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Dirk Werner

Senior Consultant, CX, C-Sat, Customer Value Management

Dirk Werner
Erfurt, Germany

Experience

Mar 2019 - Present
7 years

Senior Consultant, CX, C-Sat, Customer Value Management

ojuto GmbH

  • Reorganization of customer service at DCS Digital Charging Solutions, Munich

  • Managing nearshore service providers

  • Introduction of scorecard, quality management and CSAT management definitions, customer loyalty

  • Customer service reorganization strategy at TWS Total Webhosting Solutions Group, Amsterdam

  • Brand consolidation

  • Webhosting mass market customer service strategy

  • Quality management and CSAT management definitions, upselling

  • Provider strategy for nearshore customer service, RFP process at Advanzia Bank, Luxembourg

  • Definition of upsell campaigns for business customers from ISDN to NGN (VOIP) at 1&1 Versatel GmbH

  • Customer approach, change conditions, order entry, service delivery, end-to-end processes, customer communication

  • Definition of customer service processes (telecom, mass market, use cases) at E.ON Broadband, Avacon Connect GmbH, Berlin and Sarstedt

  • Order entry, field sales processes, commission billing, requirements for the CRM system (MS Dynamics), vendor management

  • Definition of service statements for phone and written contacts (skill definition, forecasting process, SL measurement, quality measurement, scorecard, bonus-malus) at Lechwerke, LEW, Augsburg

  • Supporting the tender process for selecting service providers

Nov 2017 - Feb 2019
1 year 4 months
Berlin, Germany

Head of Customer Service

Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Ruff GmbH

  • Documenting processes
  • Reorganization of customer/client service
  • Introduction of a scorecard
  • Introduction of an employee bonus system
  • Customer service strategy
  • Contact avoidance strategy
  • Customer touchpoint analysis
  • Further digitization of processes
Nov 2017 - Feb 2019
1 year 4 months
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Site Manager Sarajevo

Teleperformance Germany in Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • Setting up a German-speaking nearshore site
Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
7 months
Erfurt, Germany

Site Manager

Capita Customer Service (Germany) GmbH

  • Leading 367 customer advisors in commercial, technical, and sales support for mobilcom-debitel (freenet group)

  • Responsible for 82 specialists in process and requirements management, testing, quality management, forecasting, and workforce management of a call center network

  • Direct leadership responsibility for 4 department managers and 4 administrative staff

  • Budget/revenue responsibility of 16.8 million euros p.a.

  • Needs assessment, performance reviews, and cost-benefit analyses

  • Setting and meeting performance goals for speed, efficiency, cross- and upselling, and quality in inbound B-to-C customer service

  • Ensuring data backup and data protection

  • Advising the client on product and service definition: optimized product launch process

  • Sampling contacts to monitor quality, error patterns, and efficiencies

  • Coordinating recruitment

  • Change management: from in-house customer service to a service contact center with increased productivity, higher quality, best customer satisfaction scores, and sales results

Mar 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year 10 months
Osijek, Croatia

Site Manager Osijek, German Nearshore Market Manager

Transcom Halle GmbH

  • Leading 245 employees in Croatian-speaking support and 192 employees in German-speaking support (commercial, technical, and sales support)

  • P&L responsibility for Osijek (6.8 million euros p.a.) and an additional 4.5 million euros revenue/contribution margin responsibility at other nearshore sites

  • Needs assessment, performance reviews, and cost-benefit analyses

  • Setting and meeting performance goals for speed, efficiency, cross- and upselling, and quality in inbound B-to-C customer service

  • Ensuring data backup and data protection

  • Advising the client on product and service definition: optimized product launch process

  • Sampling contacts to monitor quality, error patterns, and efficiency

  • Coordinating recruitment

  • Lease negotiations and service contracts

  • Turnaround of the site from a low profit margin to the planned profit margin in 9 months

Sep 2009 - Feb 2015
5 years 6 months
Halle (Saale), Germany

Country Account Manager/ Senior Account Manager

Transcom Halle GmbH

  • Leadership of up to 8 Business Managers

  • Revenue and contribution margin responsibility of €12.6 million across multiple locations

  • Customer service for telecommunications, automotive, banking, home shopping, e-commerce, and video identification

  • Acquisition, stabilization, and win-back of major accounts

  • Negotiation experience at CXO level in German and English

  • Innovative business models and contract management, including negotiating Service Level Agreements

  • Business process analysis and optimization in CRM outsourcing projects

  • Implementation and further development of scorecards and quality control systems in CRM

  • Customer Experience Management

  • Serving clients such as Tele2, 1&1, BMW Eastern Europe, Advanzia Bank, swk Bank, CreditPlus Bank, 1-2-3.tv, JustFab, identity Trust

  • Production sites in Halle, Rostock, Osijek, Belgrade, Gdansk, Olsztyn, Prague, Budapest

  • Continuous growth of all budgets by at least 15% in revenue volume

  • Acquisition of a new e-commerce client with €3.2–3.6 million in annual revenue.

Mar 2009 - Aug 2009
6 months
Görlitz, Germany

Managing Director, Görlitz

twenty4help Knowledge Service GmbH

  • Leading 640 customer advisors in commercial, technical, and sales support
  • P&L responsibility for the Görlitz location
  • Direct leadership of 4 Business Managers and 1 HR Manager
  • Consolidation of project situation with partial site transfer and social plan
  • Staff reduction, restructuring, and negotiation of a social plan
  • Adjustment of general administration and staff units
  • Turnaround of the site within 6 months
Mar 2008 - Feb 2009
1 year
Ettlingen, Germany

Board Member Marketing and Sales (CSO), Head of Sales

Axtera AG

  • Acquisition and implementation of B2B outsourcing telemarketing projects in the IT and telecom sector (CRM/CMS/DMS software, lead generation, SaaS sales)
  • Creating business plans and organizational forecasts
  • Developing marketing and sales concepts and acquiring friendly-user initial clients
  • First contact and acquisition of major accounts (new logo sales) in the IT and telecom industry
  • Defining web presence and market appearance, managing the marketing agency, and coordinating press releases
  • Selection and implementation of an internal CRM system (benchmarking)
  • Planning and execution of various telemarketing projects, including quality assurance and control
Jan 2004 - Feb 2008
4 years 2 months
Schutterwald, Germany

Division Manager and Key Account Manager, Authorized Officer

Walter Services TeleMedien GmbH

  • Leading 8 project managers

  • Revenue and contribution margin responsibility of €45 million p.a. across 8 sites

  • Customer service for telecommunications and automotive (Toll Collect)

  • Acquisition, stabilization, and win-back of major accounts

  • Negotiation experience at CXO level

  • Contract negotiations (tender, auction) and contract management (SLA negotiations)

  • Business process analysis and optimization in CRM outsourcing projects

  • Implementation and further development of scorecards and quality management systems in CRM

  • Customer Experience Management

  • Key Account Management for Deutsche Telekom AG and Toll Collect GmbH

  • Optimization of throughput times and workflows

  • Expansion of partnerships and long-term cooperation

  • Increasing the budget from €11 million to €45 million p.a. within 3 years

Jan 2002 - Sep 2003
1 year 9 months
Bonn, Germany

Senior Consultant 'Processes & Applications'

Detecon International GmbH

  • Consulting in customer demand and relationship management projects

  • Development of CRM strategy and CRM system implementations, including selection, integration, and customization

  • Projects in cross-/up-selling and win-back in business and mass markets (focus on Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems)

  • Sales force management and sales force automation

  • International Key Account Management

  • Win-back of a major Deutsche Telekom client in telephone value-added services

  • Development of a consulting product 'Functional Key Account Management' for T-Systems

  • Creation of an executive briefing for the introduction of FMI (Fixed-Mobile Integration) at Deutsche Telekom

  • Contribution to the cross- and up-selling concept in the mass market for T-Online

Jul 2000 - Dec 2001
1 year 6 months
London, United Kingdom

Marketing Manager Applications

T-Motion plc

  • Analysis and selection of mobile applications and integration into the T-Motion/t-zones portal
  • Setup of content partner management
  • Competitive analysis, partner selection, development of a partner program, and contract negotiations in Germany, Austria and the UK
  • Project management for application integration
Aug 1998 - Jun 2000
1 year 11 months
Erfurt, Germany

Head of Sales (D/A/CH)

Sonera SmartRing GmbH

  • Managing a project manager and a project office assistant

  • Sales of a mobile banking platform with digital signature technology

  • Development of the sales concept and setup of the sales structure

  • Direct sales to financial institutions, banks, and data centers

  • Setup of an indirect sales channel via system integrators

  • Setup of an internal telemarketing center, including budget, setup, and process planning

  • Signing contracts with Eurokartensysteme and SIS West

Oct 1992 - Jul 1998
5 years 10 months
Elmshorn, Germany

Head of Inside Sales

Talkline GmbH

  • Management of the inside sales department with 95 employees supporting telecommunications dealers

  • Direct management of four team leaders

  • Development and optimization of sales processes and systems

  • Dealer retention strategy by integrating dealers into Talkline Order Entry systems

  • Optimization of commission billing

  • Sub-project leadership for system and database migrations in the CRM and Order Entry system

  • Setup of systematic key account management (key account management)

  • Project management for the direct marketing brand unicomdirect

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Telecommunication (27 years), Banking and Finance (14 years), Automotive (9.5 years), Utilities (7 years), Professional Services (5 years), and Information Technology (3 years).

Telecommunication
Banking and Finance
Automotive
Utilities
Professional Services
Information Technology

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Customer Service (22 years), Sales (20 years), Project Management (13 years), Quality Assurance (8.5 years), Strategy (8.5 years), and Marketing (6 years).

Customer Service
Sales
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Strategy
Marketing

Skills

Personal Skills:

  • Strong Leadership Skills With Team Player Abilities, Confident, Empathetic, Trustworthy, And Assertive

Professional Skills:

  • Telecommunications Marketing And Sales Specialist Since 1992 For Direct And Indirect Sales Channels
  • Many Years Of Experience Developing And Implementing Crm Best Practices As A Competitive Edge: Customer Experience, Customer Touch Points, Customer Journey, Digitization
  • Building Trust-based Relationships With Various Stakeholders Up To C-level In A Very Short Time
  • Development Of New Services, Product And Process Standardization, Quality Assurance In Marketing Projects, Direct And Indirect Sales In The Mass Market
  • Leading And Working In Matrix Organizations, Excellent Key Account Management In Large Projects
  • Experience Working With International (Virtual) Teams
  • Change Management (Including International)
  • P&l Responsibility / Budget Control

Leadership:

  • Leadership Instead Of Management As The Highest Principle: Learning Together, Sharing Experiences And Convincing, But Also Reflecting When Strong Arguments Are Presented.

It And Technical Skills:

  • Ms Office, Professional
  • Sql - Structured Query Language, Basic Knowledge
  • Html, Basic Knowledge
  • Technical Structure Of Fixed-line And Mobile Networks, Basic Knowledge
  • Security Technologies (Pki, Wpki, Wim, Wtls), Basic Knowledge

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Mar 2005 - Jan 2007

Europa-Universität Viadrina

Master of Business Administration, Central and Eastern European Management · Central and Eastern European Management · Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany

Jul 1986 - Sep 1991

Universität der Bundeswehr

Pre-diploma in economics, business administration and public administration · Economics, Business Administration and Public Administration · Hamburg, Germany

Jul 1971 - Jun 1984

Viktoria-Luise-Schule

High school diploma · Hamelin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Sport boat license

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Where is Dirk based?

Dirk is based in Erfurt, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.

What languages does Dirk speak?

Dirk speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Dirk have?

Dirk has at least 33 years of experience. During this time, Dirk has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 12 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 6 months. Note that Dirk may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Dirk be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Dirk would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Consultant, CX, C-Sat, Customer Value Management, Head of Customer Service, Site Manager Sarajevo.

What is Dirk's latest experience?

Dirk's most recent position is Senior Consultant, CX, C-Sat, Customer Value Management at ojuto GmbH.

What companies has Dirk worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Dirk has worked for ojuto GmbH.

Which industries is Dirk most experienced in?

Dirk is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Banking and Finance, and Automotive. Dirk also has some experience in Utility Services, Professional Services, and Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas is Dirk most experienced in?

Dirk is most experienced in business areas like Customer Service, Sales, and Project Management. Dirk also has some experience in Quality Assurance (QA), Strategy and Planning, and Marketing.

Which industries has Dirk worked in recently?

Dirk has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Telecommunication, and Utility Services.

Which business areas has Dirk worked in recently?

Dirk has recently worked in business areas like Customer Service, Quality Assurance (QA), and Strategy and Planning.

What is Dirk's education?

Dirk holds a Master in Central and Eastern European Management from Europa-Universität Viadrina.

Does Dirk have any certificates?

Dirk has 1 certificate: Sport boat license.

What is the availability of Dirk?

Dirk is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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