Business Support Manager
Managed, organized, trained and supported an office of over 120 sales agents and 9 staff members, currently the number one office in the company, a position that has been achieved and maintained for many years. Managed all aspects of recruiting and retaining agents. Main objective was to help agents increase productivity within their own independent careers resulting in growth for the business as a whole.Managed local business level marketing campaign to increase brand awareness and to ensure recruitment of top level candidates.Ensured compliance with corporate head office by implementing, reinforcing, suggesting and streamlining company-wide policies and procedures locally.Researched and taught new programs and software to keep up with the fast paced evolution of technology.Taught agents organizational and technical skills in a class or one-on-one environment.Created a successful retention program which encompassed a multitude of smaller programs aimed at increasing the quality of our workforce while promoting BHGRE as the premier employer for our industry. Implemented “Backagent” a comprehensive intranet and workflow solution program adapted by the company.Organized and facilitated weekly office meeting which included IT support issues, scheduling the agenda, industry updates, Q&A and follow up on actions from all attendees.Wrote, organized and maintained training manuals both within the company systems and externally through cloud based applications.Proactively implemented a change management program locally as the company switched franchises.Headed the annual fundraising event for The Sunshine Kids, tripling the amount raised in the years I organized the event.Continued with several of the responsibilities in my previous position.