Leroy McKinney

Los Angeles, CA

currently: Job hunting


Answers from Leroy

What kind of job are you looking for?

Career Objective: To obtain a career as a Manager in Customer Service or as an Account Executive in Marketing where I can utilize my qualifications and education.

Highlights of Skills & Qualifications:
*More than ten years of demonstrated experience in managing, supervising and mentoring
direct report employees.
*Proven track record of strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.
*Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
*Superior organizational skills and follow through.
*Ability to use qualitative and quantitative skills to problem solve.
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Work history

FTSI September 2007 to the present
Call Center Supervisor

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How would you describe your time at FTSI?

Manage 5-person team dedicated to resolving ATM problems for financial institutions. Responsible for setting up formalized call center environment complete with one call resolution, and enhanced service call tracking. Work closely with (IT), Accounting and Project management to ensure customer needs are met.... read more
Investor's Business Daily October 2006 to April 2007
Manager of Newspapers in Education

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How would you describe your time at Investor's Business Daily?

* Provided K-12, colleges & universities with access to "functionality training" on the digital edition of IBD (newspaper). Followed up with schools to ensure electronic access and compliance with NIE rules.
* Expanded NIE school participation by 20% by fostering relationships with key high
school, university/college and state government educators. Also used print and online advertising to recruit schools for the NIE program.... read more
Investor's Business Daily January 1998 to April 2007
Operations Supervisor

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How would you describe your time at Investor's Business Daily?

*Managed four-person Customer Relations supervisor group that resolved escalated customer complaints from telephone & e-mail channels. Dramatically improved customer relations performance by utilizing training in world class customer service, managing stress effectively, countering customer objections, and high impact communications. Training resulted in a 50% increase in customer account retention over two-years.

*Organized/managed the new hire process for the call center from conducting the initial telephone screening interviews through setting up new hire training schedule. Facilitated and trained employees on "How to Handle Angry Customers" through a training module designed to retain customers. Held daily debriefing sessions with new associates during new hire training to ensure retention of concepts, policies, and procedures. Held feedback sessions 30 days post orientation training to explore ways of improving new hire performance.
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Education

California State University Northridge January 2006 to June 2008
Marketing

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How would you describe your time at California State University...?

It was very rewarding

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