Fairfax MediaNewsagent Service Manager
Mar. 2008 - Sep. 2010Fairfax Media is a National market leader in Print and Online Publishing, including titles such as Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review and BRW magazine) Newsagent Service Manager - Newsagent and Subscriber Service Centre (The Centre provides customer service to 200,000 + subscribers, the general public and 4000+ Newsagents across the country. An administrative team provides back office function) Lead, coach and manage a direct team of 16 and an indirect team of 50 Call Centre and Administrative staff, including 2 Senior CSR Servicing and Managing internal Stakeholders: Marketing Campaigns, Sales Campaigns, Logistics and Supply Changes. Contact Centre Reporting - service level, quality, newsagent performance, customer complaints. Drafting and Implementation of Standard Operation Procedures Handle Escalated calls/other communications Liaise with Training Department to organise new and refresher trainings for the department Half-yearly and yearly Performance Appraisals Change Management - Led, trained and empowered the call centre to adapt to 1) the company's logistic changes in OCT 2009, and 2) A major circulation system upgrade in MAY 2010, resulting in smooth transitions and minimal impact to customers Successful led and managed the call centre to respond efficiently to the Epping Newsagent Tragedy in JUN 2009 Using appropriate technology, improved internal reporting on logistics performance, newsagent performance and trend on customer complaints Successful Contact Centre implementation of new publications and sales campaigns e.g. Supermarket Affiliations Contact Centre consistently achieving key department SLAs - Service Level (70/30), Average Speed of Answer (15 seconds), Abandonment rate (2%); 24 hours turnaround for administrative duties Re-structured key administrative processes resulting in reduction of response times Facilitated the introduction of automated processes enabling accurate accounting and tracking of workloads