Care Team Supervisor Full Time NEW

Summary:

The Care Team Supervisor role at The Cigna Group, a global health service company with over 70,000 employees, focuses on leading a team of care representatives in Nairobi, Kenya. Cigna, servicing 85 million customers worldwide, is dedicated to improving health and well-being. With a history spanning over 200 years, its Kenya office supports African and global markets, emphasizing customer-centric solutions for NGOs, IGOs, and multinationals.

Responsibilities:

• Motivate individuals and team collectively to achieve agreed work output targets covering productivity, quality and customer/provider satisfaction.
• Recommend and implement innovative strategies to improve efficiency and provide excellent customer service.
• Be proactive in identifying improvement/enhancement opportunities and active in seeking and sharing ideas for innovation in business processes within the Integrated Health Team and other operations; recommend and implement innovative strategies to improve efficiency within the pre-authorization and care coordination process and provide excellent customer service, including to members, clients, but also health care providers.
• Ensure strong employee engagement within the team, including day to day oversight, motivation, conflict management, training, well being and performance.
• Ensure appropriate performance management actions are taken.
• Proactively address and/or escalate any risks.
• Develop/maintain proactive/effective business relationships, both internally and externally to ensure a seamless delivery of service.
• Actively encourage all team members to do likewise.
• Produce, review and interpret reporting and data in line with formats and timescales agreed with management, including trending and enhancement activities with quantification of operational impacts.
• Be the key focal point for the implementation of new clients and/or procedures, as well as being a contact for clients/members, including hosting (potential) clients and presenting our services to them.

Requirements:

• Strong performance track record.
• Degree or diploma in relevant field.
• International mind-set, with holistic view and able to work remotely with peers across locations.
• 2 years of leadership in the medical insurance industry.
• Night shift availability is required to support the team and clients across timezones.
• Experience and/or interest in coaching, managing, developing and motivating individuals.
• Experience and/or interest in conflict management.
• Experience in complaint management – with a proven track record in improving customer service standards.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, and knowledge of Window tools, e.g. Excel, Powerpoint, Windows.
• A growth mindset with a positive attitude towards change and the ability to play an active role in implementing change initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills: strong empathy and listening skills, strong articulation and communication skills, passionate.
• Competency to build a team and create an atmosphere of positive collaboration, innovation and creative solutioning among the team members.
• Action-orientated problem-solving attitude.
• Excellent organization, planning and prioritization skills.
• Able to seek out best practice in order to effectively deal with diverse, complex and highly sensitive issues.
• Results orientated – ability to cascade and translate goals, establish plans and manage work to achieve desired outcomes.
• Accountability – assume ownership for achieving personal results and collective team goals.

Benefits:

• Medical insurance.