Description
The Contact Center Manager role is directly responsible for ensuring a superior Client experience, while managing a team of up to 12-15 front line Client Care Professionals (CCP). The CCP role handles requests from clients and financial advisors, utilizing a variety of complex system tools and processes.The Contact Center Manager position is diverse and touches people, process, and technology across business lines to support the contact center operations. Outside of the day-to-day management of a diverse workforce in an on-premises and telecommuting work environment, this role also handles call escalations and understands workforce management practices and principles and system knowledge to help support their team members.
JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage front-line teams within an operational unit, recruitment, selection, performance management, development and rewards.
- Manage work distribution, resource management and staffing levels within workgroup
- Assist in / develop team goals, priorities and metrics.
- Monitor progress toward goals, analyze variances, take correction action and adaps plans and priorites to address resource and operational challenges.
- Provide staff with on-going coaching and performance feedback.
- Resolve escalated customer cases, situations and inquiries.
- Partner with legal and compliance to conduct operations in compliance with pertinent laws and regulations.
- Participate in, represent and/or lead divisional / departmental projects or operational improvements that improve operational unit performance.
- Understand and project input into the budgeting and forecasting process.
- Recruits, develops, and sustains a high-performing team while promoting a culture of shared accountability, operational excellence, and partnership across the organization.
- Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable.
- Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.
The individuals in the Contact Center Manager will primarily interact with their respective teams as well as training managers, Quality coaches and manager as well as Commercial Ops senior leaders to influence change and drive operational excellence for all stakeholders.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Required:
- College degree or equivalent
- One plus year of demonstrated process/people leadership
- Knowledge of financial products preferred
- Professional credentials preferred (e.g., FLMA, ALHC, CLU)
- Strong communication/interpersonal skills with emphasis on customer service, conflict management, teamwork and coaching skills
- Knowledge of Thrivent Financial products and systems desired
- Experience with significantly improving processes and leading change
- Willingness to maintain an external perspective of emerging management and operations trends
- Licensing as appropriate (see chart below)
This job may require licensing (series 6, 63 or 26) which may differ by business area. As a result, all required licenses might not be identified in the Job Qualifications section above. Please contact your manager and/or the job description in the Job Library to confirm license requirements.
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