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Ben Cotterill

Manchester,Greater Manchester

Summary

As a dedicated worker with over five years of experience in administration and hospitality, I have the ability to work effectively within a variety of different environments due to my history of acquired skills and competencies. As an international business postgraduate my future aims are to continue expanding my skills and knowledge, working in a variety of different fields and ultimately gaining further insight into diverse business environments. As a client service advisor I was adept at using software to effectively engage with clients in a verbal and written capacity. I also worked to effectively analyse, organise, and record large amounts of information within time-specific deadlines and high targets. Throughout this role I have further developed my interpersonal and communication skills, utilising my personable phone manner to liaise with hundreds of people a week to ensure that detailed claim enquiries are completed to a high standard and clients are satisfied with their service before I moved them over to the selected legal teams.


Now working within a Lead Advisor role with a keen focus on productivity and response efficiency, I have honed my ability to manage my time effectively. As it stands, I engage with over 10 Large clients daily, making no errors in processing and responding to enquiries with dedicated attention to client GDPR and overall satisfaction with the service provided.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2022
2022
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead Client Service Advisor

Kaplan Financial
Manchester, Greater Manchester
11.2022 - Current
  • Efficiently managed daily responsibilities: Oversaw multiple client accounts, ensuring client satisfaction with learner enrollments and progress tracking.
  • Adapted and applied new skills swiftly: Improved efficiency and productivity, leading to a promotion to Lead Advisor.
  • Consistently met tight deadlines: Delivered tasks promptly, fulfilling client expectations.
  • Maintained strong client relationships: Demonstrated respect, friendliness, and a proactive attitude, ensuring smooth communication and seamless learner pathways.

Client Service Advisor

Blume-Group
Manchester
06.2022 - 10.2022
  • As a client service expert, I spearheaded client acquisition and claims generation functions for solicitor firms within the UK, resourcing potential clients with factual claims, particularly in Medical Negligence
  • I liaised and cultivated relationships with at least 100 potential clients daily and transferred and integrated a minimum of 13 new clients to solicitor firms at the end of the week with full and detailed claims sheets in a target-oriented role
  • I also devised and implemented case analysis strategies assessing the probability of success on the basis of a 'no win, no fee' agreement
  • I performed this role through inbound calls, outbound calls, and email communication at a high rate
  • With aims to move through individual potential clients finding valid claimants for the law firms our company worked to represent
  • Going forward this role has lent itself to a high work rate and high efficiency capacity
  • This is due to the fact this role was highly monitored with consistent coaching from upper-level staff and meant I was consistently improving my ability to engage clients effectively
  • Increasing my call-rates, email rates, and transfer rates to meet expectations.

Alerts Monitor

Premier care
Manchester
09.2019 - 06.2022
  • Managed high volume alerts inbox of up to 1000 emergency enquiries daily
  • Eliminating potential danger to clients whilst minimising the amount of time needed to respond to the large number
  • Proactively tackled computer process inefficiencies such as an incorrect data input and unsuitable navigation techniques
  • Mitigating these problems resulted in a large increase in the capacity of the alerts branch
  • Upheld quality standards by monitoring and correcting work of colleagues
  • This meant ensuring compliance with safety guidelines and branch contracts, maintaining an equal standard across all types of company interaction and data input
  • Managed rotas for thousands of care workers over a three year period, employing strategic delegation and forward planning to minimise rota changes and maintain service efficiencies
  • Consistently communicated with the On call management through, email, dedicated messaging within the 'Carefree' Company application, SMS, direct phone calls etc..
  • To enable optimum smooth running of client/carer operations.

Charity Fundraiser

Home Fundraising
Manchester
12.2017 - 02.2018
  • Travelled Greater Manchester with a team of fundraisers, going door to door finding donors to sign up to a monthly charity subscription
  • Fostered new relationships with Pet sympathiser donors, leading to a sufficient amount of '5-10' sign-ups per '3' shifts needed to retain my role at the company
  • Demanded a lot of confidence and person to person speaking skills when pitching
  • Use of efficient problem handling and improvisational skills when involved in customer interactions.

Catering Assistant

National trust
Atcham
02.2015 - 11.2017
  • In this role there were four catering outlets with a team of catering assistants and supervisors to provide a full service
  • Biggest national trust properties in the country customer rates there were high with over £20,000 a day moving through tills
  • High-intensity, low-rest work periods where endurance and patience was tested
  • Other roles included consisted of monitoring and identifying food stock needs, preparing food in accordance to menus, portion sizing and quality standards
  • Managed medium scale event setup, execution and resets
  • Following a running order ensuring client satisfaction
  • This often-involved high cost events and meant a dedicated attention to detail.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - International business management

Manchester metropolitan university

Skills

  • Proactive Approach
  • Leadership/ coaching mindset
  • Continuous learning
  • Collaboration
  • Data recording/Database Management
  • Organizational skills
  • Punctual
  • Cultural awareness
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Resilient and adaptable
  • Client relationship building
  • Client expectation management and emotional support
  • Knowledgeable in Freshdesk system
  • Knowledgeable in Carefree system
  • Knowledge of digital and social media
  • Knowledge of Salesforce portal, Teams, Outlook, and Bright HR
  • Factual analysis and extraction of information from sources
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Different online media-based phone systems and multi-line phone system

Timeline

Lead Client Service Advisor

Kaplan Financial
11.2022 - Current

Client Service Advisor

Blume-Group
06.2022 - 10.2022

Alerts Monitor

Premier care
09.2019 - 06.2022

Charity Fundraiser

Home Fundraising
12.2017 - 02.2018

Catering Assistant

National trust
02.2015 - 11.2017

Bachelor of Arts - International business management

Manchester metropolitan university
Ben Cotterill