Center Partners Company Overview
Jul 08, 2015
Center Partners Company Overview
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This is Who We Are
• A Brand Focused Domestic ContactCenterOutsourcingProvider
• Ourorganizationprovidesthecustomer
engagementyourcustomersdeserve
• With 8 domestic locations and 4,000employees,CenterPartnerscanprovidethehigh value supportyouneed
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Key Facts About Us
Our Mission: Create a work environment in which highly skilled employees and teams leverage technology and learning to accelerate performance, resulting in exceptional customer experiences and client satisfaction
Tale of the Tape• Founded 1997, and purchased by
WPP, World’s foremost marketing, insight and consultancy group
• Member of Forbes A-List• Provides financial stability and
growth support• World’s most comprehensive
marketing communications groups• Provides global reach for Center
Partners• Over 102,000 employees worldwide• Located in over 2,000 offices in 106
countries• Call centers across the globe• Over $10.9 billion in revenue• Quoted on the London Stock
Exchange and NASDAQ in New York (WPPGY)
WPP, Foundation for Success• Operational Excellence• Superior Implementation
Methodology• Continuous Operational
Improvement Focus• Processes• Learning and Development• Financial Stability• Ownership Culture• Center Partners reports to the Kantar
division of WPP
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CoreCompetencies
Customer Loyalty and Retention• First bill review• Issueresolution• Inboundwelcomecenter• SaveDesk
Customer Care and Tech Support• Billing inquiries/password resets/etc• Repair• Tier 1 and Tier 2 help desk• Complex products support• E-Commerce support
Sensitive Customer Contacts• Executive escalation resolution (voice of client)• Vendor support team (for other out sourcers)• Quality assess and feedback
Sales and Acquisition• Inbound sales• Up-sell / cross sell• Order verification• Field sales support• Retail store support
Learning and Development Services• Curriculum development• E-learning development and hosting
Bilingual Capabilities• Curriculum development• E-learning development and hosting
Multi-Channel Exchanges• Phone, Email, Chat, Text Messaging, Social, Live Agent Video Kiosk, Internet
Center Partners handles over 60,000 calls daily; 1,800,000 monthly
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CP Call Center
Operations
We have eight physical sites in the U.S located in Colorado, Washington and Idaho.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho550 seats
Idaho Falls, Idaho350 seats
Hayden, Idaho300 seats
Eagle Pines, Idaho80 seats
Fort Collins, ColoradoCorporate -- 711 seats
Ziegler Rd, Fort Collins,Colorado, 400 seats
Liberty Lake, Washington500 seats
Post Falls, Idaho350 seats
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Key TechPartners
• IVR Self Service• Multiple Data Sources• Tailored Campaigns• ANI/CLI• Internet or customer data bases• Screen-Pop/Data Capture: CTI• Call Recording: Voice and Screen capture
Phonetics based Voice
Speech to Application
ITIL 3.2 Change
Management
SAS 70 Type II Since ‘07
IT SOX 100%Since ’06
PCI DSS Level 1
Since ‘07
99.999% Uptime
Redundant & Reliable IT Infrastructure
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OrganizationStructure
WPP /Kantar
David GeigerCEO
Gordon JonesCFO
Finance Account Directors
OperationsManagers
Supervisors
Agents
WFM
Operations
MarketingProjectManagement
Human Resources
ProcessImprovementQuality
ClientImplementation
IT / TechnologyLearning
& Development
Call Center MyFire
Business Development
Alane UrbanSVP of
Strategy
Chris KneelandCOO
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Structureand Function
Account Director• Primary liaison• Results delivery• Program strategy• 1 per account
Reporting Manager• Scheduling &
forecasting• Reporting needs• Data analysis• 1 per account
L&D Director• Client liaison• Curriculum
strategy• Certifying trainers Human Resources
• Precision hiring• Employee
relations
IT• Systems• Telephony• Network• Software
development• Report
development
Finance• Billing & Invoicing
Trainer• Curriculum
development• Training• Call monitoring
Project Director• Client
implementation• Process
Improvement• Quality driven
management system (QDMS)
Quality• Call monitoring• Trend analysis• Feedback
Operations Director& Site Manager
• Performance Management
Operations Manager• Tactical results
manager• Supervisor &
CSR performance management
Supervisor• Monitors calls• Supporting CSR• 1 per 15 CSRs• CSR Performance
Management
CSR• Customer
Satisfaction
Reporting Tech• Compiles data
for clients and internal needs
• 1 per account
Queue Analyst• Real time RTA• Intra-day plan
(IDP)• Skill-based routing• 1 per 100 CSRs
Scheduling Analyst• Forecasting • CSR scheduling• 1 per account
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Who We Work With
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Results- Primary/Largest or Sole Provider on all of our accounts
- 100% Referenceable
- Never Missed a Go Live Date
- We have our clients’ trust with their most delicate / sensitive accounts
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Results
More than Tripled sales rates in first year Reduced cost per sale by 31% Improved up-sell revenue 28% - Telecom/Wireless
- Consumer Technology
25%+ savings over internal center month over month Training time reduced by 50% within first quarter - Consumer Products
Segment One ˆ 40% target retention, launched April 2008 with 39%, April 2009 MTD actual of 51.64% Segment Two ˆ 85% retention target , launched April 2008 with 84%, April 2009 MTD actual of 93.62% - Financial Services