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TTEC makes waves with European expansion

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TTEC has signalled its intentions in Europe and the wider EMEA region with new clients across the technology and manufacturing industries, key local exec appointments and the hiring of 50 new employees at its Sofia facility.

The latter location is now providing multi-lingual on-call support with SLA compliance, service desk response, customer care and growth services across nine languages, including English, Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and Russian.

The company has confirmed three key appointments in Business Development, Solutions and Human Capital roles in the region:

  • Nameer Rattansi joins TTEC as Head of Solutions EMEA. With over 15 years of experience leading customer care services and support for global brands, Rattansi will expand his solution consulting leadership and project manage cross-functional CX teams throughout the sales cycle to conclusion on UK, pan-EMEA and global offshore deals.
  • An influential leader, Joanne Regan-Iles joins as Head of Human Capital EMEA where she will spearhead TTEC’s talent acquisition and human capital strategy. With 14 years of experience in leading Human Capital teams, Regan-Iles will be responsible for continued efforts in hiring, retaining and developing world-class people that serve as brand ambassadors for TTEC clients.
  • Clare Lomax, VP Sales for EMEA, will be responsible for accelerating the company’s regional go-to-market strategies and local market expansion. With an impressive track record of personally winning more than £1B of outsourcing contracts globally, Lomax is a motivated professional with 25 years of experience in strategic outsourcing sales.

“As an industry innovator and leader within the customer experience industry, it’s great to receive recognition that reflects our strong customer and partner relationships,” said Iain Banks, VP of International Markets, TTEC. “We have tremendous momentum at present, evidenced by our new client programs and team growth, strengthening our footprint in Europe and our leadership in transformative customer experience and engagement solutions.”

A successful Q1 2018 for TTEC in EMEA was concluded with it being shortlisted as a finalist for the Best Nearshore Team Award at the Global Sourcing Association (GSA) Professional Awards.

For more information visit www.ttec.com/emea/

21% of firms fail to respond to live chat support

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A study involving businesses based in the US and Europe, including both business and consumer facing websites, has revealed that 21% of companies failed to respond to live chat support requests.

The study, commissioned by SuperOffice, was conducted from over 1,000 websites. To keep the study fair, chat was only initiated during a website’s support hours and only when chat was available and online.

During each chat, questions were asked that were specific to a business. For example, ecommerce stores were asked questions about shipping and handling, while software companies were asked questions relating to free trial offers. After each chat was completed, the site was rated based on the quality of response time, wait time and overall chat experience.

Key findings included:

• 21% of live chat support requests are not answered
• Average wait time for live chat support requests is 2 minutes and 40 seconds
• 55% of companies do not offer transcripts once a chat has ended
• 23% of companies do not ask for contact information before a chat begins
• Average handle time for a chat request is 6 minutes and 50 seconds
• 45% of companies do not ask users for feedback once the chat has ended

SuperOffice concluded that live chat only works if there’s someone behind the software to respond to customers needs.

A white paper based on the study can be downloaded here