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Sharon Kirui

Sharon Kirui

Customer Support Specialist
Nairobi

Summary

Sharon is diligent, dedicated, and hard-working with a passion for customer support and human development. My main goal is to accumulate new experiences and to improve on already acquired skills in order to become a great asset in an environment that is dynamic, fast-paced, and always presenting me with new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow.


Enthusiastic Support Specialist dedicated to providing quality care for ultimate customer satisfaction. Proven the ability to establish and maintain excellent communication and relationships with clients. Dedicated to identifying customer needs and delivering effective solutions to all problems. I have excellent time management skills combined with superior knowledge of the customer service industry.
I have great knowledge in both remote, payroll, compliance and customer support in general.


Proficient in various customer service software management tools such as Zendesk, Intercom, Help scout, Shopify, Gorgias, Shipstation, Freshdesk, Notion, JIRA among many others.


I am a self-driven, ambitious, fast learner and I pride myself as a true team player with good interpersonal skills. I possess a great desire and drive to prosper in all work that I venture into. I strongly believe in honesty and integrity and I am very reliable. I have acquired a high degree of versatility and experience in my academic life up to the point I am in now.


Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Support Specialist/Shift Manager

Deel
San Francisco, California
07.2022 - Current
  • Tracked KPIs and created continuous improvement plans.
  • Analyzed and developed service goals for our support team.
  • Increased customer satisfaction ratings to 99% from 82%.
  • Developed and implemented training initiatives for new hires.
  • Provide second level support for high impact issues reported by support specialists.
  • Provided first line customer support to all of Deel customers with highest levels of professionalism and ownership
  • Responded promptly to customer inquiries via live chat (via Zendesk), email and social media channels.
  • Developed in-depth product knowledge of Deel platform to assist all clients, internal and external
  • Worked with internal stakeholders to drive issue escalation and resolution for more complex issues, within defined SLAs
  • Showed composure, resilience, and flexibility to adopt to the fast changing environment with frequent changes
  • Collected and shared customer feedback with internal teams and recommended creative solutions to improve the customer experience
  • Served as an internal subject matter expert to help guide the team in more difficult and complex cases as well as to assist onboarding agents through Mentoring
  • Worked closely with Workforce Management team for real-time management purposes (monitoring queues and utilize human resources)
  • Provided internal help to the broader Deel team on issues related to support
  • Participated in projects and deep dives as indicated by the Team Manager
  • Participated in coaching sessions by providing insights to the Team Managers and the agents

Support Specialist

Deel
San Francisco, California
12.2021 - Current

- Holding high levels of professionalism and Deel product knowledge.

- Providing first-line customer support and working on projects to optimize support workflow.

-Supporting users in matters of international payroll and compliance for remote teams.

- Delivering world-class customer support.

- Learning Deel platform and product inside out.

- Creating customer support documentation and guides.

- Working with business operations team to optimize support workflows.

- Supporting clients, independent contractors, and employees via live chat and email in matters- Deel platform account management, global payroll, taxes, benefits, payments, withdrawals and KYC among many other subjects that help achieve company's mission.

-Handled over 70 tickets in a 8-hour shift.

- Managing service desks escalations via JIRA to make sure that user's needs and concerns are taken care of.

Customer Experience Specialist

LTV Plus
San Francisco, California
12.2020 - 11.2021
  • Providing outsourced support to company's clients.
  • Collaborated with internal team members to resolve customer concerns and deliver enhanced customer experiences.
  • Documented customer interactions in internal database to maintain customer service history details.
  • Maintained extensive knowledge of company products to recommend items aligned with customer needs.
  • Worked hand in hand with clients to ensure that there is 100% customer happiness.
  • Served as successful leader, promoting and achieving departmental success.

Customer Experience Agent and Team Lead

Influx
Melbourne
11.2018 - 12.2020
  • Taking care of customer's happiness by responding to their concerns via emails, live chats and inbound calls while taking feedback.
  • Dealing with external providers such as delivery providers and couriers.
  • Responding to customer requests for products, services and company information.
  • Managing team members to ensure that they provide quality work.
  • Fielded customer questions regarding available products, sales, current prices and upcoming company updates and changes.
  • Addressing customer issues such as delay in order deliveries, constant change in ship dates, receipt of wrong units, repair of defective units among many other issues and ensure that they are resolved and customers retain belief in company products.
  • Going above and beyond to advice customers and offer them best product offers.
  • Giving users/customers listening ear and forwarding customer concerns pertaining to gaps that need to be filled in this company.

Key Achievement;

Resolving 100% customer complains and getting extremely good client and team members' ratings.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

The University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
09.2017 - 09.2021

High School Diploma -

Bahati Girls' School
Nakuru, Kenya
02.2013 - 11.2016

Primary School Education -

Londiani Girl's Primary School
Kericho, Kenya
02.2005 - 12.2012

Skills

    Teamwork

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Timeline

Senior Support Specialist/Shift Manager

Deel
07.2022 - Current

Support Specialist

Deel
12.2021 - Current

Customer Experience Specialist

LTV Plus
12.2020 - 11.2021

Customer Experience Agent and Team Lead

Influx
11.2018 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

The University of Nairobi
09.2017 - 09.2021

High School Diploma -

Bahati Girls' School
02.2013 - 11.2016

Primary School Education -

Londiani Girl's Primary School
02.2005 - 12.2012

Hobbies

-Poetry; I love reading and writing poems.
- Voluntary work- I am a member of the Red Cross Team here in my country and I get great satisfaction in helping others

-Nature walks
- Travelling
- Photography
-Swimming
- Organizing events
- Joining social, environmental, or animal rights groups

References

Alyne Lima from Deel

alyne.lima@deel.com | +351930642672

Mary Mumbua from LTV Plus

mumbuamary27@gmail.com | +254704121381

Dennis Muigai from Influx

dnmuigai@gmail.com | +254 724474566

Hobbies

-Poetry; I love reading and writing poems.
- Voluntary work- I am a member of the Red Cross Team here in my country and I get great satisfaction in helping others

-Nature walks
- Travelling
- Photography
-Swimming
- Organizing events
- Joining social, environmental, or animal rights groups

References

Alyne Lima from Deel

alyne.lima@deel.com | +351930642672

Mary Mumbua from LTV Plus

mumbuamary27@gmail.com | +254704121381

Dennis Muigai from Influx

dnmuigai@gmail.com | +254 724474566

Hobbies

-Poetry; I love reading and writing poems.
- Voluntary work- I am a member of the Red Cross Team here in my country and I get great satisfaction in helping others

-Nature walks
- Travelling
- Photography
-Swimming
- Organizing events
- Joining social, environmental, or animal rights groups

References

Alyne Lima from Deel

alyne.lima@deel.com | +351930642672

Mary Mumbua from LTV Plus

mumbuamary27@gmail.com | +254704121381

Dennis Muigai from Influx

dnmuigai@gmail.com | +254 724474566

Sharon KiruiCustomer Support Specialist