HR Service Desk Manager (maternity cover)

Place of work
Bratislava
Contract type
full-time
Start date
By agreement
Wage (gross)
By agreement

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

The ContactOne HR Service Desk Manager based in Bratislava is responsible for leading and managing the HR Service Desk agents as well as for the operational performance of the service desk ensuring all services are delivered using customer focused resources to agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA's) and to KPI targets set.

In addition, the role of a ContactOne Service Desk Manager in Bratislava also includes ensuring adequate training is delivered to agents, relevant KBs created, with all processes and procedures for new products including ticket workflow clearly documented. The ContactOne Service Desk team primarily acts as the first point of contact for the customers for any HR inquiry received directly through the phone or through the ContactOne Portal channels. The team is responsible for customer satisfaction by maintaining high availability and by increasing First Contact Resolution (FCR) by building knowledge for all existing and new services supported.

• Manage the ContactOne HR Service Desk on a day-to-day basis.
• Responsible for setting clear and consistent performance objectives/goals as well as reward and recognition activities.
• Direct line management responsibility for agents in the location (performance management, coaching, growth development).
• Responsible to make sure that all roles and tasks are appropriately assigned and followed through.
• Accountable for resource management of the HR service desk, ensuring resource allocation for optimal performance and agent development.
• Ultimate responsibility for ownership for HR issues, ensuring they are resolved within defined SLAs and according to quality standards set. Escalate any HR issue that breaches SLA to the HR process owners.
• Drive improvement in first call and first contact resolution as well as ensure that process and service improvements are continuously implemented. Ensure that relevant targets are set, achieved, and reported accordingly.
• Implement and enforce the global processes, which underpin the delivery of Service Desk services.
• Responsible for the service desk technologies and ensure that all opportunities for automation to improve services are fully exploited working with other technology teams.
• Act as contact for customer and stakeholder escalations for all HR services provided by the HR service desk.
• Manage any internal projects to improve service quality and to take part in any external projects representing the Service Desk.
• Ensure HR processes are followed and all agents/senior agents are updated about any changes.
• Acts as a coordinator between the Service Desk and HR division, work closely with the Head HR Operations Service Center to coordinate the communication and knowledge management. Responsible for trainings related to HR topics.
• Act as the change coordinator for HR changes; assessing the readiness of the changes, assessing the ability of the Service Desk to support these changes, managing the communication of the changes to the Service Desk.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

Secondary with school-leaving examination
University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2) and Slovak - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

5 years'+ proven experience in a Service Desk or customer service environment within an international setting, preferable in the HR filed.
Proven experience in managing and leading teams delivering excellence in customer service or driving customer service initiatives.

• Proven experience in Project Management and cross-functional working and cultural sensitivity.
• Strong experience with service management tools, processes and Service Desk technical infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and clearly to stakeholders at levels of: Customers, Service delivery teams, and the business.
• Experience with confidential and professional handling of sensitive customer queries.
• Strong interpersonal skills, can do attitude, self-directed and highly motivated.
• Adaptability and responsiveness with the ability to prioritize tasks and work under pressure.
• Ability to apply negotiation and conflict resolution skill to customer escalations and employee issues.
• Good to excellent command of English and Slovak, additional languages are an advantage

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Brief description of the company

As the world's leading and most diversified global reinsurer, we offer as our core business financial services products that enable risk taking essential to enterprise and progress. Our company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1863, and operates in more than 25 countries and provides its expertise and services to clients throughout the world. We combine financial strengths with experience, knowledge and creative thought to explore new opportunities in the interests of our clients, staff and shareholders.

Number of employees

1700 and more employees

Company address

Contact

Contact person: Lucia Vargova

ID: 2659029  Dátum zverejnenia: 23.8.2016  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto) a ďalšie odmeny: By agreement