth working knowledge of the company’s brands, systems and processes
  • Monitor and respond to consumer-initiated Internet blogs and websites.

CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER

Ensogo Living Social PH
01.2012 - 04.2012
  • Reports directly to the Managing Director
  • Improve the operational systems, processes and policies in support of organizations mission specifically, support better management reporting, information flow and management, business process and organizational planning
  • In-charge of implementation, performance and achievement of goals of the center, productivity and management
  • Administer performance management by diagnosing improvement opportunities, providing effective feedback, coaching, training, professional development, and corrective action plans
  • Strategize by evaluating data and input from process improvement teams, recommending best practices and implements those in the training of staff in law/regulation/administrative changes, while ensuring uninterrupted services to customers
  • Writing and conducting performance evaluations, making employment decisions, setting up performance goals and targets for assigned division.

GROUP MANAGER

VXI (AT&T U-Verse)
02.2011 - 12.2011
  • Reports to the Senior Operations Manager
  • Direct call center operations as a liaison between clients, supervisors, and call center employees
  • Develop sales techniques; call control module and incentive scheme for customer service representative to drive revenue growth
  • Review call center statistics to measure staff performance and the need for improvement
  • Conduct performance appraisals annually
  • Resolve problems, which are in area of authority and be able to differentiate those out of own realm
  • Oversee daily operations of a division (over 100 reps) and improve the overall quality of customer service for a Tech Support account
  • Managed and supervised 2 Senior Team Leaders (STL), 8 Team Leaders (TL) and their teams (over 100 Technical Support Representatives) in a division
  • In-charge of implementation, performance and achievement of goals of the center, productivity and management
  • Significant in people development: Trained, managed and developed incoming Group Managers / Team Leaders / Support Staff.

TEAM MANAGER II

Convergys Philippine Services (OnStar)
06.2009 - 02.2010

TEAM MANAGER

Convergys Philippine Services (OnStar)
10.2006 - 06.2009

OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR / ASSISTANT MANAGER

ePerformax Contact Center (Verizon Business)
04.2004 - 08.2006

OUTBOUND BUSINESS LEAD (OPERATIONS MANAGER)

Connect2 (In-house Customer Service)
01.2003 - 04.2004

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

eTelecare International (Dell Technical Support)
03.2002 - 01.2003

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

eTelecare International (American Express)
09.2001 - 03.2002

SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER

DigitelOne (Sales & Marketing)
06.2000 - 05.2001

PRODUCT ASSISTANT

DigitelOne (Maketing, Promotion & Adverstising)
04.2000 - 06.2000

TELEMARKETER

Rainbow Philippines
09.1999 - 01.2000

CREATIVE STAFF

Hemisphere-Leo Burnett
06.1998 - 09.1998

Education

Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Marketing Management Degree -

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
12.1998

3rd class Electrical Technology Engineer Diploma -

DON BOSCO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
04.1995

Skills

  • Self-Directed
  • Organization
  • Time Management
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Quality Assurance
  • Customer Relations
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Relationship Building
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Networking
  • Supervision and Leadership
  • Multitasking
  • Project Planning
  • Clerical Support
  • Floor Service Operation
  • Written Communication
  • Troubleshooting
  • Problem Resolution
  • Problem-Solving
  • Microsoft Office
  • Research
  • Google Workspace
  • Remote Office Availability
  • Report Generation
  • Scheduling
  • Product Knowledge
  • Data Entry
  • CRM
  • IVR
  • IEX
  • OpStats
  • CCMIS
  • TKS
  • Avaya
  • Nortel Telephony system
  • Zendesk
  • Salesforce
  • Windows operating systems
  • MS Office
  • Computer hardware
  • Adobe
  • Corel
  • CAD
  • Organizational Skills
  • Computer Skills
  • Google Drive
  • Good Telephone Etiquette
  • Friendly, Positive Attitude

Trainings And Seminars Attended

  • Fundamentals of Management, 01/2019
  • Development at IPSOS, 11/2018
  • Data Privacy, 11/2017
  • Market Research Overview III: Understanding Consumers, Markets and Brands, 07/2017
  • Market Research Overview II: World of Qualitative Studies, 07/2017
  • Market Research Overview I: Introduction to Market Research, 07/2017
  • Corporate Social Responsibility, 06/2017
  • Security Awareness, 06/2017
  • Discover IPSOS, 06/2017
  • Managerial Development, 06/2016
  • Convergys Leaders as Coaches 1&2, Unknown
  • Financials, 01/2010
  • Four Segments, 12/2009
  • Building Interfunctional Relationships, 09/2009
  • Goals and Goal Settings, 06/2009
  • Generating Alternatives In Problem Solving, 02/2009
  • Key Stages in Coaching, 01/2009
  • Ethics & Privacy Compliance, 09/2008
  • Team Leader Development II, 05/2008
  • Metrics & Measures, 04/2008
  • Call Management System, 04/2008
  • Quality & Cust Satisfaction, 04/2008
  • IEX, 05/2007
  • Team Leader Development I, 01/2007
  • ZenDesk, 05/2012
  • Salesforce, 02/2012
  • Monday Morning Leadership, 08/2011
  • Situational Leadership, 03/2011
  • Drive To Effective Leadership, 03/2011
  • S.M.A.R.T.E.R Action Planning, 02/2011
  • Effective Feedback, 02/2011
  • Professional Training Skills, 09/2005
  • CCMIS, 04/2004
  • C.O.A.C.H. Training, 05/2004
  • T.I.E.R. Training, 05/2004

Competencies And Achievements

  • A versatile leader with vast experience in Service Delivery in a Business Process Outsourcing, Call Center Industry – Customer Service, Inbound and Outbound Campaigns Back Office, Research, Data Entry and e-Support.
  • Introduced BPO approach metrics, KPIs, scheduling and appraisals for IPSOS for the first month into the company – restructured the department in just 1 month
  • Created metrics for IPSOS customer service which was non-existent for the last 5 years. Created scorecards to measure performance for each individual. This has been implemented in all the IPSOS sites across the world, from Canada to UK to France to Spain.
  • Implemented and executed CSAT for Customer Service with a very surprising result of 94.54% for August – first month of rating.
  • Program Heading 32 different Lines of Business in Convergys, Dun & Bradstreet – a Financial Leader in Business Investigations, Credit Rating and Severe Risk Reporting.
  • Maintained CSAT of above 90% for the past 3 years in Dun & Bradstreet. First call resolution was at 85% compared to the target of 65%. September 2016, we hit all time high of 98% CSAT.
  • AHT was always below the target of 410 seconds, even with new hires. AHT was at 367 seconds for Inbound and 380 seconds for emails in Dun & Bradstreet.
  • Revenue gained for the year 2016 amounting to $ 5,688,568 for the client
  • Highest revenue for one line of business for on 2015 amounting to $473,949.80 for the client
  • Mastered the use of Salesforce and initiated changes that can help the tool become more useful to CSRs and other department front liners.
  • Introduced the Call Center / BPO approach to Lazada PH hiring, training and people development for one of the biggest e-commerce business in the Philippines for the Customer Service Department which brought a different kind of experience for the customers.
  • Introduced, hired, implemented and executed Quality Assurance Specialist function to monitor quality of calls, e-mails and contacts with Customers. Increased Customer Satisfaction from 53% to 89% in a span of 2 months. By the end of 4 months, CSAT was at 93%.
  • Created the process flow for the current operations in Lazada Philippines. From Order Verification to Sourcing to Inbound Logistics to Outbound Logistics. Implemented and executed successfully the “Recruitment to Retirement” approach to customer service – from order taking to delivery; and increased sales from an average of 25 orders per day to 500 orders per day.
  • Spearheaded process enhancement and various module developments for Lazada Philippines. Completed end to end documentation process for Learning and Development for both Process and People Management; completed Customer Service manual and workbook.
  • Streamlined process of Ensogo-Living Social PH for more efficient procedural flow
  • Introduced a more detailed approach in Customer Service by bringing in the use of ACD and IVR that will allow to reach agent optimum level of performance.
  • Brought the use of Salesforce to Ensogo which was a vital tool for maintaining service levels.

Timeline

CENTRE MANAGER

IPSOS Retail Performance
06.2017 - Current

PROGRAM HEAD

Convergys
02.2013 - 07.2017

HEAD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE

Lazada PH
04.2012 - 09.2012

CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER

Ensogo Living Social PH
01.2012 - 04.2012

GROUP MANAGER

VXI (AT&T U-Verse)
02.2011 - 12.2011

TEAM MANAGER II

Convergys Philippine Services (OnStar)
06.2009 - 02.2010

TEAM MANAGER

Convergys Philippine Services (OnStar)
10.2006 - 06.2009

OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR / ASSISTANT MANAGER

ePerformax Contact Center (Verizon Business)
04.2004 - 08.2006

OUTBOUND BUSINESS LEAD (OPERATIONS MANAGER)

Connect2 (In-house Customer Service)
01.2003 - 04.2004

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

eTelecare International (Dell Technical Support)
03.2002 - 01.2003

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

eTelecare International (American Express)
09.2001 - 03.2002

SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER

DigitelOne (Sales & Marketing)
06.2000 - 05.2001

PRODUCT ASSISTANT

DigitelOne (Maketing, Promotion & Adverstising)
04.2000 - 06.2000

TELEMARKETER

Rainbow Philippines
09.1999 - 01.2000

CREATIVE STAFF

Hemisphere-Leo Burnett
06.1998 - 09.1998

Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Marketing Management Degree -

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

3rd class Electrical Technology Engineer Diploma -

DON BOSCO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Mark-Philip Sace