Call Center Manager - High Education

QS Quacquarelli Symonds

03-07-2015 | EXPIRA LA 02-08-2015

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RESPONSABILITATI

The higher education industry is a growing market and QS has established itself as the global leader in higher education events and intelligence. We provide recruiting platforms for Business Schools, Universities and employers to meet with talented individuals, for their academic programmes and career development. We deliver solutions for the world’s leading universities, business schools and global higher education community. We also offer services ranging from consultancy to professional services, software solutions and publishing. Almost 20 million people visit our websites each year and in excess of 200,000 register to receive information on opportunities to reach their educational and career goals worldwide.

Main responsibilities as a manager:
• This is a hands on role that will be responsible for heading a group of team leaders and telemarketing agents who hold responsibility for proactive candidate management: from cold calling to prospect qualification (hot/cold leads)/ conversion/ nurturing/ delivery based on clients request.
• Communicate, allocate and track tasks daily/weekly/monthly/yearly
• Working closely with the team to ensure the student database is performing to the full potential
• Create and maintain target calling/emailing/other lists for the student support team members
o Analyse and act immediately depending on the calling results on different regions / criteria/ tasks
o Ensure that the client briefs are fully understood by the team and the delivery is matching the briefs entirely
• Coordinate the team to work across multiple products within the company and set up priorities for delivery
• As a hands on Manager you will be someone who is happy to get on the phones to demonstrate live sales/marketing/conversion skills, providing coaching on call structure, questioning techniques, conversion/ closing techniques and more
• Provide delivery reports at agreed times and offer continuous improvement
• Working closely with account managers to ensure successful delivery
• Support all internal departments including that of Marketing to ensure that all promotions are explained and ensure maximum effectiveness.
• Creation and maintenance of Dashboards to report on agreed KPI’s
• Creation of calling lists and other reports requested by each team member
• CRM monitoring and maintenance


CERINTE

Requirements:
• Minimum 3 years’ experience of managing a targeted and proactive phone based sales/marketing team in a business to consumer setting
• Track record of achieving improved performance using your own sales/marketing skills, your management skills and your hands on training techniques
• Previous experience of utilising a CRM to support the telesales/telemarketing function; previous experience working with Salesforce CRM is a plus
• Excellent, proven interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills (proficiency in English is mandatory)
• Demonstrated ability to work in a proactively diverse and dynamic organization
• Proven ability to cope with conflict, stress and crisis situations
• Proficiency with office computer equipment and software
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Minimum qualification University Graduate; MA is a plus


DESCRIEREA FIRMEI

The higher education industry is a growing market and QS has established itself as the global leader in higher education events and intelligence. We provide recruiting platforms for Business Schools, Universities and employers to meet with talented individuals, for their academic programmes and career development. We deliver solutions for the world’s leading universities, business schools and global higher education community. We also offer services ranging from consultancy to professional services, software solutions and publishing. Almost 20 million people visit our websites each year and in excess of 200,000 register to receive information on opportunities to reach their educational and career goals worldwide.