Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Interests
Leadership
Continuous Improvement Through Data & Analysis
Strategic Planning and Execution
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PAT MC CLARD

Champaign,IL

Summary

Knowledgeable Customer Service Executive with proven history of leading high-performing teams and executing strategic initiatives that drive organizational growth. Successfully directed cross-functional projects that resulted in significant process improvements and operational efficiencies. Demonstrated leadership and communication skills in fostering collaborative environments and delivering impactful results.

Overview

25
25

Years of Customer Service Experience

Work History

Director, Global Account Management

HGS
12.2019 - Current

Client Solutions Director

Alorica
06.2004 - 06.2019

Client Service Manager

LiveBridge
01.1996 - 06.2004

Education

B.S. - Communications

Illinois State University
Normal, IL
01.1988

Skills

  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Google Suite
  • CRM Tools
  • Relationship building
  • Strategic planning
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Decision-making
  • Issues resolution
  • Contract negotiation
  • Crisis management
  • Cross-functional team leadership

Interests

Amateur Radio

Photography

Science Journalism

Python Programming


Leadership

  • Integrity and People first mindset
  • Lead global cross-functional teams providing mentorship, feedback and guidance on development opportunities
  • Collaborate with remote teams to align processes and procedures ensuring consistency across channels and functional areas
  • Drive continuous improvement through setting clear goals, evaluating performance and providing guidance on best practices
  • Assist recruiting teams in identifying successful hiring criteria to improve training throughput and retention
  • Serve as escalation point and mediator for customer and internal issues
  • Build and continually evaluate quality processes to assess critical elements of customer interactions
  • Collaborate with Training, Quality and Operations teams to identify opportunities to improve internal or customer-facing processes
  • SOP creation and oversight

Continuous Improvement Through Data & Analysis

  • Long history of successful KPI management and SLA achievement
  • Design and implement customer interaction monitoring and assessment processes
  • Leverage internal quality and CSAT data to identify performance opportunities, develop action plans and assess impact of those actions
  • Create reporting and analytics to identify pain points in the customer journey and recommend changes to process and policy to optimize the customer experience
  • Use reporting and time-in-motion analytics to identify efficiency opportunities and develop best practices to optimize operational throughput
  • Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly business review creation to demonstrate progress of strategic initiatives and performance

Strategic Planning and Execution

  • Collaborate with senior leadership on planning and execution of strategic initiatives
  • Develop business reviews to clearly communicate successes and opportunities to clients and senior leadership
  • Identify technology solutions that enable employees to better serve customers and collaborate with technology teams to implement cost effective solutions
  • Recommend new product and service offerings based on customer and employee feedback
  • Create reports and analytics to highlight critical metrics
  • Lead special projects, project managing task completion across multiple departments and geographies and delivering on objectives
  • Strategic account planning to drive growth