· Responsible for managing the overall reduction of student attrition at GIIS Singapore and other locations in Singapore.
· All Global Care Officers (GCOs) in Singapore will report to this role.
· Lead the realignment of the GCO team to proactively engage with parents and students, addressing concerns and resolving issues.
· Manage the timely resolution of incoming complaints through Zendesk, myGIIS, phone calls, and other channels, ensuring adherence to targeted response times.
· Analyze withdrawal applications to identify reasons for student withdrawals and implement strategies to retain students.
· Collaborate with Country Leadership, Heads of Schools, Senior Academicians, and Geo Department Heads to address endemic issues and reduce root causes of dissatisfaction and withdrawals.
· Evaluate academic performance and customer satisfaction data to recommend improvements in academics, operations, and customer service.
· Optimize the complaint management system to reduce turnaround times (TAT) and efficiently resolve issues.
· Shall be responsible for hiring and on-boarding GCOs for customer service that are voice, IT and email support for customer interface
· Responsible for training and development of team
· Will lead a full customer relationship structure of supervisors and GCOs reporting to them
· Responsible for input and output parameters like number of GCOs active, calls and tickets handled, output of GCOs
· Responsible for day to day and running and management of customer relationship centre – centralized and decentralized
· Responsible for logistics and management of customer relationship centre
· Will report functionally to Country Director.
· Will part of Geo Leadership Team and sit in TMM.
§ Leads the recruitment, selection, orientation, and training in the GCO team
§ Builds and manages high performing teams within the geography by providing leadership, role clarity, training and career development
· Minimum 10 years of experience in the BPO or Customer Service sector.
· Experience in the service industry is essential; exposure to the education sector would be an advantage.
· Proven track record of managing large teams, including sub-leads, with around 100 customer service agents.
· Prior experience with reputable organizations or BPO companies is preferred.
· Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale sales or customer service operations.
· Strong analytical skills with a focus on problem-solving and process optimization
Working Days: 5.5 days