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Athanasia Kapakoulakis

Hoppers Crossing,VIC

Summary

Performance-oriented Sales Leader offering exceptional record of achievement over 12-year career. Tenacious manager with strategic and analytical approach to solving problems, bringing in customers and accomplishing profit targets. Talented in identifying and capitalizing on emerging market trends and revenue opportunities.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Manager

IVE Group
07.2022 - Current
  • Effectively oversee and maintain a portfolio of key clients
  • Discover potential growth opportunities within my client portfolio to expand the company's reach and increase revenue
  • Handle a diverse range of customers from various industry segments
  • Foster strong professional relationships with business leaders at different levels to ensure customer retention and growth
  • Strategically manage customers and opportunities to drive revenue growth within my portfolio
  • Establish a robust pipeline of new business prospects to meet predetermined targets
  • Take ownership of budget attainment
  • Exhibit a strong commitment to team values and professionalism.

Campaign Manager

IVE Group
05.2018 - 07.2022
  • Oversee various campaign types, such as marketing, essential, and service message communications
  • Participate in campaigns across multiple channels, including current marketing automation solutions, digital channels, and traditional mail, for top organizations in Australia
  • Implement personalized communication projects and campaigns, while delivering exceptional customer service that surpasses client expectations
  • Supervise the execution, monitoring, and evaluation of marketing campaigns and their effectiveness
  • Ensure campaign implementation adheres to organizational guidelines
  • Generate regular reports on campaign performance and outcomes
  • Enhance new campaigns by leveraging data and feedback from past and ongoing projects.

Customer Service Manager

Wengfu Australia
09.2016 - 03.2018
  • Lead, motivate, coach & develop capabilities of the team to achieve agreed KPI's
  • Productivity/adherence
  • Process improvement
  • Recruitment of seasonal staff
  • Managing team budget
  • Develop & implement a succession plan for each team member
  • Workforce optimisation data analysis to ensure optimum performance (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Performance management
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Dealer Updates
  • Customer feedback
  • Projects – Case management, Fertbook
  • Timesheet approvals.

Team manager - Business Account Manager (SME LPG)

Origin Energy
01.2016 - 09.2016
  • Business Account management
  • Call quality monitoring
  • Lead, motivate, coach & develop capabilities of the team to achieve agreed KPI's
  • Productivity/adherence
  • Process improvement
  • Recruitment
  • Develop & implement a succession plan for each team member
  • Workforce optimisation data analysis to ensure optimum performance (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Performance management
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Ensure Service level agreements & quality standards are met
  • Cost to serve analysis (Benchmarking)
  • RASCI
  • EBIT.

Customer Support Team Leader – ANZ Fuels/Communication Lead (BP Regional)

Elite Customer Solutions (Part of the BP Group of Companies)
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • As per below and including managing a NZ Customer Support Team

Customer Service Team Leader (Cards & Customer Service)/Communication Lead

Reliance Petroleum (known as BP Regional since Oct 2013) (Part of the BP Group of Companies)
12.2010 - 12.2012
  • Workplace development projects
  • Call quality monitoring
  • Lead, motivate, coach & develop capabilities of the team to achieve agreed KPI's
  • Productivity/adherence
  • Recruitment
  • Develop & implement a succession plan for each team member
  • Workforce optimisation data analysis to ensure optimum performance (daily, weekly, monthly) across 4 call queues
  • Performance management
  • Customer Relationship Management (Siebel)
  • Ensure Service level agreements & quality standards are met
  • Cost to serve analysis (Benchmarking)
  • RAM (Risk Assurance Monitor) audits
  • RASCI
  • QPR
  • Mentoring a colleague in the Team leader role
  • Communications/Marketing Responsibilities (BP Regional): Business Card ordering
  • Uniform orders
  • Stationary Orders/artwork approval
  • Employee reward & recognition
  • Scripting with campaigns as well as site & depot changes occurring
  • Communications sent to internal customers regarding changes occurring in the business as well as changes to process & procedures
  • Communications to external customers with changes to the business
  • Updating content on the BP Regional Website
  • Payment & reconciliation of invoices from service providers.

Team Manager

CGU INSURANCE (An IAG company)
09.2008 - 12.2010
  • Call quality monitoring
  • Lead, motivate, coach & develop capabilities of the team to achieve agreed KPI's
  • Productivity/adherence
  • Workforce optimisation data analysis to ensure optimum performance
  • Workplace development projects
  • Performance management
  • Ensure Service level agreements & quality standards are met.

Customer Consultant

CGU INSURANCE (An IAG company)
09.2004 - 12.2010
  • Service/Sales: Providing exceptional customer service
  • Effectively communicate all features & benefits of personal insurance products
  • Interpreting for Greek customers
  • First point of call for dispute resolution
  • Workplace Coach: Support new staff
  • Provide positive & constructive feedback
  • Develop individual coaching plans
  • Identify learning difficulties
  • Help navigate DP central
  • Higher Responsibilities: Call quality monitoring
  • Coaching & development
  • Various development projects
  • Underwriting new business applications.

Senior Customer Service Officer

CGU INSURANCE (An IAG company)
04.2006 - 04.2008
  • Support Call centre & business partners
  • Underwrite new business applications
  • Advise call centre staff of how to handle customer objections
  • Problem solving complicated queries/policies
  • Help Call centre staff navigate through DP central
  • Supply Underwriting advice as per the guidelines & via ARN's
  • Call quality monitoring for all CCC.

Entertainment Consultant (EC) Casual Team Leader

SALESFORCE (Foxtel Project)
02.2004 - 09.2004

Store Manager

Rockmans
10.2003 - 02.2004

Customer Service/Store Manager

Millers Retail
05.2000 - 09.2003

Education

Skills

    • Needs Assessment
    • Project management abilities
    • Direct Sales
    • Data Evaluation
    • Call Centre Operations
    • Understanding Customer Needs
      • Complaint resolution
      • System implementation
      • Product Knowledge
      • Report Generation
      • Business Development
      • Salesforce CRM

Preferred Name

Soula

Training And Development

  • MS Office – Intermediate
  • Netsuite – Intermediate to Advanced
  • Excel – Intermediate
  • Visio
  • Cert IV – Marketing and Communications – partial completion 2014/15
  • Procure to pay
  • Siebel – intermediate
  • SAP – Basic
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • First Aid Officer – Level 2
  • Workplace Trainer
  • Call quality accreditation

Professional Highlights

  • Successfully transformed a semi-active client into a highly engaged one, resulting in the need for large mailouts of up to 300K every two months. This achievement was accomplished by sourcing clean data and optimizing costs. (IVE Group)
  • Exceed budget every quarter for FY23 by 20 – 25% (IVE Group)
  • Obtain a Salesperson award for Q3 FY23 as exceed budget above all other Account Managers (IVE Group)
  • Expanded the scope of services for an existing client by introducing them to IVE's Digital offerings, as well as our Display and Merchandising offerings. This not only increased their spending with IVE but also allowed the client to target a different customer segment. (IVE Group)
  • Led the scoping, creation of requirements, and development of a project charter for Case Management. Additionally, created use cases, process documents, and conducted training, resulting in the successful implementation of the system within a tight timeframe of 6 weeks. (NetSuite)
  • Played a crucial role as the communications lead during 6 divestments/acquisitions within a span of 18 months. Formulated effective communication strategies for both internal and external customers, and developed a comprehensive FAQ document for customer support staff. (BP)
  • Led the communications efforts for the One Card Project, which impacted 40,000 BP Regional customers. Developed introductory and follow-up letters, as well as call scripts for a follow-up campaign. Prepared FAQ documents to assist customer support consultants in handling inquiries from transitioning customers. (BP)
  • Served as the key project lead during the transition of 12,000 customers for the Lowes Petroleum project. Developed Visio process flows, process documents, FAQ materials, and training plans. Conducted training sessions and managed daily/weekly reporting on call and administrative statistics. (BP)

Languages

Greek
Professional Working

References

Provided upon request

Timeline

Account Manager

IVE Group
07.2022 - Current

Campaign Manager

IVE Group
05.2018 - 07.2022

Customer Service Manager

Wengfu Australia
09.2016 - 03.2018

Team manager - Business Account Manager (SME LPG)

Origin Energy
01.2016 - 09.2016

Customer Support Team Leader – ANZ Fuels/Communication Lead (BP Regional)

Elite Customer Solutions (Part of the BP Group of Companies)
01.2013 - 01.2016

Customer Service Team Leader (Cards & Customer Service)/Communication Lead

Reliance Petroleum (known as BP Regional since Oct 2013) (Part of the BP Group of Companies)
12.2010 - 12.2012

Team Manager

CGU INSURANCE (An IAG company)
09.2008 - 12.2010

Senior Customer Service Officer

CGU INSURANCE (An IAG company)
04.2006 - 04.2008

Customer Consultant

CGU INSURANCE (An IAG company)
09.2004 - 12.2010

Entertainment Consultant (EC) Casual Team Leader

SALESFORCE (Foxtel Project)
02.2004 - 09.2004

Store Manager

Rockmans
10.2003 - 02.2004

Customer Service/Store Manager

Millers Retail
05.2000 - 09.2003

Athanasia Kapakoulakis