Head of Customer Relationship Job in Nairobi Kenya

Head of Customer Relationship
 
Location: Nairobi
 
Industry: Insurance
 
Our client, one of the largest insurance groups in the East African region, with well established insurance operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as well as leading subsidiaries in fund management and corporate trusteeship, seeks to recruit a Head of Customer Relationship. 

The successful candidate will effectively and efficiently coordinate the customer service function by partnering with other internal teams to build and sustain a customer service excellence culture within the business in order to achieve service excellence and enhance business growth and retention.
 

The key responsibilities of the position include:
  • Develop and implement strategies, programs and initiatives that deliver customer delight;
  • Continuously reviews and improves customer retention and customer experience initiatives;
  • Continuously analyse customers’ needs and implement solutions and initiatives that address the needs;
  • Implement an appropriate Customer Relationship Management system to improve service delivery;
  • Develops and implements strategies to enhance client relationships;
  • Carryout market research and gathers related information needed to drive growth and improve processes;
  • Research and maintain knowledge to ensure up to date appreciation of all applicable regulatory requirements and compliance policies;
  • Maintain an updated databank on feedback from clients about service delivery and products;
  • Develop and implement appropriate mechanisms for sharing feedback from customers with internal teams;
  • Serve as repository for all client feedback flowing in through the company website; ensures timely response to all such messages and follows up to address outstanding issues;
  • Spearhead development, implementation and coordinate training on customer service excellence. 
Requirements
  • A degree in a business or marketing field from a reputable university.
  • Extensive experience and demonstrated success in customer relationship management preferably from the financial sector.
  • Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills.
  • Self-starter with experience and desire to acquire new business.
  • Must be self-driven, energetic, resourceful, creative, and possess strong leadership skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks across multiple sites and multiple systems.
  • Strong leadership and management ability to inspire and coach employees to accomplish strategic goals and related tasks.
  • Good reporting and analytical skills with ability to articulate complex issues and simplify them to facilitate decision making.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to manage internal and external relationships towards SLA compliance.
  • Excellent technical competencies such as profit orientation and business awareness with a client focus and relationship-orientated. 
  • A need to understand the importance of client relationships is paramount to the success of this candidate, knowing the importance of communication and our desire to closely engage and guide our clients is essential. 
This position offers not only a competitive remuneration but also the rare opportunity to impact positively the overall performance of the company; there are excellent prospects for career advancement.

Send your letter of application stating how your experience matches the specification indicated above. 


Please also send your detailed CV so as to be received not later than 5th August 2015 to the email jobs@flexi-personnel.com