Chike Okoye

Chike Okoye

Customer Relationship Management Manager

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  • About me

    Head Public Sector Sales at Galaxy Backbone Ltd - MBA at Ahmadu Bello University

  • Education

    • University of Pennsylvania

      2014 - 2014
      Marketing Introduction to Marketing

      Introduction to Marketing

    • University of Lagos

      1997 - 2001
      Bachelor of Science (BSc) Sociology and Anthropology
    • University of Abuja

      2024 - 2027
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Public Governance and Leadership
    • Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University

      2008 - 2008
      General Management Programme Management
    • Ahmadu Bello University

      2016 - 2019
      Master of Business Administration - MBA Marketing

      Activities and Societies: Chartered Institute of Marketing of Nigeria

  • Experience

    • Alitalia Airlines

      Dec 2002 - Oct 2003
      Customer Relationship Management Manager

      Generating information on market trends and identifying target markets for the airline.Sought for clients (corporate and individual) for the company’s range of services.Maintenance of existing relationships between potential and existing corporate clients.Coordinating Alitalia’s Frequent Flier Program (The Premium club & Millemiglia).Calculating incentives for travel agents and general sales agents.Visa and Transit visa facilitation.

    • Airtel Nigeria

      Oct 2003 - Dec 2009
      Manager Customer Care Operations

      Work with the relevant departments to design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to ensure infrastructure capacity meets existing and future requirementsInvestigate CRM incidents and escalate to appropriate problem/service ownersResponds to all escalated customers’ queries and complaints, and ensuring resolution.Establish and Monitor compliance of Service and Operational level agreements.Managing IT Service Management tools including the capacity to develop service and support processes and enhance workflow.Manage customer’s expectations to ensure that the quality of service delivered matches those expectations and requirement.Establishes and maintains SLAs for all services to ensure that components are designed and delivered to meet the targets contained within the SLAsManage service level agreement with internal customers, highlighting breaches Show less

    • Grand Verde Ltd

      Feb 2010 - Dec 2012
      Manager of Sales

      Marketing, Loyalty Management

    • Galaxy Backbone

      Jan 2013 - Apr 2013
      Service Manager

      Planning and developing Customer Support mission and objectives and determining how they will be accomplished to meet set service levels.Establish and Monitor compliance of Service level agreementsEstablish operational level agreements with business, Support and resolution unitsWork cross functionally to articulate and lead the deployment of a business/operations support system (B/OSS) for the company.Managing IT Service Management tools including the capacity to develop service and support processes and enhance workflow.Monitoring and measuring individual and team performance.Reviewing and updating Customer Cares Processes and Procedures Monitoring and maintaining response time objectivesForecast and analyse trends Prepare Reports on Customer unit Performance Show less

    • Glaxy Backbone Limited

      Apr 2013 - Aug 2023
      Business Relationship Manager, Sales

      Manage business relationship with CustomersDevelop more business opportunities from the customer (Up sell to the customer from a consultative selling approach)Proactively developing and retaining key customer accounts.Coordinate client services managers and respond to opportunities by providing products and services to the customer in the public sectorSales of company services (Connectivity, Consulting/Solutions and Data Centre Services) Seeking out, establishing and maintaining relationships with operational contacts and decision makers within each client environment.Work with the relevant departments to design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to ensure infrastructure capacity meets existing and future requirementsEstablish Service level agreements with support units. Show less

    • Galaxy Backbone

      Sept 2023 - now
      Head Public Sector Sales

      As Head Public Sector Sales, I explored and penetrated new market segments, securing contracts with three previously untapped MDAs, contributing to revenue growth. I successfully upsold premium services to a number of existing clients, resulting in a 25% increase in their annual contract value.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • COBIT 5 Foundation in IT Governance

      IPnetON GMBh Berlin, Germany
      Apr 2015
    • Certificate in ITIL’s IT Service Management (ITIL)

      Information Systems Exam Board, United Kingdom [ISEB]
      Jun 2006
    • National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, Associate Member

      The National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria
      Aug 2015