Nick Krause

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Product Manager, Front Office Operations and Customer Experience @ Shell Energy
Houston, TX, US
Nick Krause's Location
Greater Houston, United States
About Nick Krause

Innovative leader with exceptional skills that are transferable and immensely valuable to any industry. Highly motivated Operations Manager and Project Manager guided by Operational Excellence principles. Recognized for building cross-functional consensus to execute company-wide objectives, performance goals, and strategic initiatives with the aid of clear and concise communication.Committed to maintaining a reputation built on quality, customer service, and steadfast ethics.• Problem solve complex issues related to people, processes, and technology by inspiring collaboration of cross-functional business units (Operations, Finance, Pricing, Billing, Accounting, Supply, Regulatory, Legal, Contract Administration, IT, Collections, Customer Care, Sales, Forecasting, Marketing).• Develop and manage key initiatives focused on people, customer experiences, continuous process improvement, timeliness, technology, quality, operational efficiencies, revenue generation, and cycle times using project management (agile, scrum, waterfall), technical and business acumen, analytical and interpersonal skills.• Create clear communication and presentations to share findings, insights, and recommendations with executive management, stakeholders, and implementation teams.• Self-motivated, quick learner: In 2018, I knew little about Salesforce. In less than nine months, using Trailhead and knowledge sharing with two IT team members, I became Gexa's Salesforce subject matter expert, Salesforce Business Product Owner, and IT ask me to help as a Salesforce Administrator.• Empower team members by coaching and encouraging the use of active listening, critical thinking, and knowledge sharing to improve confidence, key performance indicators, and team and individual performance evaluation scores.• Achieve consistent improvements of at least 15% whether acting as sole-contributor or leader of initiatives by applying creativity, time management, process mapping, attention to detail, advanced MS Office, and analytical skills (Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified).

Nick Krause's Current Company Details
Shell Energy

Shell Energy

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Product Manager, Front Office Operations and Customer Experience
Houston, TX, US
Employees:
3591
Nick Krause Work Experience Details
  • Shell Energy
    Product Manager, Front Office Operations And Customer Experience
    Shell Energy
    Houston, Tx, Us
  • Shell Energy
    Product Owner - Customer Experience
    Shell Energy Nov 2021 - Present
    Greater Houston
  • Nextera Energy Services
    Operational Excellence Manager
    Nextera Energy Services Jul 2018 - Sep 2021
    Assigned Project Manager Corporate Transformation Program and Business Product Owner for Salesforce Upgrade.• Reduced costs 35%, cleaned 750,000 Salesforce (SF) records, spearheaded revamp of SF data models, and created robust SF entry screens and workflow to improve data, processes, and key performance indicators.• Increased quote submittals to customers by 200% and sales by 10% by redesigning and implementing Salesforce quoting functionality to setup, pricing, and quote sheet generation for thousands of combinations en masse vs. one-by-one.• Assumed Salesforce Business Product Owner and Salesforce Administrator roles. Responsibilities included review, prioritization, training, change management, and implementation of enhancements as well as page layouts modifications, creation of ad hoc Salesforce reports and Report Types, and use of Data Loader and Workbench.
  • Nextera Energy Services
    Manager Of Operations
    Nextera Energy Services May 2015 - Jul 2018
    Houston, Texas Area
    Promoted to Manager of Contract Management by consistently solving complex problems using skills including attention to detail, technical writing, analytics, strategy, performance reporting, and follow-up.• Increased team satisfaction scores 35% by inspiring contract managers to own and enhance processes, accuracy, timeliness, documentation, to collaborate with others, and consistently meet deadlines.• Chartered and established new Business Analyst team to encourage operational excellence by implementing system and process enhancements using service oriented active listening and quantitative, analytical thinking skills.• Spearheaded project to overhaul customer early termination processes resulting in 20% account re-enrollment, 45% reduction in cycle time, increased ETF accuracy, 80% increase in ETF billings, and boosted customer service. Second part of project redesigned expiring contracts processes resulting in gross margin 65% above plan.• Redesigned processes that cleared backlog of 735 issues and reduced average cycle time from 118 to < 19 days.
  • Nextera Energy Services
    Senior System Analyst
    Nextera Energy Services Dec 2011 - May 2015
    Houston
    • Shaped project to operationalize new customer-facing portal allowing 60% of deals to be processed 45% faster.• Overhauled policies and procedures for IT ticket reporting process resulting in 30% decrease in cycle time.• Championed process mapping initiative resulting in detailed As-Is and To-Be process maps. Documentation was approved by leadership and instrumental for 5-year IT Road Map.• Led team to create system demo for large customer culminating in seven-year contract and $9MM in margin.
  • Constellation Newenergy
    Director Of Operations
    Constellation Newenergy Dec 2006 - Dec 2011
    Houston, Tx
    Promoted to director and relocated to Baltimore office in critical role of Business Process Owner of Contract Management and Transaction Management for $70MM system project. After project, relocated to Houston in consultant role for new platform, then transitioned to Director of Transaction Management.• Inherited struggling team of 26, identified and assigned team responsibilities, created benchmark metrics with reporting to target capabilities, and within one year resulted in 25% increase in team morale and performance.• Created hybrid operations and sales team to overhaul and streamline workflow for customer retention and maintenance activities. Our hybrid team efforts resulted in $1.5MM in gross margin during the first year of creation and allowed sales to focus on new and renewal sales.• Achieved 40%+ cost savings as Business Process Owner and by collaborating with eight regional offices, IT, and Accenture. Consolidated contract and transaction management processes onto one platform (Siebel, Tibco, Lodestar) resulting in significant process efficiencies and consolidation to Houston office.
  • Constellation
    Manager Of Operations
    Constellation Apr 2005 - Dec 2006
    Houston
    • Guided Transaction Management team through exceptionally fast company growth to successfully own and better activities for customer account maintenance and EDI transactions with TX electric utilities.
  • Reliant Energy
    Senior Business Analyst
    Reliant Energy Sep 2002 - Apr 2005
    Proven skills and deliverables at Arthur Andersen Consulting and Bearing Point on the Reliant Energy and other energy projects allowed me to attain direct-hire position with Reliant.• Developed, facilitated, and communicated deliverables, milestones, presentations, project scope, risk analysis, Excel schedules, resource planning, project plans, budgets, test plans, and training documents for Siebel implementation by motivating IT (Siebel, EDI, Tibco, SAP) and business teams in matrix environment. Resulted in successful transition of Houston Lighting and Power Company from the regulated electric market to Reliant Energy in the newly created deregulated energy market.• Evaluated and satisfied compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and internal audit.
  • Arthur Andersen Business Consulting
    Consultant
    Arthur Andersen Business Consulting Jul 2000 - Sep 2002
    Greater Houston
    Effectively co-managed project plans, schedules, and deliverables of several multi-state project teams, including external vendors that assisted in creating a company-wide, repeatable market entry process and associated tools, resulting in successful entry into six electric markets, four gas markets, and Houston Lighting and Power’s transition to the deregulated Tx electric market as Reliant Energy.
  • R & N Construction Phases, Inc.
    Founding Partner And Operating Manager
    R & N Construction Phases, Inc. Nov 1993 - Feb 1997
    Austin, Tx
    Created new business, devised business strategies, and managed operational and fiscal responsibilities for 40-employee company that provided services to residential and commercial construction industry. Sold my half to the other partner to pursue my college degree.

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Nick Krause's current role is Product Manager, Front Office Operations and Customer Experience.

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Nick Krause attended St. Edward's University.

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