colin oconnor resume september 2016

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Colin O’Connor 502-418-2506 [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/colinoconnor1 WORK HISTORY Sale’s Specialist Appliance Department Lowe’s March 16 - Present Top 25 Sales Specialist in the Region, encompassing Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee Focus on customer needs by promoting and recommending products, plans, detailed information, and installation services Generate leads, conduct sales activities, and build relationships with customers to ensure successful and positive experiences, while coordinating order completion Business Consultant Strategic Communications Humana May 14 - February 16 Created and instituted process improvement workflow resulting in approximately 960 hours saved annually Accountable for educating leaders and team members on migration plan for new communication platform Proven capacity to stay within project budget, schedule and objectives, while optimizing customer experiences Worked efficiently with internal partners, vendors and team members toward task completion Responsible for understanding and utilizing over 1,500 different communication templates and processes Business Analyst Commercial Correspondence Humana October 12 - May 14 Served as product SME for commercial communications within Humana’s messaging tool Developed and implemented multiple, long term communications projects successfully and simultaneously Responsible for accurate and timely data capture with Excel, Access and SQL Customer Services Representative Humana Tricare November 09 - October 12 Educated beneficiaries in fast-paced, call center environment to ensure understanding of Tricare benefits (PPO and HMO) Consulted with military and civilian medical providers to arrange efficient delivery of care Prioritized first call resolution by actively listening and proactively addressing problems before escalation Customer Relations Supervisor / Unit Manager CitiGroup December 03 - November 09 Selected for CitiGroup’s Talent Acquisition Acceleration Program (TAP) Responsible for coaching and development of approximately 20 associates Assigned special projects implementing policies to improve customer satisfaction and reduce call backs ACCOLADES Created and lead the Culture Club – a Humana team focused on increasing associate engagement through group volunteer opportunities and department team-building events Yellow Belt in Six Sigma Green Belt in Innovation Engineering Participated in Baldrige Performance Excellence Program EDUCATION University of Louisville, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, 2008

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Page 1: Colin OConnor Resume September 2016

Colin O’Connor 502-418-2506 [email protected]

www.linkedin.com/in/colinoconnor1

WORK HISTORY

Sale’s Specialist Appliance Department Lowe’s March 16 - Present

Top 25 Sales Specialist in the Region, encompassing Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee

Focus on customer needs by promoting and recommending products, plans, detailed information, and installation services

Generate leads, conduct sales activities, and build relationships with customers to ensure successful and positive experiences, while coordinating order completion

Business Consultant Strategic Communications Humana May 14 - February 16

Created and instituted process improvement workflow resulting in approximately 960 hours saved annually

Accountable for educating leaders and team members on migration plan for new communication platform

Proven capacity to stay within project budget, schedule and objectives, while optimizing customer experiences

Worked efficiently with internal partners, vendors and team members toward task completion

Responsible for understanding and utilizing over 1,500 different communication templates and processes Business Analyst Commercial Correspondence Humana

October 12 - May 14 Served as product SME for commercial communications within Humana’s messaging tool Developed and implemented multiple, long term communications projects successfully and simultaneously Responsible for accurate and timely data capture with Excel, Access and SQL

Customer Services Representative Humana Tricare November 09 - October 12

Educated beneficiaries in fast-paced, call center environment to ensure understanding of Tricare benefits (PPO and HMO)

Consulted with military and civilian medical providers to arrange efficient delivery of care Prioritized first call resolution by actively listening and proactively addressing problems before escalation

Customer Relations Supervisor / Unit Manager CitiGroup December 03 - November 09

Selected for CitiGroup’s Talent Acquisition Acceleration Program (TAP) Responsible for coaching and development of approximately 20 associates Assigned special projects implementing policies to improve customer satisfaction and reduce call backs

ACCOLADES

Created and lead the Culture Club – a Humana team focused on increasing associate engagement through group volunteer opportunities and department team-building events

Yellow Belt in Six Sigma

Green Belt in Innovation Engineering

Participated in Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

EDUCATION

University of Louisville, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, 2008