Sr Manager, It Help Desk/Operations
Jackson, Mississippi Area
Sr. Manager, Help Desk/Project Management2015 - 2017--Oversaw the 24 x 7 day to day operation of a Technical Help Desk responsible for inbound calls from North America and Canada in excess of 300,000 calls per year. --Managed a project that transitioned the Canadian CS calls from India to the United States. This increased the call volume by 10,000 calls per month.--KPI Management. --Managed the electronic/email support of between 40,000 - 50,000 incidents annually.--Lead a team of (2) Technical Leads, (5) Sr. Analysts and (30) Level 1 Analysts responsible for the support of 10,000 users and over 350 store locations, 4 corporate offices, 5 distribution centers, and 5 call centers. MGR, IT Hardware Support (Desktop/POS/Store Equipment)2009 – 2015 - Maintained the warehouse where equipment was stored and inventoried.- Led a skilled staff of 10 hardware support technicians responsible for the support of all equipment utilized and the companies' physical locations. To list a few, desktop support/POS/Scanners, Printers, etc. It also included the support of remote “home based” call center workers.- Support project teams for New Store openings, renovations, physical hardware upgrades and/or software upgrades, etc.Project Manager – IT 2006 – 2009- Worked as a member of team responsible for infrastructure upgrades to all of our Saks Fifth Avenue stores. - Worked as a liaison between the on-site store teams and the various IT teams (Applications, Networking, Server Support and Hardware Support) to ensure the new systems were secured and quality verified as we moved the store associates through the on-boarding process.Technical Help Desk Manager – IT2003-2006- Managed a 25-employee technical Help Desk. - Team supported the technical needs for the Saks Fifth Avenue & Off Fifth Avenue stores, all Corporate Locations & all DC's.