Contact Center Technical Customer Service Supervisor

James Hardie

The Role

Overview

Supervises contact center staff, handles escalations, ensures coverage, and drives performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • team supervision
  • data reporting
  • process improvement
  • knowledge management
  • coverage management
  • escalation handling

Tasks

-Team Collaboration: Facilitates effective communication and collaboration between associates and other internal teams to ensure seamless work handoffs and alignment with departmental goals. Collaborate closely with the Contact Center Customer Service Supervisor to ensure team alignment and a smooth customer journey. Collaborate closely with the Technical Applications Customer Service team. -Information Dissemination: Ensures associates are informed about changes to company products and processes. -Data Collection and Reporting: Collects data and prepares reports on department goals, volumes, and agent performance. -Process Improvement: Identifies opportunities to update or improve customer service procedures and makes recommendations to the Customer Service Manager. -Team Supervision: Supervises a team of Contact Center Technical Customer Service Associates to ensure compliance with company and department guidelines, upholding our Company Core Values. -Employee Coaching: Coaches all employees in the company’s customer service policies, procedures, and best practices. -Time Management: Responsible for approving vacation, sick, and personal time and approving weekly timecards. -Monitoring Communications: Monitors and reviews calls, chats, texts, emails, and other correspondence between associates and customers. -Performance Management: Handles all performance improvement plans, corrective actions, and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy. -Coverage Management: Ensures adequate coverage by monitoring call arrival patterns, adherence to schedules, and agent availability. -Recruitment and Hiring: Responsible for interviewing and hiring new associates. -Knowledge Management: Prepares knowledge-based documents such as summaries and responses to frequently asked questions. -Performance Evaluation: Conducts performance evaluations of assigned staff on a yearly basis. -Escalations: Handle and resolve irate customer and escalations as requested by your team members.

Requirements

  • power tools
  • customer service
  • supervisory
  • bachelor’s
  • csat
  • qa monitoring

What You Bring

-Experience managing PTO requests, scheduling approvals, and timecard reviews. -Strong and hands-on experience with building products and installation techniques. -Experience handling escalated customer complaints, including de-escalation techniques and problem resolution. -3+ years of experience in a customer service or call center environment, with at least 1–2 years in a supervisory or leadership role. -Familiarity with customer feedback tools (e.g., CSAT, NPS) and how to use them to drive team improvements. -Familiarity with customer service metrics (e.g., first-call resolution, average handle time, customer satisfaction scores) and how to leverage them for continuous improvement. -Ability to communicate with irate customers professionally while upholding company policies and service standards. -Experience in scheduling, shift planning, and real-time monitoring to ensure adequate coverage. -Experience handling performance management, including corrective actions, performance improvement plans (PIPs), and terminations. -Experience with quality assurance (QA) monitoring, including reviewing customer interactions via calls, emails, chats, and texts. -Comfortable having conversations about technical applications with contractors, builders and architects. -Experience in interviewing, hiring, and onboarding new employees. -Knowledge of customer service best practices, including call monitoring, quality assurance, and coaching strategies. -High School Diploma or GED required. -Strong organizational skills to balance administrative tasks, team supervision, and customer interactions efficiently. -Proven ability to manage and mentor a team, providing coaching, feedback, and performance evaluations. -Strong decision-making and conflict-resolution skills for managing team dynamics and customer escalations. -Strong technical aptitude and familiarity with power tools and fasteners. -Bachelor’s degree in business administration, communications, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience may be considered. -Ability to collect and analyze team performance data, generate reports, and present findings to leadership. -Comfortable discussing technical applications across building products and coaching others through these conversations.

The Company

About James Hardie

-Its products are central to modern construction, offering durability, sustainability, and aesthetic appeal. -It specializes in exterior building materials and serves residential, commercial, and industrial markets. -The company is known for its innovative approach to manufacturing and product development. -Its materials are used in iconic projects, from large commercial developments to custom residential homes. -Its strong financial performance highlights leadership in the building materials sector. -It has revolutionized the industry's approach to sustainable construction.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Commercial

Buildings