Service Supervisor

The Contact Center Supervisor is an intermediate-level position responsible for leading and supervising the daily workflow of a Customer Service team. The primary objective of this role is to delegate tasks, manage team performance, and ensure that individual and group goals are met, all while fostering an environment of outstanding customer service and continuous improvement.
Key Role Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Management
Supervise the daily activities and workflow of a Customer Service team.
Allocate work, manage schedules, and plan for team leave to ensure optimal coverage and team availability.
Monitor and manage team attendance, punctuality, and adherence to schedules, including follow-ups on lateness.
Actively participate in the hiring and onboarding of new staff.
Serve as a backup manager as needed to ensure seamless operations.
Performance & Quality
Monitor and manage both team and individual performance levels in line with agreed-upon business objectives.
Evaluate team member performance, conduct monthly reviews and yearly appraisals, and provide recommendations for pay increases, promotions, performance improvement plans (PIPs), or termination.
Ensure the entire team meets performance and quality expectations and is responsible for end results.
Provide on-the-job coaching, training, and feedback to support the growth and development of team members.
Recommend and implement new work procedures to enhance efficiency and quality.
Make evaluative judgments to solve problems based on factual information, precedent, and technical experience.
Collectively responsible for resolution & closure of all URN / ESMS that are raised under their ID and/ or Citiphone within agreed TAT.
Ensure excellence in knowledge of self and CPO.
Follow up on open cases to ensure TAT is not breached
Suggest and implement process improvement to increase FCR through CPO empowerment
Manage the real-time feedback process ensuring business problems are immediately highlighted by the Team and appropriate action is taken.
Customer Experience & Escalations
Oversee and perform customer service activities, including resolving a variety of issues that may have a broader organizational impact.
Handle customer escalations effectively, ensuring timely resolution and follow-up (close looping).
Work closely with the Customer Experience and Quality teams to maintain and enhance service excellence.
Drive the team to meet targets for Telephone Service Factor (TSF), Customer Satisfaction (CSAT), First Call Resolution (FCR), and Net Promoter Score (NPS).
Suggest and implement process improvements to increase FCR through team empowerment.
Sales & Growth
Drive the team to meet sales targets through effective lead generation and identifying upselling opportunities during customer interactions.
Digitization & Compliance
Ensure the team promotes digital channels in all customer interactions where appropriate.
Monitor and drive key performance indicators related to digital adoption.
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
Required Qualifications and Skills
Experience & Knowledge
A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in a customer service or contact center environment.
Previous experience in a banking-related or team management role is required.
Experience with Six Sigma, Lean, or reengineering methodologies is preferred.
Knowledge of Citi product suites is an advantage.
Expert-level proficiency in MS Office.
Skills & Competencies
Leadership: Strong team management, coaching, and people-development skills.
Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to creatively solve problems and think outside the box.
Interpersonal: Effective influencing, relationship management, and conflict resolution skills.
Customer Focus: Extremely customer-centric with a passion for delivering service excellence.
Resilience: Ability to properly adapt to stress, adversity, and a changing environment.
Project Management: Proficient project management abilities to handle multiple priorities.
Work Ethic: Strong work ethic with a collaborative, team-player attitude.
Minimum Requirements
Education: Bachelor's/University Degree or equivalent experience.
Language: Fluency in English is mandatory. Multilingual capabilities are a plus.
Availability: Must be open to working in various shifts as required by the business.
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Job Family Group: Customer Service
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Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.
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Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
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