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Desiree Van Der Merwe

Line Manager
Uitenhage
Desiree Van Der Merwe

Summary

Hard working and passionate Line Manager with 12 years of experience in Contact Centre environment. Motivates employees to align performance with company objectives in fast-paced environments.

Overview

12
years of professional experience
4
Certifications

Work History

Volkswagen Group South Africa

Roadside Assistance Line Manager
2016.10 - Current (8 years)

Job overview

Managing of the roadside assistance/operations support service of the Customer Interaction Centre in the various brand segments in terms of, KPA’s and associated KPI’s and specific measures agreed and monitored with team leaders in order to maximize performance and customer delight and minimize cost per transaction. Manage roadside assistance/operations support in terms of outcomes, volumes, projects, with costing, including managing income and expenditure relative to provisional funding.

Leverage relationships between key stakeholders, dealer management and working groups through personal contact, meetings and reviews of service level agreements in order to achieve outcomes based performance on the premium segment customer care concerns. The final intent is the constant improvement of CSI and customer satisfaction with sound service delivery.

Develop business ventures associated with the roadside assistance / operations support to entities within and outside the organization in order to ensure the CIC meets its targets in respect of customer service, whilst decreasing cost of delivery

Volkswagen Group South Africa

Customer Care and MD Office Line Manager
2012.01 - 2016.10 (4 years & 9 months)

Job overview

To co-ordinate and ensure that all customer complaints within Volkswagen Group South Africa are handled timeously in order to restore the Customer’s confidence in the organization and/or product by effectively settling of all business matters in a fair, efficient and professional manner:

Facilitate all customer contacts on behalf of senior stakeholders.

Foster sound working relationships with Senior Dealer Management.

The final intent is the constant improvement of CSI and customer satisfaction with complaint resolution.

Handle all necessary communication between customer and the Volkswagen Group (telephonic and written)

Gather all facts necessary and provide responses on behalf of the Volkswagen Group with regards to all safety related concerns reported

All matters raised within the MD Office have specific timeframes for providing feedback

Education

Uitenhage College , Uitenhage

High School Diploma
2001.04

University Overview

Computers,Accounting,Office Practice,Communication

Skills

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Certification

MS Excel 2010 Intermediate

Timeline

Coaching for Higher Performance for Managers

2022-05

Basic Project Management Tools and Techniques

2019-05

Certificate of Appreciation for going the extra mile

2018-05

MS Excel 2010 Intermediate

2017-11

Roadside Assistance Line Manager

Volkswagen Group South Africa
2016.10 - Current (8 years)

Customer Care and MD Office Line Manager

Volkswagen Group South Africa
2012.01 - 2016.10 (4 years & 9 months)

Uitenhage College

High School Diploma
2001.04
Desiree Van Der MerweLine Manager