Client Service Leader - Swindon, United Kingdom - Gallagher

Gallagher

Verified Company

Swindon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About Us:
Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

Overview:
We're looking for an experienced Manager of Managers to join our Public Sector Region. You will be responsible for supporting teams in Swindon, Guildford, Chelmsford, Formby and Manchester.

Are you a proactive problem solver, striving to always view what we do in terms of 'how can we do it better'? Focused on our people and our clients equally, you should have a multiplier approach to leadership, with a curious mind and drive for excellence.

You will provide leadership and support for a team of between 4-6 Team Managers across various locations acting as the first escalation point.

You will primarily be responsible for maximising the team's performance on a day to day basis, ensuring Company, team, and individual objectives are achieved in order to maximise efficiencies and support your teams to provide excellent client service.

Responsibilities:

To embed a consistent approach across all teams for Operations, Client Service and Workflow Management:

Workload Management

Support senior management to manage and improve the team performance through the development of trained and high performing team members
Achieve quality measures as defined by business operating plans
Responsible for achieving targets and SLAs through the smooth and efficient operation of the team
Control the distribution of workload to maximise productivity, maintain high output quality and achieve SLAs and KPIs
Ensure that the team is appropriately resourced at all times to maximise delivery of the defined levels of customer service
Assist in team support and leadership, interpersonal, management and customer relations' skills
Look to improve business efficiency processes

Team Performance

Put Development of our teams at the heart of what we do, supporting local Team Managers to provide development programmes, training courses, coaching and mentoring to our team members
Ensure that the team has the required skills to achieve performance targets, providing coaching and support to address any shortfalls
Ensure the team have training and escalation points to deal with complex queries and issues that may arise
Complete regular appraisals using SMART objectives
Support Team Managers during any performance issue management processes

Conduct and Operations

Comply with AJG Professional Standards Manual and conduct rules embedding these into the team DNA
Define clear referral points for technical and system queries
Carry out duties following internal policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, good governance and Gallagher's shared values, in particular, putting clients at the heart of our business
Take all reasonable steps to ensure the part of the business for which you are accountable demonstrably complies with applicable laws, rules, regulations, good governance and Gallagher's shared values, in particular, putting clients at the heart of our business. If shortcomings are identified take responsibility for remedial action planning, and action in conjunction with the relevant experts within the firm
Implement any changes in a consistent but business supportive way across all offices
Carry out quality checks to ensure client excellence is evident at the heart of what we do.

Qualifications:

Your Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Dip CII/ (Chartered Insurance Institute qualifications) desirable
Educated to A-Level standard or equivalent is desirable
Strong evidence of tenured leadership experience
Workload management experience.

Technical Knowledge

Good knowledge of general insurance products (Property Owners desirable), services, and basic underlying legal principles and practices relating to risk within own role capacity.

Experience

Strong team management experience gained in a commercial setting
Significant business acumen in operational management of developing/coaching a team
Proven track record of achieving/exceeding SLA
Experience of dealing with complex relationships internal and external
Demonstrated rapportbuilding experience
Evidence of effectively prioritising risks to manage concurrent workflow.

Skills/other

Excellent people management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the Company, including senior level management
Good organisational skills for forward planning
Problemsolving mindset
Excellent personal organisation