Catherine Mwendia
Catherine Mwendia

Customer Experience & Operations Leader

Actively looking · Member since 12 Oct 2026
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Mid

About

Professional summary

I am a customer experience and operations leader with more than 10 years of experience in customer service, contact-centre operations, customer engagement, field and agent support, and cross-functional coordination. I have over six years of people-management experience leading high-volume support environments.

In my current role at Sun King, I lead customer engagement operations in a PAYGo renewable-energy environment. I manage 37 internal customer engagement specialists and oversee approximately 140 outsourced BPO agents, with responsibility for productivity, quality, service delivery, customer outcomes, and performance.

I use operational data, customer feedback, escalation trends, and KPIs such as CSAT, FCR, AHT, service levels, and productivity to identify service friction and improve customer journeys. I reduced average handling time from approximately 450 seconds to 220 seconds through workflow reviews, coaching, performance analysis, and process improvements.

I am experienced in team leadership, coaching, onboarding, workforce planning, performance management, CRM and case-management workflows, reporting, and stakeholder management. I have also coordinated training for call-centre managers across Africa and engagement initiatives for large customer-service teams.

I bring experience working with distributed teams and African-market operations, including remote work since 2020. I am comfortable partnering with internal departments, outsourced service providers, and operational stakeholders to resolve issues, strengthen process adherence, and deliver practical customer-focused improvements.

Notice period: Immediately

Skills

30 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Customer Engagement Team Manager – Customer Experience & Operations Sun King

Lead high-volume customer engagement operations in a PAYGo renewable-energy environment. Manage 37 internal customer engagement specialists and oversee approximately 140 outsourced BPO agents, with accountability for productivity, quality, service delivery, and customer experience.

Monitor CSAT, FCR, AHT, service levels, productivity, and quality trends to identify customer friction and improvement opportunities. Reduced average handling time from approximately 450 seconds to 220 seconds through workflow reviews, coaching, performance analysis, and process improvement.

Use Zendesk, Zoho, customer feedback, escalation themes, and operational data to improve workflows and support processes. Coordinate management training for approximately 120 Call Centre Managers across Africa and annual engagement initiatives for approximately 600 agents in Kenya.

Inbound Team Manager Sun King

Managed high-volume inbound customer operations for PAYGo customers across product, payment, account, and service-related interactions.

Reduced average handling time from approximately 200 seconds to 150 seconds while maintaining First Call Resolution standards. Reviewed interactions, feedback, and performance trends to identify service friction, coaching needs, and improvement opportunities.

Led onboarding, coaching, and performance management for customer-service representatives. Prepared workforce schedules and operational plans while collaborating with internal departments to resolve customer issues and maintain service levels.

Agent Relations Team Manager Sun King

Managed customer and field-support operations for more than 25 team members, with responsibility for service quality, engagement, performance, and issue resolution.

Led onboarding, engagement, performance-management, and process-improvement initiatives. Streamlined escalation and customer issue-management processes and developed customer-focused workflows to improve resolution effectiveness.

Inbound Team Manager Sun King

Managed 17 inbound customer-support agents in a high-volume service environment.

Maintained team utilization above 75% and used performance reporting, coaching, and workforce-management practices to improve service delivery.

Customer Service Executive – Collections Sun King

Managed customer relationships across inbound and outbound channels, including collections-related interactions, account support, and issue resolution.

Built customer relationships through proactive communication, probing, and practical problem-solving while supporting retention and payment recovery. Conducted customer feedback and quality surveys and partnered with sales and operations teams on service improvements.

Project Manager Assistant Africa 118

Coordinated stakeholder communication, project execution, issue tracking, reporting, and governance across business and technical teams.

Supported project documentation, cross-functional follow-up, and communication throughout project activities and launches.

Customer Service Representative CCI (formerly Direct Channel – Simba Technologies)

Managed customer inquiries and account-support activities while maintaining accurate CRM records and service documentation.

Supported customer relationship development through service, upselling, cross-selling, and proactive engagement. Trained and mentored new customer-service representatives and supported consistent service procedures.

Customer Service Representative Spanco BPO

Delivered customer support across multiple communication channels, maintained accurate customer records, and supported customer retention and satisfaction initiatives.

Education

Learning history

St. Paul’s University

Bachelor of Arts, Communication

Ongoing Bachelor of Arts in Communication program.

Daystar University

Diploma, Communication Arts

Diploma in Communication Arts.

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