Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Interests
Timeline
Hi, I’m

Gashon Smith

Retention Sales Specialist
Gashon Smith

Summary

I am an experienced Retention Sales Specialist with over 8 years in the BPO Call Center industry supporting various clients, campaigns, and projects ranging from inbound customer service, outbound customer service, telemarketing/ tele-sales, advertising sales, direct sales, retention sales, outbound loan sales, healthcare insurance, and technical support (telco). I've worked at all levels, namely, tier 1 agent support, tier 2 supervisor/ escalations, and tier 3 team lead/ team manager on all types of voice, chat, and back office accounts.

Overview

9
years of professional experience
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

NexusOp

Loan Manager
03.2022 - 05.2023

Job overview

  • Social Media Lead Generation
  • Manage clients' queries via chat channels (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and
  • Website)
  • Offered follow-up calls to confirm references, jobs, etc
  • Conduct background checks
  • Process and submit the loan applications to the disbursal team
  • Follow-up with clients, send payment reminders and confirm payments
  • Manage sales team to ensure that weekly quotas were being met
  • Creating and implementing operational plans
  • Recruit and onboard new agents
  • Meet with agents to discuss any areas of opportunities
  • Chair rewards & recognition ceremonies for outstanding performance

Sutherland Global Services

Associate Consultant
04.2021 - 02.2023

Job overview

  • Management (Work-At-Home), Inbound billing support
  • Send dispute emails
  • Create insurance certificates
  • Upload VINS to the database

Itelbpo Smart Solutions

Subject Matter Expert
03.2019 - 04.2021

Job overview

  • Inbound billing support
  • Offered technical support for telco campaign
  • Offered floor support to other agents
  • Tier 2 support (handle escalated calls)
  • Ensure that team was adhering to company policies
  • Responsible for coaching team members on any areas of opportunity
  • Submitting performance reviews to operations manager
  • Audit calls

USA Contact Point

Retention Specialist/ Escalations Agent
08.2014 - 03.2019

Job overview

  • Inbound retention support
  • Upsell/ cross-sell credit reporting/ credit monitoring/ identity protection product
  • Escalations support (Tier 2)

Education

Jose Marti Technical High School
Jamaica

A Levels from CAPE Unit 1
09.2008 - 06.2009

University Overview

Obtained passes in Communications Studies and Electrical & Electronic Technology

Jonathan Grant High School
Jamaica

High School Diploma
09.2003 - 07.2008

University Overview

General Proficiency passes in Mathematics (2), English Language (2), Electrical & Electronic Technology (2), Chemistry (3), and Physics (3)

University of The Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC)
Jamaica

Bachelor of Science from Business Administration, Major in MIS
02.2021 - Current

University Overview

Online - flexible

Skills

Native English Speaker

undefined

Additional Information

Additional Information
  • LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/

Interests

Pure and Applied Sciences

Astronomy

Spanish (basic)

Entrepreneurship

Chess

Timeline

Loan Manager
NexusOp
03.2022 - 05.2023
Associate Consultant
Sutherland Global Services
04.2021 - 02.2023
University of The Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC)
Bachelor of Science from Business Administration, Major in MIS
02.2021 - Current
Subject Matter Expert
Itelbpo Smart Solutions
03.2019 - 04.2021
Retention Specialist/ Escalations Agent
USA Contact Point
08.2014 - 03.2019
Jose Marti Technical High School
A Levels from CAPE Unit 1
09.2008 - 06.2009
Jonathan Grant High School
High School Diploma
09.2003 - 07.2008
Gashon SmithRetention Sales Specialist