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DAISY MAKONI

DAISY MAKONI

Service Recovery Lead
Johannesburg

Summary

I am a highly driven individual with a passion for people. With a depth knowledge spanning both service and sales, I bring a wealth of knowledge and understanding of customer strategy implementation and operations. My focus is to achieve business strategy through optimizing processes, leveraging my ability to manage diverse stakeholders and systems. I am drawn to challenges and thrive on successful delivery of my mandate as a leader. I am a talented leader in the banking industry. With over 12 years of experience at FNB, i have steadily risen through the ranks, demonstrating my commitment to excellence and innovation. I have a colorful toolkit of skills has allowed me to add significant value to the portfolios I have overseen. My expertise lies in bridging the gap between technology, employees, and customers, creating memorable and impactful experiences. My insights inspire others to elevate their CX strategies and drive meaningful change. I am an enthusiastic advocate for customer experience, i firmly believe that exceptional customer experience is the key to differentiating any product offering and standing out from competitors. I am dedicated to the upliftment, empowerment, and gender parity in all the roles that I play.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Service recovery lead

Commercial Client Experience Centre - FNB
4 2023
  • Created and maintained relationships with product houses, segment, and channel to ensure that the strategy of the bank is executed within our channel
  • Oversee the service recovery process and ensure that customers are satisfied with the resolution of any issues they may have experienced
  • This includes managing customer complaints, identifying the root cause of the problem, and implementing solutions to prevent similar issues from occurring in the future
  • Implement the customer journey mapping for Voice, Chat and Bot
  • Look at gaps and enhance experiences within channel
  • To work collaboratively with other departments within the organization to identify and resolve issues
  • Strategize on processes reengineering to enhance efficiencies
  • To identify trends and areas for improvement within the organization that can be optimised
  • These are used to increase retention and grow the customer base
  • The Service Recovery Lead may also be responsible for implementing changes to improve the customer experience
  • Draw up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans, monitor effectiveness and report on variances
  • Coordinate teams to ensure end to end implementation of prioritised and approved solutions for relevant product house, business unit or segment
  • Ensure effective analysis of data for identification of opportunities for efficiencies and growth in business
  • Designed customer centric and sustainable solutions, products, enhancements, and business cases and ensure effective integration across channels thereby delivering on the strategic objectives of product house, business unit or segment
  • Enable an inclusive culture that upholds diversity and transformation guiding principles
  • Manage people by executing management responsibilities and create an environment that encourages employee growth and performance excellence
  • Develop, encourage, and nurture collaborative relationships within the bank and externally
  • Develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make organisational improvements.

Sales Head

Commercial Client Experience Centre - FNB
01.2020 - 03.2023
  • Responsible for all commercial sales new and existing to bank within CCXC
  • Constructed and implemented a value drive strategy by aligning processes and scorecard to value contributed
  • This led to an increase in advances and deposits within the channel
  • Created and maintained relationships with product houses, segment, and channel to ensure that the strategy of the bank is executed within our channel
  • Draw up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans, monitor effectiveness and report on variances
  • Coordinate teams to ensure end to end implementation of prioritised and approved solutions for relevant product house, business unit or segment
  • Ensure effective analysis of data for identification of opportunities for efficiencies and growth in business
  • Designed customer centric and sustainable solutions, products, enhancements, and business cases and ensure effective integration across channels thereby delivering on the strategic objectives of product house, business unit or segment
  • Enable an inclusive culture that upholds diversity and transformation guiding principles
  • Manage people by executing management responsibilities and create an environment that encourages employee growth and performance excellence
  • Develop, encourage, and nurture collaborative relationships within the bank and externally
  • Develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make organisational improvements.

Growth Manger

Sales and Service Contact Centre - FNB
05.2019 - 12.2019
  • Manage costs / expenses within approved budget to achieve cost efficiencies
  • Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers' expectations through proactive, innovative, and appropriate solutions
  • Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME's, project managers and senior staff members
  • Manage agency stakeholder relationships, ensuring high levels of stakeholder satisfaction
  • Responsible for the merger of the Connect Sales team into the bigger contact center
  • Responsible for the introduction and optimisation of Customer initiated leads into Connect
  • Responsible for the investment sales team, implemented a quality drive to increase deposits and align customised products to customers
  • This increased the deposits YOY by 64% and led to an increase in customer experience
  • Maintained relationships with product houses, segment, and channel to ensure that the strategy of the bank is executed within our channel.

Education

Post Graduate degree in Marketing Management -

IMM Graduate school

BBA degree in Marketing Management - undefined

IMM Graduate school

Skills

Solid written and verbal communicator

Accomplishments

  • Implemented new customer experience measures that were proactive using speech. This led to a 18% decrease in channel complaints. There was a 48 % increase in channel compliments.
  • Awarded the Commercial Award for Outstanding performance in 2020.
  • New sales structure in 2021 that contributed 16 % of the total activated new accounts for commercial, a 6% growth from previous year.
  • Launched the Sales on the Back of Service within Contact Centre which increased sales by 10% within the first quarter.
  • CCXC Sales had the highest contribution to Commercial Sales in the Capture the Flag initiative compared to other regions.
DAISY MAKONIService Recovery Lead