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ZAHER AHMED

ZAHER AHMED

Lahore

Summary

Dedicated Customer Support professional with over 10 years of experience; established multiple customer support, sales, retention, renewals, collection and outbound campaigns for Telecom, Insurance, E-commerce and Tracker industries. Focused on developing and executing innovative solutions that contribute to the long-term success and scalability for the organization

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager Sales & Customer Support Operations

Source Kode Solutions
Lahore, Pakistan
09.2021 - Current
  • Lead and manage B2B sales and customer support operations for UK-based clients and e-commerce projects
  • Onboard new projects, streamline SOPs, working procedures, and KPIs, and develop strategies to ensure client satisfaction and compliance with SOPs
  • Streamline sales and customer support processes, creating product manuals, work procedures, and training manuals
  • Conduct regular meetings with clients to discuss sales and customer support matters, initiating strategies to enhance sales and customer experience
  • Coordinate with marketing, SEO, design, graphics, listing, and development teams on product promotion, pricing, and marketing-related matters
  • Plan and implement quarterly sales targets, incentive structures, and KPIs for the sales and customer support teams
  • Prepare month-end performance reports for each project.
  • Perform sales audits and ensure all discrepancies are addressed fairly
  • Maintain cost pricing and product data, preparing profit margin reports for management and clients.
  • Train sales and customer support teams, organize recreational activities for team bonding, and conduct sessions to provide constructive feedback
  • Manage leads for sales projects and initiate various channels to generate leads for the sales team.
  • Assign and monitor leads via Hub Spot, perform audits and counsel sales team and generate sales funnels.

Assistant Manager Operations

IBEX | Global
Karachi, Pakistan
07.2016 - 09.2021
  • Managing Customer Support, Retention, Collection, Sales and Outbound Operations of a leading insurance and Trakker organization with a revenue portfolio of above 80 Million PKR per month
  • Work closely with clients to develop and implement operational strategies to achieve campaign’s SLA and revenue targets
  • Execute R&R activities for motivation and retention of call center staff and conduct necessary trainings for resource development
  • Enforce necessary audits and operational controls to mitigate business and operational risks
  • Monitor overall performance of all segments and coordinate with relevant departments for smooth operations and fulfill human resource, IT and logistics requirements
  • Ensure all MIS reports are prepared and shared with clients on time and conduct monthly performance reviews with management and client
  • Keep close eye on campaign’s revenue and budget and explore areas to increase revenue while exploring new business opportunities.

Lead Supervisor Operations

IBEX | Global
Karachi, Pakistan
11.2012 - 06.2016
  • Managing 24/7 contact center operations of a leading Telecom Organization with a team of 180+ agents and 10 Supervisors handling above 20K calls on daily basis
  • Ensuring optimum scheduling of resources in each hours to answer maximum calls within threshold by enforcing effective operational controls to achieve Daily/Weekly/Monthly Service Level targets
  • Recruitment, on-boarding and Training of new resources and implement necessary Quality checks and prepare performance scorecards for agents and supervisors
  • Conducted regular performance evaluations and provided constructive feedback to drive continuous improvement and enhance team productivity
  • Execute multiple incentives, performance plans and R&R activities for motivation and retention of staff and develop a learning mechanism for resource development to prepare themselves for next positions
  • Successfully upgraded Telecom CRM (TABS) in Karachi Center and successfully executed technology movement from Cisco to Avaya Platform in coordination with relevant teams and departments keeping minimal impact on customer service operations
  • Spearheaded the development and implementation of new operational procedures resulting in a 15% increase in efficiency within the department.

Senior Executive Call Center

Warid Telecom
Karachi, Pakistan
03.2005 - 11.2012

Debt Collector

Outsource R Us, Inc.
Karachi, Pakistan
01.2004 - 03.2005

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering -

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
03.2001

HSSC in Pre Engineering -

Pakistan Community School College
12.1996

Pakistan School College Benghazi, Libya
12.1996

Skills

  • Call center Operations Management
  • Customer Services
  • Sales Operations and SOP
  • Lead Generation
  • Sales Funnel Management
  • HubSpot, Trello, Asana
  • CS Automation
  • Project Management
  • Client Services
  • E-commerce Solutions
  • Workforce Management
  • Performance Management
  • Analysis, Reporting and Documentation
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Shopify, WordPress Management
  • Zoho CRM
  • MS Office

Projects

Claims Feedback Campaign | 01/2021 - 08/2021, 

  • Establish a claims feedback campaign with 2 agents for the insurance company to collect feedbacks from customers after settlement of their claims,
  • Prepare Work procedures, dispositions, and dynamics of the feedback campaign to ensure agents perform their tasks smoothly,
  • Set targets and KPIs for the agents, perform QA and audits and align daily, weekly and monthly reports

Postpaid Billing Campaign | 01/2015 - 06/2018

  • Establish an outbound campaign to inform customers using postpaid mobile phone connections to inform them about their billing and convince them to make payments.,
  • Hire, Build, Train and Manage team of 8 agents and 1 team lead for the campaign.
  • Set their KPI's performance targets and align Work Procedures to perform the tasks smoothly,
  • Implement dialing solutions (Auto Dial functionality), Leads Management solutions and set up process funnel for maximum conversion and follow ups with customers,
  • Oversee QA and Audits in coordination with QA Team and do counseling and feedbacks to agents,
  • Ensure to achieve campaign’s L2R and B2P targets on a monthly basis and on-time billing to the client.

Renewal Operations | 07/2018 - 09/2021

  • Establish Renewal operations for an insurance company having a renewal portfolio of PKR 45 Million every month with a team of 12 agents and 2 team leads,
  • Develop and implement team KPI's, performance targets, renewal incentive structure for the team members,
  • Prepare renewal work procedures, Dispositions, and align tasks for the team to ensure smooth operations,
  • Develop strategies and keep close coordination with clients on operational matters, pricing, customers' concerns to achieve the daily targets
  • Develop QA & Audit team to perform QA for each renewal case and ensure all possible efforts are made by the agents,
  • Ensure to achieve B2P and L2R assigned targets for the campaign

Customer Support Operations - E-commerce Stores Projects, 01/2022 - till date: 

  • Establish customer support operations of UK based online E-commerce stores offering vaping products to their customers.,
  • Prepare complaint handling SOP's, Order processing, Exceptions handling, Handling Delivery matters, Claims SOPs, Refund/Discount and Replacement procedures,
  • Hire, train and manage a team of 3 agents and 1 team lead to ensure smooth customer support operations,
  • Responding to customers' queries and complaints on Live Chat, E-mail, Reviews, Social Media, and GMB platform,
  • Take initiatives to take positive reviews from customers and sort out any complaint or chargeback raised by customers,
  • Prepare monthly, weekly, and daily reportings and statistics on customer support,
  • Highlight issues faced by customers and take steps to resolve them proactively.

Customer Support Operations - Number Plate Services Project, 02/2024 till date. 

  • Establish customer support operations for a newly launched website offering Number plate services in the United Kingdom
  • Prepare customer support procedure, step by step tasks to verify, process, and collect required documents from customers once a customer placed an order on the website
  • Ensure processing of the customers' orders within the due time and coordinate with the client for smooth completion of the orders
  • Respond to customers' queries on WhatsApp, E-mail, live chat, and Google My Business messages and reviews.
  • Align daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports for clients

Timeline

Senior Manager Sales & Customer Support Operations

Source Kode Solutions
09.2021 - Current

Assistant Manager Operations

IBEX | Global
07.2016 - 09.2021

Lead Supervisor Operations

IBEX | Global
11.2012 - 06.2016

Senior Executive Call Center

Warid Telecom
03.2005 - 11.2012

Debt Collector

Outsource R Us, Inc.
01.2004 - 03.2005

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering -

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology

HSSC in Pre Engineering -

Pakistan Community School College

Pakistan School College Benghazi, Libya
ZAHER AHMED