Supervisor, Residential Customer Solutions

Retention Agent Manager

This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Responsible for managing retention agent in an effort to retain existing customers from disconnecting while retaining and upselling core products i.e. Video, Data, and Phone. Coach, monitor, develop, lead, model, motivate, analyze, organize, staff, and train, so that customers, employees, and owners are successful towards our goal of being America's leading service provider.

Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience. Supervise agents to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction, professionalism, and courtesy during all retention transactions exists and is sustained. Consistently meet or exceed weekly and monthly retention activity goals by coaching agents to sound telephone based customer save techniques. As a result of regular phone monitoring and engagement with the agents, provide regular data-centric feedback to Manager with regard to actionable items to be taken to improve customer experience and improved retention rate. Ensure that agents are educated on and abide by the business rules surrounding the retaining of a customer. These business rules include but are not limited to extension of promotions, credit usage, and escalation of service-related issues. Ensure thorough understanding of the agent as well as the supervisor compensation/commission plans in order to coach to specific behaviors that will improve save yield and, therefore, improve commission earnings potential. Manage agent compliance of call handling metrics to include productive time, schedule adherence, handle time, after call work, and other metrics as necessary. Analyze and provide statistically-based recommendations on ways to improve agent save performance. Manage agents performance by providing frequent coaching based upon call monitoring and save performance. Provide recommendations on save offers and business rules to support Charter's strategy. Master order processing within the billing system regarding all aspects of retained accounts, new sales order entry, account lookup, and other tools and functions as they relate to the retention function. Acquire, demonstrate and instruct thorough knowledge of competitors' pricing, packaging, and products in an effort to provide agents with skills needed to discuss side by side comparisons of Charter's and competitors' products and services. Ability to successfully manage difficult customer calls that require issue resolution. Perform other duties as requested by supervisor

Required Skills/Abilities and Knowledge Ability to read, write, speak and understand English Demonstrated working knowledge of cable communications products and services to include video (TV), data (internet), and voice (telephone) Ability to work variable hours; may include weekends, holidays, and split days off

Required Education Minimum of Associates college degree in marketing, sales or related field or equivalent experience

Required Related Work Experience and Number of Years Call center experience in the areas of customer service and/or phone sales - 3-5

Office environment