Customer Service Supervisor (West Coast)- Pacific Time Zone
Job title: Customer Service Supervisor (West Coast)- Pacific Time Zone in Wellfleet, MA at Wellfleet
Company: Wellfleet
Job description: Wellfleet, a Berkshire Hathaway company, delivers customer-centric accident and health insurance, with quality service and uncompromising ethics. Wellfleet works to protect people against risk throughout every stage of life - from grade school to college to the workplace.Founded in 1993 as Consolidated Health Plans (CHP), Wellfleet, headquartered in Springfield, Mass., is one of the nation's leading providers of health and accident insurance products to the higher education market.The Customer Service Supervisor provides supervision and support to the Customer Service department for health and accident lines of business for our West Coast business. The Customer Service Supervisor will provide high quality customer service while demonstrating a sense of urgency to meet customer needs. This role has several major areas of responsibility: supervision and development of Customer Service staff; monitoring daily and monthly call center performance and metrics; evaluating, delivering, and maintaining department training; resolution of complex and escalated customer interactions; and monitoring quality within the department both at the individual and department level. This position is also responsible for monitoring departmental compliance with performance guarantees, quality improvement standards, and any applicable regulatory requirements. The level of supervision performed in each of these areas has a direct effect on the quality of customer service provided to our customers.In this role, you willโฆSupervise, Train, and Develop Customer Service Staffยท Maintains strong knowledge of all Wellfleet benefit plans and procedures to serve as a resource to Customer Services staff to help resolve questions and issues and assist with first call resolutionยท Monitors the performance, behavior, and attendance of direct reports relating to policies and procedures and provides ongoing specific feedback to improve performanceDaily Operational Functionsยท Identifies issues impacting a Customer Service Representative's ability to adequately provide information or assistance to membersยท Partners with stakeholders throughout the organization to resolve operational issues, coordinate resolution of benefit and information discrepancies, and ensure clarifications to documentationยท Develops and maintains positive working relationships within Customer Service team and other departments to ensure optimum member care and satisfactionMonitor Call Center Performance and Metricsยท Ensures all systems utilized by the Customer Service team, are functioning appropriately and works with key stakeholders in the organization to resolve system issuesยท Monitors staffing and call volume in all queues to maintain service levels and take appropriate action to shift priorities and staff to meet service levels and performance guaranteesยท Participates in the calibration of Quality Assurance programRecruitingยท Partners with the Customer Service Manager to determine staffing needsยท Screens resumesยท Performs interviews with candidatesOnboarding and Department Wide Training Functionsยท Assists the Customer Service Training & Quality Supervisor with the designs and implementation of group and individual training sessions using a variety of teaching methods, including workshops, role-play and case methodsยท Assists the Customer Service Training & Quality Supervisor with creating, updating, and maintaining all Customer Services training materials and modulesยท Perform other tasks as assignedWe are looking for candidates withโฆ
- Minimum of three years' experience in health insurance in a customer service supervisory role
- Ability to work until 5pm PST to meet West Coast customer needs
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Work autonomously to meet deadlines with minimum supervision
- Ability to coach and motivate team with diplomacy and supportiveness
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to make independent judgements
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to manage relationships with key customers - internal and external
- Skilled at positive conflict resolution with various customers
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment with a proven track record of successful management of teams
- Dedicated to providing exceptional customer service
Expected salary: $65000 - 75000 per year
Location: Wellfleet, MA
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