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Sofia Alvarez

Customer Support Manager, SaaS

[email protected] | (602) 555-0174 | Phoenix, AZ | linkedin.com/in/sofiaalvarez-support

Summary

Customer support manager with 9 years in customer support, 7 in SaaS, leading teams of up to 18 agents across email, chat and phone. Raised CSAT from 86% to 94% while ticket volume grew 60%, and cut first response time from 9 hours to 45 minutes. Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Core Competencies

SLA management, QA and coaching, Workforce planning, Escalation management, Knowledge base, Zendesk, Intercom, Salesforce Service Cloud, Jira, Looker, English (native), Spanish (native)

Professional Experience

Tallgrass CommercePhoenix, AZ
Customer Support ManagerJan 2022 – Present
  • Lead 18 agents and 2 team leads supporting 25K merchants across email, chat and phone in English and Spanish.
  • Raised CSAT from 86% to 94% while ticket volume grew 60%, through a QA scorecard and weekly coaching.
  • Cut first response time from 9 hours to 45 minutes by adding chat routing and follow-the-sun shifts.
  • Built a help center of 220 articles in Zendesk Guide that now deflects 31% of incoming contacts.
Mesa CloudTempe, AZ
Support Team LeadMar 2018 – Dec 2021
  • Led a team of 7 agents handling 4K tickets a month with a 92% SLA attainment rate.
  • Created the escalation process with engineering, cutting average bug resolution time from 12 to 5 days.
  • Hired and onboarded 11 agents, shortening ramp time from 6 to 3 weeks with a new training plan.
  • Built the team's first Looker dashboard for backlog, SLA and CSAT, reviewed in weekly leadership meetings.
Saguaro TelecomPhoenix, AZ
Customer Support SpecialistJun 2017 – Feb 2018
  • Resolved 60+ phone and chat contacts a day in English and Spanish at a 95% CSAT.
  • Wrote 30 troubleshooting macros the team adopted, cutting average handle time by 90 seconds.
  • Flagged a billing error pattern affecting 1,200 accounts, leading to a fix and proactive credits.
  • Mentored 4 new specialists through their first month on the phone queue.

Education

Arizona State University2013 – 2017
B.A. Communication
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SectionWhat to writeWhat to avoidExample
SummaryYears, team size, channels, the two metrics you moved most, languages."Customer-obsessed" without numbers.Support manager, 18 agents; CSAT from 86% to 94% as volume grew 60%.
ExperienceChange you made, metric it moved, volume and team size."Answered tickets" style duties.Chat routing and follow-the-sun shifts cut first response from 9 hours to 45 minutes.
SkillsSupport operations, helpdesk tools, reporting tools, languages.Generic "patience" or "empathy" entries.Tools: Zendesk, Intercom, Service Cloud.
Certifications (optional)Helpdesk or support certifications if the posting asks.Unrelated badges.Zendesk Support Administrator.
EducationDegree and school.Coursework details.B.A. Communication, Arizona State University.

Weak vs strong customer support manager bullets

A strong bullet says what you did, how, and what changed. Swap in your own numbers.

AreaWeakStrong
QualityImproved customer satisfaction.Raised CSAT from 86% to 94% as volume grew 60%, with a QA scorecard and weekly coaching.
SpeedMade responses faster.Cut first response time from 9 hours to 45 minutes with chat routing and follow-the-sun shifts.
Self-serviceWrote help articles.Built a 220-article help center that deflects 31% of incoming contacts.
EscalationsWorked with engineering on bugs.Created an escalation process that cut bug resolution from 12 to 5 days.
HiringTrained new agents.Hired 11 agents and shortened ramp time from 6 to 3 weeks.

ATS keywords

Keywords customer support manager postings ask for

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  • Customer support
  • Customer service
  • CSAT
  • NPS
  • First response time
  • SLA
  • Zendesk
  • Intercom
  • Salesforce Service Cloud
  • Escalation management
  • Knowledge base
  • QA
  • Coaching
  • Workforce management
  • Team leadership
  • Ticket volume
  • Customer experience
  • Omnichannel

Do's and don'ts

Do

  • Lead with CSAT, response time and SLA results.
  • Show the volume and team size behind the numbers.
  • Name your helpdesk tools and channels.
  • List languages you support customers in.

Don't

  • Don't quote a metric without the period or volume behind it.
  • Don't describe yourself as an agent if you led the team.
  • Don't skip hiring and coaching results.
  • Don't use tables or columns that hide text from ATS parsers.

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FAQ

Customer Support Manager resume questions

Which metrics belong on a support manager resume?
CSAT or NPS, first response and resolution times, SLA attainment, deflection rate, cost per ticket and agent ramp time. Show the volume behind them.
How do I show leadership in support?
Give team size, hires made, coaching programs and the results the team delivered under you.
Should I list languages?
Yes. Languages you support customers in are a hiring requirement for many international teams.
How do I tailor a support resume to a job?
Match the channels, tools and metrics the posting emphasises and move those results to the top. EmpowermentApplyF's AI Tailoring add-on rewrites your resume for any job on the board, in the posting's language.
Is a certification required?
Rarely. Helpdesk administrator certifications help when the role owns the tooling.
One page or two?
One page under about 6 years; two pages for managers with several leadership roles.
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