Carolina Rodriguez: Senior Director Customer Experience and Operations in Carlsbad, CA
Carolina Rodriguez

Senior Director Customer Experience and Operations
Carlsbad | United States
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Custamor Lab
Founder | 04/2023 - Current
• Partner with new and established companies to develop and execute customer experience strategies that increase loyalty, retention, and revenue.
• Combine technology, processes, and people in comprehensive and scalable customer success programs.
• Coach customer service and patient services teams to succeed with unscripted and organic brand interactions.
California State University San Marcos
Adjunct Professor - College of Business Administration, Marketing (Current, Part-time) | 12/2023 - 01/2024
• Develop and lead the Marketing Academic Internship Program, ensuring a well-balanced blend of classroom theory and practical, hands-on experiences with community partners.
• Guide and mentor 20 students throughout their internship experiences, offering insights, advice, and support to facilitate learning and growth with constructive feedback for professional development.

Nixon, Inc.
Senior Director Customer Success and Operations | 09/2019 - 11/2022
Directed B2B and B2C sales and service operations teams, created customer service strategy, and designed policies.
• Developed a high-performing team of +40 to achieve customer experience and operational excellence.
• Managed all aspects of customer service strategies, initiatives, objectives, and policies.
• Controlled department forecasting and budgeting in alignment with company strategy.
• Introduced new consumer technology for relevant and modern shopping experiences.
• Championed continuous improvement of customer experiences.
• Managed Global Service Center teams to achieve a 92% repair rate and 10-day lead time.
• Transformed NA retail stores to offer custom bar experiences, accounting for 60% of store sales.
• Implemented right size plan to reduce headcount from 40 to 12 people across three teams and executed exit plans for physical retail stores.
• Established remote teams to achieve uninterrupted customer experiences by implementing cloud-based tools like Zoom, Slack, SharePoint, and Natterbox telephony.

Nixon, Inc.
Director Sales Operations and Customer Service | 07/2016 - 09/2019
Orchestrated sales operations, retail, customer service, and repair teams to achieve financial targets, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and generate brand loyalty.
• Developed a high-performing team of +30 to do their best work in a fun and nurturing environment.
• Designed and implemented Salesforce Service Cloud (CRM) for global regions.
• Created and managed a customer loyalty program.
• Managed developer team to design and create a custom repair service and returns platform.
• Sourced and implemented a global customer survey tool, resulting in a 40% response rate and 82 NPS.
• Led project team to build and launch HQ company store.

Nixon, Inc.
Senior Manager Sales Operations and Customer Service | 09/2010 - 06/2016
Advanced overall quality and continuous improvement of sales operations and customer service.
• Developed a high-performing team of 14 to elevate internal and external customer experiences.
• Designed and introduced retail planning and EDI trade, increasing overall profit by 30%.
• Established a Vendor Compliance process, reducing chargebacks by 90%.
• Created global retail operations guidelines to ensure customer and employee safety.
• Trained global teams in regional offices as company extracted from parent company.
• Launched Paris and London stores.
• Created quarterly Salesforce outbound call campaigns to engage with tail wholesale accounts.

Nixon, Inc.
Manager Customer Service | 06/2008 - 09/2010
Established, developed, and motivated a dynamic multi-channel customer support team to achieve financial objectives and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
• Developed a high-performing team of 8 to provide outstanding wholesale and end customer service.
• Managed business planning and strategy to reach sales channel growth goals.
• Designed call center architecture and sourced technical resources.
• Authored company policies, site content, SOPs, and customer-facing communication.
• Created allocation process for North America and EMEA achieving order fill rates of +98%.
• Introduced customer service metrics.
Nike Europe - Hurley International Headquarters - Barcelona, Spain
Manager Logistics and Customer Service | 06/2004 - 11/2005
Furthered Nike’s subsidiary business, Hurley, in Europe by effectively managing logistics, distribution, sales operations, and customer service.
• Conducted business operations in Spanish.
• Built and managed a multi-lingual EMEA Customer Service team operating from UK, France, and Spain offices.
• Managed logistics carrier use and costs.
• Managed Europe DHL 3PL warehouse freight-out strategies for on-time and in-full customer deliveries.
• Maximized warehouse workload efficiency to accomplish +90% order fill rates.
• Controlled warehouse costs by unit planning and minimizing value-added services (VAS).
• Assisted in designing and implementing NAV ERP, partnering with COO and developers.
Education history
California State University, Monterey Bay
Master's | 2021 - 2023
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor's
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