Raffi Zarikian, Workforce, Learning & Development Manager

Raffi Zarikian

Workforce, Learning & Development Manager

Gulf bank

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business - Banking and Finance
Experience
19 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months

Workforce, Learning & Development Manager at Gulf bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since September 2017

Manage workforce, learning and development teams, ensure efficient utilization of
resources in place with proper distribution of available task forces to achieve service
level targets.
Manage over 120+ staff workforce planning within the department different channels
including inbound calls, Social Media and instant teller machine.
Established workforce analytics and Planning team resulted in achieving departments
service level throughout 2019
Created and developed coaching and development program, which improved quality
assurance from 82% to 89%
Introduced schedule adherence metric that resulted in huge payroll savings in the first
year by increasing schedule adherence from 81% to 90%
Administered WFM application, overseeing technical operation, upgrades and
managing the vendor relationship

WORKFORCE MANAGER / Assistant Manager at GULF BANK
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • April 2008 to September 2017

• Manage call center projects and coordinate with internal departments and external vendors.
• Manage the information, analyze the results, and make recommendations consistent with the organizations goals.
• Identify root causes of issues and put forward proposals to the management team for improving the system and service to ensure that long-term solutions provided.
• Forecast yearly, monthly, daily, per interval calls.
• Study monthly forecasted graphs and patterns.
• Prepare Monthly schedule and monitor it through Avaya CMS application.
• Set up Yearly resource planning, including number of staff needed to meet forecasted number of calls.
• Plan and develop staff recruitment liaising with HR.
• Set yearly and monthly sales targets in accordance with the organization goals.
• Forecast yearly revenue expected through sales.
• Manage and organize all annual leaves and sick leaves.
• Implement incentive programs for staff to increase motivation and improve results.
• Support Telemarketing resource allocation planning.
• Support Quality assurance team.

Senior Customer Service at Gulf Bank
  • Kuwait
  • April 2007 to March 2008

1. higher priority calls.
2. Implement and support team managers tasks.
3. support different departments.
• Prepare weekly Schedule for 113 staff.
• Forecast Monthly calls and implement the schedule accordingly
• Organize and approve Leave requests and sickness
• Prepare weekly and monthly management reports
• Prepare and maintain incentive sheets
• Develop systems for scheduling, shift allowance, leave requests (in Excel), and management reports in Access

Customer Service Representative at Gulf Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2005 to March 2007

Telebanking

Account Manager at KAB Strategy Investment and Brokerage Company
  • Kuwait
  • December 2004 to June 2005

Account Manager

assignment at Commercial Bank of Kuwait
  • Kuwait
  • August 2003 to September 2003

Completed an assignment in e-banking Services

Internship trainer at Universe Financial Brokerage Company
  • Kuwait
  • August 2002 to September 2002

Marketing division

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business - Banking and Finance
  • at Lebanese American University
  • July 2004

Managerial Finance, Financial Institutions and markets, banking operations, monetary theory

High school or equivalent, Secondary
  • at Al - Tadamon al Ahliya private school
  • June 2000

Specialties & Skills

Technical Issues
Microsoft Office
Schedule Planning
Workforce Planning
Contact Center Design
MS Office
Key punching
Internet
MIS analysis
Communications

Languages

Armenian
Expert
Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

none
  • none
  • October 2004

Training and Certifications

Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
Valid Until:
April 2012