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American Express Team Leader Operations in Haryana, India
Description
You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.
With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
Join #TeamAmex and let's lead the way together.
Purpose of the role
Our Card Members expect the best – they want personalized, VIP service, and they want it delivered consistently. At American Express we want to provide the ultimate experience in service – meeting the unique needs of our members and exceeding their expectations in every interaction.
Our successful Team Leader has a passion for delivering extraordinary service and demonstrated leadership ability to inspire their team to drive exceptional business results.
This exciting Team Leader role is the coach to a team of highly skilled and motivated Customer Care Professionals (CCPs). As an inspiring coach, the Team Leader will set team and individual performance goals and use performance metrics and reporting to drive performance and business results. They will monitor customer interactions to ensure extraordinary service and will provide consistent and ongoing coaching and feedback to ensure their teams are performing at their highest levels.
Our Team Leader is an entrepreneur who is an advocate and supporter for both their employees and their customers. They thrive in ambiguity and constantly strive for continuous improvement. They are intellectually curious, constantly seeking information about their team, the business, the industry, and they share a passion for growth and knowledge with their teams and peers. The Team Leader is responsible and accountable for delivering Operation Effectiveness and Excellence.
This position operates in a 24/7 environment, including working in shifts and on weekends. On-Going flexibility is required
Responsibilities
Motivate, Collaborate and Inspire
Deliver tailored, inspirational and effective coaching to CCPs
Hold regular sessions to observe individual performance and provide honest and actionable feedback through one-on-one sessions.
Inspire and motivate team members to have a passion to serve
Create an environment in which the employee feels their contribution is valued in extraordinary customer service
Consistently and effectively implement the Performance Management Process as a leadership tool to help employees maximize their performance
Ensure adequate staffing levels to maintain service levels and employee satisfaction
Participate in the selection, training and development of high performing and highly engaged team members
Lead and maintain employee satisfaction and engagement by using reward and recognition tools available
Lead by example, promoting blue box behaviors and encouraging an effective and positive work environment
Challenge your team to ‘raise the bar’ and drive continuous improvement
Build talent pipeline by identifying staff with high potential for succession planning and coaching.
Follow up on requests by leader, peers and direct reports consistently.
Encourage team members to own first resolution of service issues and provide the necessary coaching.
Encourage risk-taking and empowerment within the agreed process and standards to address customer needs.
Analyze, Communicate and Innovate
Analyze metrics and any issues that could affect achievement of service levels immediately.
Analyze performance management data, and identifying opportunities to further drive Customer satisfaction, Service levels, Sales point rate, Average handling time, Profitability, Schedule adherence, etc.
Monitor customer servicing chats, and identifying opportunities to ensure flawless servicing
Initiate process improvements by identifying service delivery gaps, offer solutions and successfully implement ideas to enhance American Express products and services
Ensure compliance for all processes and policies
Analyze skills and abilities to identify individual strengths and opportunities to develop action plans.
Plan, and prepare for daily coaching activities to develop and motivate individuals
Continually develop skills required for Team Leader effectiveness and seek opportunities to learn from peers.
Communicate the current state of the business regularly and help team to understand departmental priorities and the impact of these on their role.
Foster open communication by conducting regular meaningful team meetings/huddles to share success and challenges.
Use communication and role modeling to ensure all team members understand clearly what behaviors are required to provide extraordinary customer care
Qualifications:
Minimum 4 Years of Overall Work Experience. Minimum 2 Years Live Chat Experience in US/International market in American Express or outside Preferred
Team Handling & Customer service experience preferred
Minimum 2021 Rating of G3L3. Should not be on any form of Counselling
People leadership experience preferred. A natural and inspirational coach - a proven motivator of people
A passion for, and experience in the delivery of premium customer service
Proven ability to handle multiple priorities, work in a fast paced environment and make decisions quickly
Demonstrated superior communication/interpersonal skills
Effective mediator
Creative and dynamic thinker
Flexible
Proven ability to drive improvements in team performance
Proficient in Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel.
Qualifications
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Job: Operations
Primary Location: India-Haryana-Gurgaon
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 23000795