Launching an Outsourced Support Team in Just 72 Hours

How yoummday helped Express Group to align a peak in customer demand with recruiting and managing CX agents.

The Client

Client: Express Group

Industry: Financial Services, SaaS

Number of Agents: 30

Scope of Work: : Inbound/Outbound Customer Support

Channels: Voice, Chat, Tickets

Product: Managed Services

Start date: February 2023

The Challenge

Express Group uses smart automation and AI features to help German customers lodge their tax return in under 5 min. The success of their demand generation activity let to an overwhelming number of requests from both new and existing customers.
As a result, Express Group faced difficulty juggling customer demand with recruiting and managing CX agents.

The Solution

  • A team of 5 freelance agents was ramped up to 30 in just three months.
  • Only one internal employee from Express Group is needed to manage all aspects of the project, including onboarding, training, and quality assurance.
  • Two freelance agents were elevated to Team Lead positions to help drive project efficiency.
Launching an Outsourced Support Team in Just 72 Hours with yoummday

Why yoummday

  • Precise filtering facilitated a quick search for new freelance support talents based on their experience, skillset, and language proficiency.
  • The immediate availability of skilled freelance talents
    guaranteed an accelerated recruitment timetable.
  • All talents had exceptional proficiency in written and
    spoken German for improved CX interactions.
  • Contracting with freelancers ensures that no new
    headcount was added to Express Group’s balance sheet.
  • Productive minute pricing ensured optimal CX expenditure
    and ROI.

Results

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higher conversion rates on outbound calls

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month-over-month increase in call handling volume

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improvement in cost efficiency over previous in-house operations

hours to fully launch an outsourced support team