Spectrum Health

Contact Center Manager

Grand Rapids, MI Full time

Job Summary

Provide leadership and direction to the cross-functional (clinical and non-clinical) Customer Care Center (CCC) Supervisors to ensure that the goals and standards of Priority Health are being met. Facilitate the development of cross-functional work teams within the organization. Be a change agent to lead the Customer Care Center in with a view to improving the overall customer experience with Priority Health. Manage customer care training and quality resources to ensure operational effectiveness.

Essential Functions

  • Develop supervisors to be effective coaches, facilitators and motivators for their teams. Service as coach, facilitator and motivator to the Customer Care Center Supervisors to create accountability for meeting quality and service level goals on a consistent basis. Remove barriers that result in team not achieving both individual and group objectives.

  • Provide a forum for all customer care staff to receive Priority Health information and provide direction and vision on how their performance directly links to the status of the plan's performance and results. Ensure consistency of best practices across the teams.

  • Ensure that employee one-on-one and team specific meetings are routinely scheduled to discuss performance results, service and operational issues and provide all team members the opportunity to explore alternative approaches to exceed the current performance of team members on a monthly basis. Identify successes and areas for improvement. Implement appropriate counseling and performance improvement action plans according to human resource regulations and guidelines.

  • Responsible for interviewing, hiring, coaching, performance management, engagement and retention of team members to maintain acceptable service levels in a production, in-bound call center.

  • Partner with Manager, C/S Operations to ensure performance tracking and trending tools are in place to allow for daily monitoring of the team's performance level for all functions to ensure that departmental standards are met. The partnership with the Customer Care Center Operations team includes effectively educating team on an ongoing basis relative to day-to-day changes, company initiatives and communications (internal and external) that may directly affect their interpretations of policy changes or benefit clarifications to members and employers. Ensure consistency exists with the application of operational policies and procedures with the team. Identify customer issues, determine root cause and implement effective solutions to improve the customer experience.

  • Partner with Manager, C/S Operations to analyze call volume, shrinkage and staffing reports provided by workforce management tools to ensure schedules are optimized based on trends. Implement creative solutions to fill gaps in scheduling. Manage staffing ratios and utilization/optimization to ensure customer service goals are met. Oversees staff allocations between multiple centers, including evening and weekend hours.

  • Develop and implement technologies and processes to transform customer service while ensuring sound quality assurance practices.

  • Effectively navigate the organization to solve issues or recommend process improvements on behalf of the customer experience and/or drive efficiencies for the business.

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in health insurance or managed care environment.
  • 5 years of relevant experience in coaching and creating accountability of supervisors
  • 5 years of relevant experience in dealing with employee relationship issues and providing appropriate guidance using human resource policies

Preferred

  • 5 years of relevant experience managing a call center
  • Master's Degree

    About Corewell Health

    As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

    How Corewell Health cares for you

    • Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.

    • On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv

    • Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!

    • Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance, pet insurance

    • Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

    • Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

    Primary Location

    SITE - Priority Health - 1231 E Beltline Ave NE - Grand Rapids

    Department Name

    Customer Service Medicare - PH Managed Benefits

    Employment Type

    Full time

    Shift

    Day (United States of America)

    Weekly Scheduled Hours

    40

    Hours of Work

    8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Days Worked

    Monday to Friday

    Weekend Frequency

    N/A

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