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GERRY NJELI

Customer Success Specialist
Box 105, Nairobi, Kenya,Kenya

Summary

Service-focused customer support specialist bringing unparalleled skills in customer relations, task prioritization and time management. Motivated to directly and efficiently address customer concerns head-on, develop proactive solutions and implement corrections with efficiency. Proficient in customer service management software with expertise in related roles. Excellent team management skills with extensive experience in banking, SaaS and E-commerce industry.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Customer Success Team Lead

Influx Inc
Melbourne, Australia
10.2019 - Current

Achievements:

  • Received recognition for successfully retaining 9 clients, entire year of 2020, through robust support and retention strategy.
  • Collaborated with Client Success Managers to smoothly onboard new clients and set up required systems/applications.
  • Provided timely weekly reports to my Delivery Manager on my overall team performance, individual agent's progress and areas of growth/expansion among my clients..
  • Grew company revenue by 5% in 2nd quarter of 2021 -through weekly check-in calls with my Nor1 and Styr Labs clients, recommended other service plans such as live chats which they agreed and subscribed to.
  • Monitored my clients' success metrics and developed actionable insights to improve efficiency and performance with my team.
  • Worked with clients to improve on service offered, addressing any quality gaps and maximizing value for their subscriptions.
  • Led process improvement and problem-solving efforts to create standard procedures and escalation policy for customer support team. This led to consistent performance score of 99% from my team and zero client churns.
  • Documented customer support guides knowledge base articles and trained team of 20 agents to promote productivity, accuracy and commitment to friendly service.

Remote Customer Service Specialist

Influx Inc
Melbourne, Australia
10.2017 - 09.2019

Achievements:

  • Promoted to Team leader position after maintaining individual customer satisfaction score of 9 out of 10, 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2019 across three clients (Nor1, Styr labs and Readly)
  • Utilized online chat and email platforms to deliver outstanding customer service, both on and off hours clients. Am experienced supporting users on helpdesk as well as social media platforms - facebook, Instagram.
  • Voted as employee of month in April 2019 for successfully resolving 5000 tickets with average ticket response time of 5 minutes.
  • Used critical thinking to break down customer issues, including order processing, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Participated actively in product training and continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
  • Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisors for guidance.

L1 Technical Support Engineer

Equity Bank Limited
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2016 - 09.2017
  • Worked closely with channels team to develop card payments platforms, Mobile banking platform and Online banking services thereby improving customer experience.
  • Resolved diverse range of technical issues through Helpdesk and ticketing system across multiple systems and applications for customers and end-users across various countries - Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan.
  • Configured and set up Microsoft products (Windows 7/10, and MS Office application suite) for end users.
  • Assisted end users to troubleshoot and fix email issues, including Office 365, Teams and bank cloud solutions.
  • Followed up with customers to verify optimal customer satisfaction following support engagement and problem resolution.
  • Uploaded new antivirus software, rolled out updates and install patches to windows servers and VMs upon release to thwart malware and Denial of Service threats from penetrating networks.

Network Technician

Equity Bank Limited
Nairobi, Kenya
07.2014 - 10.2014
  • Assisted in installation of LAN/WAN and related
    network equipment in 45 bank branches.
  • Performed system analysis and troubleshooting to
    resolve databases and server errors, ensuring 100%
    system uptime.
  • Resolved diverse range of technical issues across
    multiple systems and applications for customers and
    end-users across various time zones.
  • Responded to support requests from end users and
    patiently walked individuals through basic
    troubleshooting tasks.
  • Remotely analyzed and diagnosed complex network faults for bank end-users, recommending and implementing corrective measures.
  • Supported branch users in setup and configuration of switches, routers and wireless network software.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering

Moi University
Eldoret, Kenya
01.2010 - 01.2015

High School Diploma -

Chavakali High School
Kakamega, Kenya
01.2005 - 01.2008

Skills

CRMs: Hubspot, Shopify, Help scout, Zendesk, Freshdesk, Intercom

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Certification

Customer Success Manager (CSM) Elite - Udemy course.

Affiliations

Registered Graduate Engineer: Engineers Board of
Kenya (EBK) – Reg. No. 10690

Interests

Reading articles - Finance, customer retention

Travelling and adventure

New Technologies - Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT

Timeline

Customer Success Manager (CSM) Elite - Udemy course.

09-2021

Customer Success: How to Reduce Churn and Increase Customer Retention - Udemy course.

08-2021

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

02-2020

Customer Success Team Lead

Influx Inc
10.2019 - Current

ITIL v3 Foundation

08-2019

Remote Customer Service Specialist

Influx Inc
10.2017 - 09.2019

CompTIA LINUX+ Powered by LPI

04-2017

L1 Technical Support Engineer

Equity Bank Limited
01.2016 - 09.2017

Network Technician

Equity Bank Limited
07.2014 - 10.2014

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering

Moi University
01.2010 - 01.2015

High School Diploma -

Chavakali High School
01.2005 - 01.2008
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