Sr Manager, Client Services at Wheels in Des Plaines, Illinois

Job Description:

Job Description:




Senior Manager, Client Services



Leads a team of Account Managers that are responsible for all day-to-day requests, processes, and for executing proactive management of a portfolio of customers. Implements policies and procedures for the work team that ensures customer satisfaction, while actively meeting customer SLA/KPI, and contributing to the effective resolution of customer issues. Contributes to setting and attaining departmental/corporate performance and fiscal goals and objectives.Effectively manages customer relationships with varying level of contacts within an organization.


The Sr. Manager, Client Services partners with Operation Leaders, Client Management, Talent Development, and other key internal stakeholders to help our clients reduce operational costs, identifying potential areas for improvement, and recommending solutions to achieve operational efficiency.



KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work to ensure the Account Managers meet individual and team performance metrics (Salesforce cases, phone availability) and implement action plans as needed


• Work with each Account Manager to establish a strategic plan incorporating annual customer survey results along with NPS Feedback for all customers and work with Account Managers to ensure complete customer satisfaction, retention, and growth


• Partner with Account Managers to investigate customer inquiries, determine next steps, and achieve their prompt and successful completion daily


• Provides continuous coaching, development, and managerial support to Account Managers ensuring customer retention and exceeding customer satisfaction goals.


• Serve as an escalation point and take ownership for issues that impact the customer's success.


• Uses discretion to escalate customer issues/employee issues to senior leaders as appropriate


• Build and maintain strong relationships with multiple key contacts within your assigned team's customer portfolio


• Professionally addresses job performance issues such as attendance and interpersonal conflicts in the workplace


• Reward and recognize favorable behaviors to enhance group effectiveness of team members


• Create a collaborative team environment that is clearly focused on understanding and meeting client needs


• Initiate and drive the development of employees to promote continuous business improvement, maximize retention, and encourage personal growth and development within the company


• Facilitate and communicate team meetings and training needs to ensure employees are kept abreast of industry, market and customer demands/changes/updates


• Utilize capacity forecast models, Salesforce, vehicle count and processes to establish appropriate client workload, staffing levels and back-up plans that will achieve desired customer service and support objectives


• Utilize Change management principles to effectively lead associates with changes in process


• Identify and implement processes and procedures to improve operational efficiency and customer experience


• Responsible for ensuring processes are documented, maintain an SOP OneNote, and regularly update standard operating procedures. This includes following up on additional SOPs that need to be created.


• Managing training setup and communications with trainers, scheduling, optimizing training times, and coordination with managers.


• Identify additional training needs in partnership with Client Services leaders and Talent Development.


• Maintain in partnership with Talent Development an FAQ, Vocabulary, and Acronym Glossary


• Act as a liaison between Talent Development and Client Services leadership to identify tools and additional training needs aimed at enhancing the ability of client services staff to provide world-class customer service.

• Strong leader and motivator


• Significant operations experience in a high volume, multi-faceted/skilled, diverse client environment


• Strong customer service and customer relationship skills


• Change agent and flexible to drive change within the organization


• Ability to think at a high level, multitask, and plan ahead


• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, both soft and influencing skills


• Ability to handle multiple priorities and high volume of work


• Create and manage cross-functional teams and gain consensus from other departments for key service and operations initiatives


• Effective project management skills with a proven track record of successful implementations


• Excel, Word, and PowerPoint expertise


• Working knowledge of Salesforce

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in related field


• 5 years client service experience in roles with increasing responsibilities


• 3 years of Supervisor or Manager experience


• 5 years of fleet industry experience preferred

• 20% Travel


• Hybrid role - in office and work from home