Customer Service Coordinator Job in Kenya


Customer Service Coordinator

Reports to: Customer Relations Manager.

Position Overview

Our client is an ICT company that prides itself in delivery of cost-effective future proof solutions, backed by exemplary customer service.

The role of this position is to provide coordination and administrative support to the Operations Manager in delivering customer’s solutions on timeframes and within set budgets.

The position holder is responsible for maintaining project files; ensuring documentation is compiled and stored for future reference, and assisting in supporting “best project practices”.

The position holder is responsible for the placing of equipment orders on behalf of the Operations Manager and the on time, delivery and accounting for such equipment into the client site.

The role will require the person to deploy customer projects.

As a company, we therefore endeavor to build and maintain a motivated, capable workforce who are proud to work for our clients and able to deliver our commercial strategy.


Job Responsibilities

Being the Coordinator – Customer Service Department, you are Directly Accountable for:

1. Project team
  • Schedule and allocate the technical team to specific projects
  • Coordinate the project team to deliver projects within time and budget constraints.
  • Handover documents and supporting the project team with day-to-day tasks as appropriate to role.
2. Project communication
  • Supporting the Product Manager at project initiation meetings
  • Ensure that Network Diagrams, Risk & Issue logs are created and updated
  • Communicate plans and progress of projects to the client, Cross check project requirements to ensure the appropriate level of quality assurance is maintained
  • Assist in peer reviews of others project deliverables
  • Interact with customers, project teams and other internal teams maintaining strong flow of communication.
  • Acting as document librarian uploading project information onto on-line management systems such as our Internal Client Relationship Management System (CRM) and Microsoft Project Server.
  • Manage Service Level agreements and facilitate their renewal
  • Support Customer Service Manager with reporting activities.
3. Managing Call - outs
  • Manage the deployment of small call-out solutions and projects for our internal & external customers
  • Manage the customer cancellation of solutions and components
  • Ensure that equipment requirements for operations & customer projects are approved, ordered and received on time, in the correct call-out Centers
4. Project efficiency
  • Support of “best practices”; make recommendations to facilitate positive changes to the further development of project and procurement processes.
  • Regular housekeeping of outstanding purchase orders.
  • Liaise with stores and procurement to ensure supplies are readily available for projects being undertaken.
  • Any other duties required by the Customer Service Manager or Chief operations Officer.
5. Personnel Management
  • Maintain records of personnel project assignments and provide a daily report to the Customer Service Manager and the Human Resource Manager.
  • Evaluate the Leave schedule for the technical team to ensure that projects are handled within the scheduled time
  • Directly incharge of time attendance of the technical personnel assigned
  • Follow up with the HR office to ensure that complains raised by staff assigned are dealt with in the shortest time possible.
  • Maintain a motivated technical team in line with the HR goals.
  • Chair Staff assigned departmental meeting and ensure decisions raised are auctioned.
Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
  • Diploma in Business Information Technology / Telecommunication and Information Technology / Electrical and Electronic Engineering or a Higher National Diploma in Telecommunication / Electrical & Electronic Engineering or a Minimum 2 years’ Information technology Installation industry experience.
  • Extensive certification in Project Management and customer care.
  • Knowledge Requirements
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project applications.
  • Exposure to Prince2 Project Management Methodologies.
  • Information Technology Project management.
Skills Requirements
  • Ability to prioritize and organize tasks in order of importance
  • Client service and public interaction skills
  • Team building and people management skills
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Decision making skills
  • Effective verbal and listening communications skills
  • Ability to read and write to record pickups and maintain daily records
  • Stress management skills
  • Time management skills
Personal Attributes
  • Be honest and trustworthy
  • Be respectful
  • Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity
  • Be flexible
  • Demonstrate sound work ethics
  • Deal with the public in a positive, courteous and respectful manner
Disclaimer

Candidates who do not meet the minimum requirements stated above need not apply.

ONLY candidates fulfilling the requirements of the positions should email their application together with a detailed and updated CV, indicating your availability, expected and current salary via email to:philip@dafinaconsultants.com

On the Subject line clearly indicate “Customer Service Coordinator”.  Deadline for application is 17th May 2013.