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Natasha Vater

Birmingham,West Midlands

Summary

I am a proactive Customer Success Manager with 4+ years in B2B SaaS, specializing in client retention and renewals. Proven track record of building strong client relationships, creating strategic success plans, and monitoring customer health metrics to reduce churn. Skilled at cross-functional collaboration and leveraging data insights to drive customer value and satisfaction in fast-paced environments.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Customer success manager

sales-i, A SugarCRM Company
Solihull, West Midlands
08.2021 - 05.2025

I oversaw current customers with the goal of maintaining high adoption, renewing contracts and upselling. I proactively established ways for clients to increase their utilization within the tool. As the main point of contact with sales-i, I led a cadence for communicating with clients, ensuring they saw the value of using the tool and were using it effectively.


  • I established success plans for customers that outlined their critical success factors, metrics for success, and potential issues while providing recommendations.
  • I developed and maintained strong, long-term relationships with key customer accounts to ensure customer satisfaction, retention, and growth.
  • I served as the primary point of contact for assigned customers, managing all aspects of the customer relationship and addressing their needs and concerns.
  • I identified issues that could impact customer satisfaction to ensure a healthy relationship when it was time for renewal.
  • I managed all notes and updates in the CRM for all customers to provide visibility throughout the company.
  • By implemented sales-i best practices with clients I ensured optimal utilization of the tool and leveraged customer relationships as needed for prospect references.
  • Controlled communication to keep customers informed product enhancements.


I established and managed relationships with a cadence of communication for my book of customers. I renewed expiring customer contracts to avoid churn. I proactively consulted and oversaw customers' sales-i activity to recommend training and enablement best practices, and led upselling with training and additional offerings where available.


I managed a portfolio of 70 active customers and was responsible for minimizing customer churn to no more than 5% monetary. My efforts resulted in a renewal rate of 93.63%.


During this role I built strong working relationships with my Line Manager (Head of Customer Delivery - UK) and worked closely with other Customer Success Managers, the Support Team, Data Team, Training Team, and Sales Team and Product team.

Helpdesk Support Analyst

sales-i
Solihull
02.2021 - 08.2021

Company overview; sales-i developed sales intelligence software. Its solutions include sales enablement, sales analytics and reporting, cloud-based CRM, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrations, data security management, customer activity alerts, etc


My duties included;

  • Documented all helpdesk contacts accurately, maintaining a comprehensive database of issues and solutions.
  • Recorded information on support tickets and maintained until problems met resolution.
  • Escalated critical issues promptly to senior management, ensuring rapid problem-solving actions were taken.
  • Improved customer satisfaction with timely and accurate issue resolution.


Incident Management Associate

SSP limited
11.2018 - 11.2020
  • Company Overview: SSP is a global provider of technology systems and solutions across the entire insurance industry.
  • Investigating and providing solutions for issues raised from client calls and emails to the service desk.
  • Recognising when a call is not readily resolvable and following processes to ensure that the issue is escalated.
  • Producing clear specifications relating to user problems that ensure timely and efficient resolutions.
  • Carry out testing, investigating and reporting errors that are found.
  • Executing given test scripts via SQL.
  • Assisting the Service Desk Manager and Service Desk Team Leader to control the number of calls open on the Help Desk.
  • Using the formal call logging system in place, and be responsible for the quality of the information recorded.
  • Demonstrating an excellent customer service focus when dealing with clients
  • SSP is a global provider of technology systems and solutions across the entire insurance industry.

Administration Clerk

BCA Logistics LTD
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Company Overview: BCA Logistics offer a range of services and solutions to support customers through the process of vehicle inspections, collection and deliveries, vehicle demonstrations and refurbishment.
  • Recording and updating databases, aiding the payment of drivers within SLA.
  • Paying parking fines and Penalty Charge Notices.
  • I maintain files and records so they remain updated and easily accessible.
  • Sorting incoming mail and preparing outgoing mail (envelopes, packages, etc.)
  • Utilising office appliances such as photocopier, printers etc.
  • Monitoring stocks of office supplies (paper clips, stationery etc.) and reporting when there are shortages.
  • Performing other office duties as assigned.
  • BCA Logistics offer a range of services and solutions to support customers through the process of vehicle inspections, collection and deliveries, vehicle demonstrations and refurbishment.

1st Line Support Analyst

CM2000
02.2013 - 09.2017
  • 1st Line Support Analyst at CM2000 supporting users of CallConfirmLive! - a hosted software application featuring electronic call monitoring, electronic scheduling and financial management tools.
  • I ensured that high standards of customer service were experienced by the large customer base, via telephone and email.
  • As 1st point of contact to customers and third party contractors; I recorded the queries accurately within an internal ticketing system with a high level of detail that would ensure I had what I needed to investigate further, if the issue needed to be escalated.
  • I categorised the tickets in order to prioritise them and investigate issues further.
  • Whilst investigating I would provide administrative support, track calls and keeping customers informed of the status of their queries.
  • I have a calm, pleasant and experienced phone manner, with excellent reflective listening skills means I actively listen to customers and then clarify what they need so that you can best address their concerns.
  • Where possible I gain a rapport with customers I speak to regularly.
  • The rapport I build with customers allows me to train customers more effectively and creates a trust that I will resolve their issue as quickly as possible.
  • I have the skills to effectively deal with demanding customers and experience 'handling conflict'.
  • I do this by showing empathy, leading the tone and speed of the call and keeping the customer updated during the investigation.

Helpdesk Support Analyst

Crimson
08.2011 - 06.2012
  • Helpdesk Support Analyst at Crimson -Support desk for the PharmaBase IT platform used to support the recording, reporting and invoicing of a range of community pharmacy services.
  • To be first point of call from all external inbound calls.
  • I logged all calls and escalated problems to the relevant person in the team.
  • Inputted and retrieved data on the internal support desk databases.
  • Other responsibilities included meeting and welcoming clients and visitors.
  • Photocopying, franking and logging post.
  • I updated information on CRM, including contacts, campaigns and web map updates.

Administrator Support

Insolvency Service
07.2010 - 05.2011
  • Administrative Support at The Insolvency Redundancy-Payments Office, my duties included;
  • Being first point of call from all external inbound calls which included customers and suppliers.
  • Logging all calls and escalated problems to the relevant person in the team.
  • Inputting and retrieving data on The Service's internal computer databases.
  • The preparation and production of standard and non-standard documents.
  • Photocopying and filing.
  • Opening and dispatching of external mail and delivery and collection of internal mail.

Customer Service Assistant

Lloyds TSB
06.2009 - 07.2010
  • Customer Service Assistant at Lloyds TSB.
  • Account maintenance Cheque clearing.
  • Clearing Cycle - Identifying fraudulent cheques by confirming the drawer beneficiary and account details via an internal database and Signature Mandate Database.
  • Making outgoing calls regarding High Value Calls, identifying customers and confirming vital information.
  • I worked with the ISA (Individual Savings Account) team. Transferring the customer's money into cash deposits, equity funds, or insurance products.

Education

GCSE and A Levels -

Archbishop Grimshaw School and Sixth Form College
01.2000 - 01.2007

Secrets of Effective Time Management - undefined

Courtney Associate
03.2017 - 05.2025

Create Pipeline - sales iQ -

sales iQ program ( Tony Hughes)
Phoenix
02.2025 -

Skills

  • SaaS platforms familiarity
  • Consultative approach, trusted advisor
  • CRM Software proficiency
  • Customer retention strategies
  • Onboarding processes
  • Data analysis and reporting
  • ERP systems experience
  • Relationship Management

Certification

Create Pipedrive, sales iQ - Tony Hughes

Secrets of Effective Time Management, Courtney Associate


Custom

References are available on request.

Timeline

Create Pipeline - sales iQ -

sales iQ program ( Tony Hughes)
02.2025 -

Customer success manager

sales-i, A SugarCRM Company
08.2021 - 05.2025

Helpdesk Support Analyst

sales-i
02.2021 - 08.2021

Incident Management Associate

SSP limited
11.2018 - 11.2020

Secrets of Effective Time Management - undefined

Courtney Associate
03.2017 - 05.2025

Administration Clerk

BCA Logistics LTD
01.2017 - 01.2018

1st Line Support Analyst

CM2000
02.2013 - 09.2017

Helpdesk Support Analyst

Crimson
08.2011 - 06.2012

Administrator Support

Insolvency Service
07.2010 - 05.2011

Customer Service Assistant

Lloyds TSB
06.2009 - 07.2010

GCSE and A Levels -

Archbishop Grimshaw School and Sixth Form College
01.2000 - 01.2007
Natasha Vater