About the role
About the Position
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Major Responsibilities
- Support a dedicated area and/or region to achieve growth and customer retention objectives while developing and maintaining trusted relationships at all levels within the customer organization.
- Work collaboratively with region/area/local operational leadership to develop and support delivery of full account planning processes to improve retention and upsell customers. Plans will include strategic initiatives to drive retention and elevate revenue as well as processes to manage activity towards strategy execution.
- Develop and support region with customer engagement and account management tools. These will eventually be tracked in Salesforce.
- Share technology and service offering information, insights and benefits to help the customer understand and compare to other providers and share the advantages, values and benefits of First Student to parents and community members.
- Partner with operations to onboard new customers obtained via both business development and acquisition. Establish, track and report on shared success criteria.
- Work cross-functionally with field operations, business development, marketing and communications teams to deliver a focused message and high level of customer satisfaction.
- Host regular check-ins and business reviews with customers to ensure adoption of new technology or services and realization of success criteria.
- Accurately report and monitor health of customer deployments and drive corrective action plans with operations, where needed.
- Partner with business development team by identifying new business opportunities for expanding First Student footprint.
- Consult regularly with customers to fully understand their needs and actively solve pain points. Provide recommendations and work collaboratively to drive actions to improve the customer experience (working with operations, finance, marketing, technology development, sales, training, etc. )
- Establish, track and report on shared success criteria and desired process metrics/ KPI's for large and/or at-risk customers. Collaborate with operational leaders to drive accountability. Suggest methods to improve area operations, efficiency and service to customers.
- Partner with operations to document and escalate recurring themes or issues found in customer comments and complaints, and ensure the information is given to the right people to resolve.
- Actively use Salesforce to manage/update relationship information. Monitor accounts and align with region to ensure all required data is uploaded/maintained. Help support the field to increase Salesforce maturity.
- Act as project manager for various departmental initiatives.
- Provide competitive insights & product recommendations to the leadership team
- Other duties as required or assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or similar college level education, or 3-5 years of related experience and/or training
- 3 years of customer success and/or customer account management experience
- A history of developing new accounts
- Experience serving as a customer advocate with the ability to understand the needs of the client and deliver on those needs
- Excellent writing skills, with a strong orientation to detail and service.
- Experience using customer relationship management software, Salesforce strongly preferred
- Advanced knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.
- Project management experience strongly preferred
- Ability to exercise independent thinking with a high level of prioritization skills
- Ability to generate creative ideas, meet multiple deadlines and work independently.
- Knowledge of business and management principles.
- Travel is required
Apply today and get your career on the road with First Student!
About First Student
As the leading pupil transportation solutions provider for school districts in North America, First Student provides the best start and finish to every school day. Our teams complete five and a half million student journeys each day, moving more students than all U.S. airlines combined. We operate more than 44,500 vehicles in 41 U.S. states and 8 Canadian provinces/territories.
What makes First Student the right choice for your school district's needs?
Our partnerships: We believe great transportation is always the result of close, trusted partnerships with the school districts we serve. Understanding that needs change sometimes throughout the school year, our goal is to remain responsive to your district's needs. We work closely with school districts to ensure the transportation solutions we provide represent a collective, forward-thinking response to the needs of your district and community.
Our engagement: We believe education offers a child – and their family – the foundation needed to lead a productive and successful life. We support education by making sure children have a safe and reliable way to get to and from school each day. Students start and end their school days with us, and we recognize the opportunity we have to impact each student’s day in a positive manner.
Our people: Our people are our advantage. With a team of highly-trained drivers and the industry’s strongest safety record, we’re able to leverage the best practices, technologies and processes needed to deliver quality, consistent service.
Visit http://www.firststudentinc.com for more information about how First Student is Caring for students, today, tomorrow, together.®
About the role
About the Position
.
Major Responsibilities
- Support a dedicated area and/or region to achieve growth and customer retention objectives while developing and maintaining trusted relationships at all levels within the customer organization.
- Work collaboratively with region/area/local operational leadership to develop and support delivery of full account planning processes to improve retention and upsell customers. Plans will include strategic initiatives to drive retention and elevate revenue as well as processes to manage activity towards strategy execution.
- Develop and support region with customer engagement and account management tools. These will eventually be tracked in Salesforce.
- Share technology and service offering information, insights and benefits to help the customer understand and compare to other providers and share the advantages, values and benefits of First Student to parents and community members.
- Partner with operations to onboard new customers obtained via both business development and acquisition. Establish, track and report on shared success criteria.
- Work cross-functionally with field operations, business development, marketing and communications teams to deliver a focused message and high level of customer satisfaction.
- Host regular check-ins and business reviews with customers to ensure adoption of new technology or services and realization of success criteria.
- Accurately report and monitor health of customer deployments and drive corrective action plans with operations, where needed.
- Partner with business development team by identifying new business opportunities for expanding First Student footprint.
- Consult regularly with customers to fully understand their needs and actively solve pain points. Provide recommendations and work collaboratively to drive actions to improve the customer experience (working with operations, finance, marketing, technology development, sales, training, etc. )
- Establish, track and report on shared success criteria and desired process metrics/ KPI's for large and/or at-risk customers. Collaborate with operational leaders to drive accountability. Suggest methods to improve area operations, efficiency and service to customers.
- Partner with operations to document and escalate recurring themes or issues found in customer comments and complaints, and ensure the information is given to the right people to resolve.
- Actively use Salesforce to manage/update relationship information. Monitor accounts and align with region to ensure all required data is uploaded/maintained. Help support the field to increase Salesforce maturity.
- Act as project manager for various departmental initiatives.
- Provide competitive insights & product recommendations to the leadership team
- Other duties as required or assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or similar college level education, or 3-5 years of related experience and/or training
- 3 years of customer success and/or customer account management experience
- A history of developing new accounts
- Experience serving as a customer advocate with the ability to understand the needs of the client and deliver on those needs
- Excellent writing skills, with a strong orientation to detail and service.
- Experience using customer relationship management software, Salesforce strongly preferred
- Advanced knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.
- Project management experience strongly preferred
- Ability to exercise independent thinking with a high level of prioritization skills
- Ability to generate creative ideas, meet multiple deadlines and work independently.
- Knowledge of business and management principles.
- Travel is required
Apply today and get your career on the road with First Student!
About First Student
As the leading pupil transportation solutions provider for school districts in North America, First Student provides the best start and finish to every school day. Our teams complete five and a half million student journeys each day, moving more students than all U.S. airlines combined. We operate more than 44,500 vehicles in 41 U.S. states and 8 Canadian provinces/territories.
What makes First Student the right choice for your school district's needs?
Our partnerships: We believe great transportation is always the result of close, trusted partnerships with the school districts we serve. Understanding that needs change sometimes throughout the school year, our goal is to remain responsive to your district's needs. We work closely with school districts to ensure the transportation solutions we provide represent a collective, forward-thinking response to the needs of your district and community.
Our engagement: We believe education offers a child – and their family – the foundation needed to lead a productive and successful life. We support education by making sure children have a safe and reliable way to get to and from school each day. Students start and end their school days with us, and we recognize the opportunity we have to impact each student’s day in a positive manner.
Our people: Our people are our advantage. With a team of highly-trained drivers and the industry’s strongest safety record, we’re able to leverage the best practices, technologies and processes needed to deliver quality, consistent service.
Visit http://www.firststudentinc.com for more information about how First Student is Caring for students, today, tomorrow, together.®