An adaptable, charismatic business professional, I am an expert in forging and cultivating the best working relationships with customers and stakeholders alike through creative and innovative thinking. Being a believer in delivering impeccable service means I understand what 'great' looks and feels like to the individual.I’m a firm believer that the best learners make the best educators; this means that whilst I’m highly passionate about the development of others, i'm also very passionate about my own personal growth. This is a vital ingredient in understanding how different people learn in their own unique ways. With 13 years practice operating within the water industry, I have striven for excellence through challenge and continuous improvement.My career aspirations will see me move towards more senior roles which are focused on people management, service delivery and continuous improvement. Ultimately, I look for roles which will challenge my conventions and provoke insight and change.
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Technical Training PartnerSouthern Water Jul 2022 - Jan 2023Falmer, England, United KingdomResponsibilities included tracking, allocation & vendor support for training budget spend across several directorates; consultation for design &delivery of bespoke training packages using the company’s Learning Management System (LMS) & implementation support for new HRsupport system (Workday Learning) -
Solution Development Facilitator - C-Mex TransitionSouthern Water May 2019 - Mar 2020DurringtonResponsible for enabling the effective transition of a new industry-wide regulatory measure on behalf of the Operations department. As the role was autonomous, I decided to build a full program of training material, sessions & enabling processes for Key Stakeholders across the business.I also engaged with the company's Talent and Development team to ensure that new members of staff were also knowledgeable, comfortable and understanding of their role with regard to this big… Show more Responsible for enabling the effective transition of a new industry-wide regulatory measure on behalf of the Operations department. As the role was autonomous, I decided to build a full program of training material, sessions & enabling processes for Key Stakeholders across the business.I also engaged with the company's Talent and Development team to ensure that new members of staff were also knowledgeable, comfortable and understanding of their role with regard to this big change.Successes in this role include:-* Design & delivery of approved training material to circa 200 members of staff* Liaison with external departments and Stakeholders to ensure a consistent, company-wide approach to training & transition* Recognised Point of Contact across the business for Operational C-MeX Show less -
Technical Specialist (Secondment)Southern Water Aug 2018 - May 2019DurringtonResponsible for production and roll out of training sessions & workshops for new Water Industry regulatory measure (C-MeX).Additional responsibilities included collating management information for the industries previous regulatory measure (SIM), ownership of customer satisfaction for ‘High Consumption contacts during the “SIM Week” event & building governance documentation for the new regulatory measure.Successes in this role include:-• Positive feedback from all delegates… Show more Responsible for production and roll out of training sessions & workshops for new Water Industry regulatory measure (C-MeX).Additional responsibilities included collating management information for the industries previous regulatory measure (SIM), ownership of customer satisfaction for ‘High Consumption contacts during the “SIM Week” event & building governance documentation for the new regulatory measure.Successes in this role include:-• Positive feedback from all delegates regarding design and delivery of C-MeX Introductory workshops• Recognition from Operational Area Manager for “Excellent Facilitation and Delivery of the 5* Training Show less -
Home Move ExecutiveSouthern Water Oct 2017 - Aug 2018DutrringtonCore responsibilities include updating, answering and resolving customer contacts relating to moving home and closure of accounts. Other responsibilities include facilitation of team meetings to identify opportunities for process improvement and analysis/management of overall team performance.Successes in this role include design, sign off and distribution of ‘Self-Assessment Contact Standards’ across four Home Move teams, design of an Operating Procedure for a key business system &… Show more Core responsibilities include updating, answering and resolving customer contacts relating to moving home and closure of accounts. Other responsibilities include facilitation of team meetings to identify opportunities for process improvement and analysis/management of overall team performance.Successes in this role include design, sign off and distribution of ‘Self-Assessment Contact Standards’ across four Home Move teams, design of an Operating Procedure for a key business system & election to run an Employee Engagement Project Management role. Show less -
Compliance AdministratorSouthern Water Mar 2017 - Oct 2017WorthingResponsible for carrying out audits for the development of the Customer Service directorate's Risk and Control library and providing quality assurance for customer / regulatory processes.Successes in this role included the creation of a robust audit process and a series of risk and control registers covering three teams and over 100 risks and associated controls. This enabled a reduction in QA errors made to a key regulatory measure; 26.51% in April 2017 and 10.53% in July 2017 -
Process Improvement Associate (Secondment)Southern Water Mar 2016 - Mar 2017WorthingResponsible for providing project & change services to aid in the delivery of the company's £96 million change portfolio.Functions included Workshop/meeting creation, Facilitation and presentation, Management Information gathering, Stakeholder & Subject Matter Expert (SME) management, Project Staff inductions & delivery of key project materials & resources.Successes in this role include:-• Functional alignment of several metering teams following major transformational change… Show more Responsible for providing project & change services to aid in the delivery of the company's £96 million change portfolio.Functions included Workshop/meeting creation, Facilitation and presentation, Management Information gathering, Stakeholder & Subject Matter Expert (SME) management, Project Staff inductions & delivery of key project materials & resources.Successes in this role include:-• Functional alignment of several metering teams following major transformational change over two months• Reduction of metering job backlog by 33% (965 jobs) & 'promised' action backlog by 15% (495)• Increased productivity of metering service provider, for optant and Z jobs, by 31%• Positive feedback from Programme manager for delivery and presentation of 13 'SIM Event' process models Show less -
User Acceptance Tester / Script Writer (Secondment)Southern Water Mar 2014 - Mar 2016WorthingUtilising experience of the business processes, completed high quality testing of the new IT services as part of a multi-million upgrade programme to the company's billing system and customer service management tools. This required test execution planning, script writing, testing management, floor support and technical services for delivery of the following products as they were developed and implemented:1. New SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system2. New SAP Industry… Show more Utilising experience of the business processes, completed high quality testing of the new IT services as part of a multi-million upgrade programme to the company's billing system and customer service management tools. This required test execution planning, script writing, testing management, floor support and technical services for delivery of the following products as they were developed and implemented:1. New SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system2. New SAP Industry Specific Solution for Utilities Industry (IS-U) billing system3. New financial billing tariff ahead of the introduction of commercial competition into the industry.4. New release of the company's first online billing portal.5. Integration testing for customer survey/feedback tool 'Rant & Rave'Successful completion, sign off and timely release of all of the above, I was also internally recruited, following completion of this role, to undertake UAT for several Key data transfer programmes in preparation for commercial competition. Show less -
Business Support / Governance Admin AssistantSouthern Water Nov 2011 - Mar 2016WorthingCore responsibilities included producing updates to the Customer Services governance framework through audit, meetings and workshops. This lead to the company attaining ISO9001 accreditation for four years running.I was responsible for implementation & maintenance of a HTML based, key knowledge repository containing over 600 policy / process FAQs and over 900 users.I also scheduled and designed over 50 SAP technical work instructions, for billing and metering processes, for… Show more Core responsibilities included producing updates to the Customer Services governance framework through audit, meetings and workshops. This lead to the company attaining ISO9001 accreditation for four years running.I was responsible for implementation & maintenance of a HTML based, key knowledge repository containing over 600 policy / process FAQs and over 900 users.I also scheduled and designed over 50 SAP technical work instructions, for billing and metering processes, for users of the knowledge repository. Show less -
Customer Service SpecialistSouthern Water Aug 2009 - Nov 2011WorthingResponsible for providing multi-channelled billing and metering services to customers as well as providing training / coaching when required. -
Outbound Debt Collection AdvisorSouthern Water Jul 2008 - Aug 2009Worthing -
Training / Mentoring Support AssistantSouthern Water Jul 2007 - Jul 2008FalmerResponsible for providing supervisory support and building Training Needs Analysis for a temporary contact Centre. -
Customer Service AdvisorSouthern Water Apr 2006 - Jul 2007WorthingResponsible for providing multi-channelled billing and metering services to customers.Success here lead to a seconded supervisory role where I was responsible for training and development of several other telephony employees. -
Acting ManagerLadbrokes Aug 2005 - Feb 2006WorthingResponsibilities included:-• Staff training & ongoing identification of development needs,• Resource planning and deployment of staff to other sites when required,• Day-to-day activities including opening, maintenance and closure of premises,• Customer and Financial (banking and reconciliation) Services. -
Deputy ManagerLadbrokes Feb 2005 - Aug 2005WorthingResponsibilities included:-• Staff training & ongoing identification of development needs,• Resource planning and deployment of staff to other sites when required,• Day-to-day activities including opening, maintenance and closure of premises,• Customer and Financial (banking and reconciliation) Services.Success in this role lead to my nomination / appointment as Acting Manager as a direct result of team engagement and maintenance of a large customer base.
Mark Thomas Education Details
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Northbrook College, Broadwater CampusCertificate Awarded -
Sussex Training GroupPass -
Northbrook College, West Durrington CampusCompleted
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