Amira Bassiouny, UK Call Center Manager

Amira Bassiouny

UK Call Center Manager

Vodafone

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
24 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 10 Months

UK Call Center Manager at Vodafone
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2017

- Responsible for managing Talk-Mobile inbound operations. This is a UK account that is owned by Vodafone UK.
- Account is composed of 11 supervisors and 124 advisors.
- Responsible for overseeing the overall performance and providing guidance to team members on where do we stand from targets.
- Taking corrective actions whenever a drop is seen in performance.
- Aligning recruitment and training needs with HR departments
- Reporting monthly to the client and VIS head of Operations on the account performance and the status of profit and loss.

Compliance And Anti Money Laundering Manager at Vodafone International Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2015 to December 2016

- Responsible for managing compliance department which reviews day to day operations related to Vodafone UK call center.
- Responsible for managing the day to day leakage (compensation given out to customers) and ensuring that it is within target.
- Reporting daily, weekly and monthly to UK on total spend and suggesting ways to minimize it.
- Reviewing processes and suggesting new ways that can minimize efficiency.
- Providing feedback to call center managers about their teams' performance.

Call Center Manager at Vodafone International Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2008 to May 2015

- First Manager to be hired in the UK call center.
- Participated in the hiring and launch of the technical UK call center in 2008.
- Managed a team of 8 supervisors and 120 advisors and was responsible for the day to day performance and service levels.
- Responsible for the hiring of team managers and as well in conducting training for new hired team managers.
- Responsible for designing and presenting the monthly performance to the client as well as highlighting performance.
- Moved through all areas in UK including quality, training, billing and second line technical.

Xbox Operations Manager at Xceed
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2003 to June 2008

- Supported in the launch XBOX operations which was the outsourced call center supporting EMEA region (UK, France and Spain).
- Responsible for all communication with the client and reporting the day to day issues and performance.
- Responsible for quality performance and ensuring that results are within customer satisfaction standards.
- Responsible for the hiring of call center supervisors.

Collections Supervisor at CitiBank N.A
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 1999 to June 2003

- Started as a team member in the collections department in the retail bank which was the first retail department introduced in the Egyptian market.
- Responsible for managing the monthly delinquencies and ensuring that collected amounts are within targets.
- Escalating critical cases, in case of any, to the legal department and following up on the status moving forward.
- Setting performance target and rewards for top achievers.
- Conducting interviews for newly hired stuff members.
- Conducting technical and soft skills training for newly hired team members.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Faculty of Commerce - English Section - Cairo University
  • July 1998

Completed the mini MBA

Specialties & Skills

Recruitment
Training
Analytical Skills
Quality
Performance Management
Communication Skills
Conducting and preparing presentations
Training
Interviewing with HR

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

COPC Registered Coordinator (Training)
Training Institute:
COPC
Date Attended:
November 2007

Hobbies

  • Sports - Walking and going to the GYM average three times a week