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Ren Casonato

Summary

Results-driven operations coordinator with solid background in managing service operations in line with contractual service obligations.

Possessing proven track record in effective case management of warranty and outside of warranty cases in fast-paced environment. Highly proficient in case investigations, business resolutions, scheduling, dispatching personnel and managing inventory for optimal performance and customer satisfaction.

Highly organized, analytical, team-oriented professional with exceptional communication skills and training skills. Continuously seeking out efficiencies for the business unit wherever possible.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Residential Certified Installer Coordinator

Tesla Energy
Melbourne, VIC
04.2024 - Current
  • Coordinating outside of warranty installation compliance, for residential energy products
  • Communicating site remedies in line with Australian consumer law, service installation guidelines, contractual obligations and relevant service level agreements
  • Developing technical work order instructions to subcontractors for return to site remedy upon advise of engineering and technical teams
  • Formulated national customer complaints escalation pathway and flow chart in line with Australian Consumer Law and approval from Tesla Legal, Senior Management
  • Case management of outside of warranty legal-action customer complaints. Including formation of chronologies and escalation of key legal issues to senior management for high level case review and business resolution.
  • Assessing and responding to consumer affairs disputes, namely VCAT and NCAT applications
  • Establishing and maintaining interstate partnerships with subcontractors for efficient national site rectifications

Senior Service & Scheduling Coordinator

Tesla Energy
08.2019 - Current
  • Service Coordination & Scheduling, APAC – (Southern and Northern Regions)
  • Managing high level operational planning of field resources for APAC Field Service schedules
  • Managing Southern APAC Commercial and Residential case ticketing by planning for and allocating field service technicians to Tesla sites, per business needs.
  • Managing Northern APAC Commercial and Residential Case management, with Northern APAC Territory Service Manager (for South Korea, Japan and Taiwan)
  • Basic level technical fault finding for complex field revisits, with Technical support team and Engineering
  • Accounts Payable: Supporting the Service department with processing of invoices and purchase orders
  • Supporting Account Managers in resolution of vendor complaints or issues
  • Quotes & invoices
  • Raising purchase orders into Telsa’s internal purchase order system
  • Generating manual purchase orders for Tesla internal Customers
  • Processing vendors in CRM

Operational Trainer:

  • Ad Hoc - Service Operations Trainer: Developing and delivering technical onboarding training programs for new starters in AUS, NZ and Japan
  • Developing and facilitating a technical operational training program for new starters in integral business unit roles such as, RMA Coordinator, Intern, Field Service Technician and the Service Scheduling Coordinator (SSC) (i.e
  • Supporting the face to face onboarding of the 2nd SSC in JAPAN)
  • Creating and delivering pragmatic training programs with a key focus on efficient and targeted foundational growth in operational learnings, of new starter, for their 30, 60, 90 days in the business
  • Delivering a five-day, face-to-face, Service operations training program in Japan in September 2022.,
  • Event activation coordination - (May 2017).

Customer Insights Analytics:

  • Primary person leading customer insights for AUS/ NZ
  • Conducting year to end review of customer insights feedback
  • Analyzing data and presenting findings and recommendations to various stakeholders including APAC Energy director, APAC Head of Marketing and Sales and Channel Partnership Manager
  • Mitigating and resolving customer complaints
  • Formulating key business communications to enhance ongoing field service visits

Service Coordinator

Tesla Energy
04.2018 - Current
  • Managing the warranty replacements of Tesla Commercial and Residential products, in line with existing Product Warranty and Service Warranty contractual obligations.
  • Managing outside of Warranty returns, repairs and associated customer invoicing.
  • Subcontracting Warranty replacements according to contractual service agreements
  • Managing internal field resources for residential deployment planning,
  • Key Achievements:
  • Continually, improving workflow efficiencies to maximise utilization of internal staff, increase revenue raising and reduce outgoing expenditure.

Product Specialist

Tesla Motors
08.2017 - 08.2018
  • Educating prospects and customers on Tesla’s motor vehicles and energy products
  • Converting high volume customers to drive bookings
  • Conducting test drives and educational drives with Customers
  • Supporting the sales team to help manage and convert warm leads
  • Mentoring new staff
  • Key Achievements:
  • 2018 Ranked on average a top 5 Asia Pacific performer in Sales KPI’S.

Administration Coordinator

Nestle, Nespresso
05.2016 - 10.2017
  • Primarily responsible for coordinating back of house operational and administrative tasks for Melbourne's Flagship Boutique, including:
  • Rostering in alignment with monthly budget
  • Staff rostering support across Victorian network
  • Daily and weekly team deployment planning and adjustment
  • Annual leave management
  • Payroll – (Planning and approval)
  • Pay discrepancy resolution, in conjunction with global payroll team in Philippines
  • Relationship management of key stakeholders I.e., Cleaners, building maintenance managers and contractors
  • Facilities management in conjunction with Boutique Operations team in North Sydney
  • Finance reconciliation (cab charges, approval and verification of safe change order)
  • IT tickets and troubleshooting in conjunction with IT team in North Sydney
  • Office/back of house supply ordering, team uniform ordering
  • Managing administration of team meetings, manager meetings, HR matters
  • I.e. Employment Contracts in alignment with pay, meeting agendas and minutes. Confidential & non-confidential HR matters on behalf of HR
  • Key Achievement:
  • Created and successfully implemented applications for leave policy and procedure

Lecturer/Tutor/Marker

Deakin University, University Educator
03.2013 - 06.2016
  • Developing weekly unit program content and delivering weekly recorded audio, and face to face lecture content to third year university students
  • Reporting directly to the unit chair to ensure consistent delivery of weekly streamlined unit content.

Sales Specialist

Nestle, Nespresso
02.2013 - 04.2016
  • Educating the Nespresso brand, Nespresso products and services to club members and prospects in a highly professional and exemplary manner
  • Professional training and development based on the Nestle leadership framework
  • Working autonomously where necessary and collaboratively with the team to achieve monthly budget as per directive of management team
  • Key Achievement:
  • Coffee Launch Facilitator - Nov 2015: Responsible for running the boutique coffee training/event for the launch of the new limited-edition coffees
  • Planned, organized, and executed the coffee training and coffee launch event in conjunction with management.

Project Facilitator

Deakin University
03.2012 - 03.2013
  • Setting up and executing Deakin University expo booths in metro Melbourne and regional Victoria, (including driving company vehicles to and from expos)
  • Reporting directing to events manager
  • Preparing and executing presentations on behalf of the Faculty of Business and Law and the Faculty of Arts and Education to various Victorian VCE high schools
  • Engaging prospective students and parents in enrolling at Deakin University
  • Reporting to faculty Marketing Managers and Administration Officers to ensure presentations are set up as required and executed accordingly
  • Various administration office work, (Corporate Events team & Undergraduate Recruitment team), database entry and updating, filing, organising of marketing collateral.

Education

Juris Doctor -

RMIT
11.2029

Master of Teaching - undefined

Australian Catholic University
12.2021

Higher Degree By Research - Commerce, Consumer Behaviour

Deakin University
09.2015

Bachelor of Arts & Commerce - Accounting/Psychology, Marketing/Media & Communication

Deakin University
11.2012

Skills

  • Operational Efficiency
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Resolve Grievances
  • Legal Standards
  • Spreadsheet Tracking
  • Customer Expectations Management
  • Records Preparation
  • Assigning Cases
  • Team Leadership
  • Accurate and Precise
  • Billing and Accounting Support
  • MS Office Expertise
  • Inspect Completed Work

Accomplishments


  • 2023: Local Program Manager for Subcontracting AUS & NZ Service works in line with O&M agreements or existing Service Agreements, (for Commercial and Residential product replacements).
  • 2023: Local Program Manager of Scheduling Platform. Responsible for supporting platform roll-out in initial trial phases to APAC regions. Collaborated with Senior Management across a series of meetings, to provide final recommendations on MVP to program developers for platform redesign.
  • 2022: Formulated and delivered 1 week training program in Japan, to counterpart on Service Operations in Tesla APAC.

Certification


  • Construction Induction Training - White Card Training - 2022
  • Working With Children's Check - Volunteer - 2018
  • Safeguarding Children and Young People - Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne - 2020

Hobbies

Weekly Cycling (Road Bike) - I enjoy taking my road bike out to achieve my own new personal bests. 

Im currently on a new record, of cycling 75km averages per week, for 3 months in a row. 

Reformer Pilates - I maintain my Strength training through Saturday morning sessions of Reformer Pilates

Reading - I enjoy power reading, and listening to Ebooks in the categories of: Business, Self-help & Spirituality

Cats - Yes, i actually do have not 1, or 2 but 3 cats.

Languages

Italian
Limited Working
English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Residential Certified Installer Coordinator

Tesla Energy
04.2024 - Current

Senior Service & Scheduling Coordinator

Tesla Energy
08.2019 - Current

Service Coordinator

Tesla Energy
04.2018 - Current

Product Specialist

Tesla Motors
08.2017 - 08.2018

Administration Coordinator

Nestle, Nespresso
05.2016 - 10.2017

Lecturer/Tutor/Marker

Deakin University, University Educator
03.2013 - 06.2016

Sales Specialist

Nestle, Nespresso
02.2013 - 04.2016

Project Facilitator

Deakin University
03.2012 - 03.2013

Juris Doctor -

RMIT

Master of Teaching - undefined

Australian Catholic University

Higher Degree By Research - Commerce, Consumer Behaviour

Deakin University

Bachelor of Arts & Commerce - Accounting/Psychology, Marketing/Media & Communication

Deakin University
Ren Casonato