Customer Service Specialist / Senior Specialist (Call Centre Operations)

Responsibilities

Call Centre Operations Management

• Support Manager in the operational matters of the Call Centre and work closely with the appointed vendor to ensure that agreed service levels are met and maintained
• Support Manager to manage the Call Centre operations processes and procedures and identify gaps/ key areas to improve in order to achieve better performance of the Call Centre
• Monitor Call Centre Customer Satisfaction Score(CSAT) / Dissatisfaction (DSAT) scores weekly and work closely with the appointed vendor to identify root cause of customer dissatisfaction and ways to improve customer satisfaction
• Monitor CRM system to ensure Call Centre clears the ‘CallCentre Level 1 (CCL1)/ CallCentre Level 2 (CCL2) Escalation’ and ‘CC Fulfillment’ queues and there are no backlogs
• Manage escalated cases pertaining to Call Centre, perform root-cause analysis and implement initiatives for improvement
• Support Manager to review and update phone lines and IVR call flow/ messages, as and when required
• Support Manager in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system enhancements and identify key drivers to enhance productivity and effectiveness of the Call Centre

Passenger Notification

• Trigger Schedule Change notification (including flight cancellation, gauge changes) on a timely manner and coordinate with Call Centre Team if callouts are required
• Trigger ad-hoc passenger notification (overbooking, change of airport terminal, limited in-flight services etc.) and follow-up with any related workflows (e.g. refund/ rebook), as and when required
• Support manager in coordinating with Planning and Grounds Team in overbooking situations to determine whether voluntary or involuntary offload is required
• Support manager in coordinating with Planning Team during mass schedule change and/or cancellation to determine if the PNRs can be placed in multiple queues (notification to be staggered for call centre surge management)
• Monitor ad-hoc disruption during Disruption Week and ensure that Call Centre Team sends out passenger notification on a timely manner. Duty personnel will update template in CRM system as and when required and will be the point of contact for any issues faced by Call Centre Team

Escalated Cases Management

• Review escalated cases from the Call Centre and internal business units and provide the appropriate recommendations/ approvals
• Monitor and follow up to ensure that payment or system issues highlighted by the Call Centre are rectified by the responsible stakeholders
• Work closely with external stakeholders in handling customer enquiries for interline passengers

Call Centre Quality and Training

• Perform monthly call monitoring audit based on stipulated sample size and identify gaps and areas to improve the quality performance of the Call Centre
• Participate in weekly call calibration (to reduce variance in call monitoring scoring) and monthly QA review with Call Centre vendor, as and when required
• Work with relevant team in reviewing the call monitoring form and guidelines during the quarterly/ biyearly review exercise
• Identify common errors and service lapses made by call centre and highlight to Manager for coordination with relevant team on refresher/ reinforcement training
• Identify changes or updates required to the call centre operational processes/ procedures and highlight to Manager for coordination with relevant team to update Manual and training materials.
• Review the Knowledge Check (KC) and Dip Check (DC) questionnaires provided by Call Centre Vendor

Project and UAT Management

• CRM System POC for Customer Services department to bridge discussion on system enhancements
• UAT support on product and system upgrade and enhancement – Representative for CS and/or call centre, participate in project meetings and perform UAT prior to launch

Requirements

• Degree holder or a Diploma holder with 3-5 years experience in call centre/ customer service
• Preferably with experience in call centre management and is familiar with call centre metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Ability to work within tight deadline and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to articulate thoughts/ ideas with good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well as an individual as well as in a team
• Prior experience in aviation industry will be an added advantage