Team Lead

Job Summary

Manage day-to-day operations of one or more teams in the call center. Plan, direct, manage and evaluate team performance to ensure customers are receiving a high level of service.

Responsibilities

• Oversees one or more teams of customer service associates who handle customer service inquiries and problems via phone and/or email.
• Monitors operations to ensure adherence to service level standards and company/department policies and procedures.
• Ensures professional and courteous customer support services are delivered to remote a productive and positive relationship with customers.
• Ensures adequate phone coverage including making decisions regarding scheduling changes.
• Acts as an escalation point for resolving the most difficult customer issues.
• Evaluates the quality of customer service associates calls from customers; provides feedback to reps on strengths and areas for improvement.
• Communicate with clients, vendors and other departments to ensure quality service delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Serves as an escalation point for resolving the most difficult customer issues.
• Responsible for performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, hiring/interviewing, promotions and salary changes.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to contact center supervisors and team leads and occasionally to customer service representatives.
• Approves and implements streamlining opportunities and process improvements.
• Coordinates customer service activities with other internal functions.
• Tracks and reports contact center performance against objectives and goals, i.e., quality, call volume, customer satisfaction, etc.
• May serve as a backup to more senior customer service management in their absence.
• Other related duties assigned as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills that build high levels of customer satisfaction
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be detail-oriented and customer driven, focusing on providing the highest quality products and services to FIS internal and external customers
• Ability to lead and manage large teams effectively
• Working knowledge of workforce management practices and tools, e.g., scheduling software, quality monitoring software
• Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills 
• Demonstrated analytic and root cause analysis skills for process improvement initiatives • Demonstrates effective people skills and sensitivities when dealing with others
• General skills in the use of MS Office and other standard software applications required to perform the job duties
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Firstsource participates in E-Verify and we will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s I-9 to confirm work authorization.