Greg Wedge has over 5 years of experience in the energy industry, including roles in sales, operational excellence, and management. He has a proven track record of improving business performance by increasing profits, coaching employees, and introducing process improvements. Currently he manages a team that handles sales complaints while also serving as a duty manager overseeing compliance.
Greg Wedge CV: Energy Leader With 5+ Years' Experience
1. Greg Wedge
Curriculum Vitae
Greg.Wedge@eonenergy.com
Work: +44 7814763338
Mobile: +44 7933803157
PERSONALPROFILE
A persuasive leader who is able to motivate, communicate and challenge to achieve outstanding
business performance. With previous experience in managing, developing and coaching as well as
leading change throughout the business.
Having been an employee of E.ON for 5 years, I come with a wealth of knowledge in the energy industry
ranging from SME Sales to UK Compliance with a stint in Operational Excellence as a Local Change
Agent. I have created a great reputation for delivering business performance above the normal standard.
I have a passion to succeed within the business which I have driven through my Personal Development
Plan. I have experience in being a hard working front line advisor, motivational coach and inspiring team
manager.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Aided SME Sales to increase their profit by £1.2 million after creating customer guides for the
section whilst working with Operational Excellence.
Effectively coached and managed 9 agents through the SME Sales graduation process boasting
a 100% success rate of agents passing the 13 week probationary period.
Formed the process whereby agents actions and automatically noted into the system. I created
this in order to save the agent time when typing notes at the end of a call and also to aid
compliance and audit practices. The reduced complaints and help the company save above £15k
in deadlocked complaints.
Introduced the Handle With Care way of working into an challenging and experienced team of
Resolution Managers successfully.
Worked in Newry with our outsourced Tele Performance centre to help improve their
compliance from 80% to 97% which is in line with the business standard performance for
compliance.
Manager of the quarter in my first month as a team manager.
Created roles and responsibilities for a Duty Manager in UK Compliance and took these
responsibilities on myself whilst managing a team of 7 Resolution Managers in the Sales
Complaints team.
Introduced an Operational Excellence mind-set into UK Compliance by introducing Go & Sees,
daily team Fit 2 Fly’s and problem solving.
2. CURRENT POST
May 2016- Present: SME Sales Complaints Team Manager & Duty Manager for UK Compliance
Managing a team of 7 resolution managers
Manage key stakeholders in both Direct and TPI Sales and maintain these relationships
Ensure that complaints do no surpass 365 days which may lead to a company fine
Motivation and development of advisors through coaching and support
Ensure that all compliant policy and procedures are followed in line with Handle With Care
Creating roles and responsibilities as a Duty Manager
Launching NICE into UK Compliance for both Team Manager and Auditors/Advisors
Created a detailed plan to track daily audit figures alongside available working hours so that
accurate planning can take place to ensure that audits with no go out of SLA.
Inform head of UK Compliance, Sarah Turner along with her 2 Section Managers of daily
performance and also agent activity through daily reporting.
CAREER HISTORY
December 2015- May 2016: Residential Audit Team Manager
Managing a team of 12 residential sales auditors
Stakeholder management with the sales operation to ensure that auditor feedback is acted on
Ensuring that our company achieve best in class for compliance
Coaching a team to audit in line with OFGEM’s licence conditions
Driving my team to hit all KPI’s and objectives as well as working towards the company strategy
Motivation and development of advisors through coaching and support
Feeding back escalated challenges to Section Managers
August 2015- December 2015: Sales Consultant 2 Team Manager
Managing sales team of up to 12 Sales Advisors
Overseeing new inductee performance throughout probationary period
Leading call centre in Sales Managers absence
Motivation and development of advisors through coaching and support
Leading the end to end Recruitment process, encouraging peer engagement to get the ‘right
people’
Up skilled all agents to support business continuity plan
Managing agents in line with all HR policies and procedures
Completing weekly coaching with every agent in my team and setting SMART coaching actions
3. Managing the SME Sales SC2 team work high value data
Driving my team to hit all KPI’s
Completing monthly reviews with all agents in my team
March 2015- August 2015: Operational Excellence Local Change Agent
Review in depth internal processes within SME Sales
Manage internal and external customer relations
Stakeholder management within SME Sales
Call listening to SME Sales calls to review call structures and process mapping them
Project management and working to tight deadlines
Drive and lead change in SME Sales
In depth section analysis
Problem solving
Initiating change within a business section
Facilitating group training sessions
October 2012- March 2015: SME Sales Consultant 2
Outbound calling high value customers that are up for renewal with E.ON
Receiving inbound calls from high value customers that are up for renewal with E.ON
Renewing high value customers to help retain our large consumption using customers
Renewing/selling to customers within the consumption grid to maintain E.ON’s gross margin
Receiving inbound calls from managing agents
100% compliant on every call scored by lead agents
Working the management agent mail box and responding to tenders via email
Taking part in all test and learn projects for SME
Displaying role model behaviours at all times
Handling and resolving customer complaints as a Duty Manager on the SME Sales floor
Cross selling where able to increase company revenue and profit for example I have 173 sales in
12 months.
Arranging call backs in my calendar to maximise customer contact
Involved in developing, testing and training out StEW
Facilitating unusual meters training to the sales floor
Stakeholder management skills whilst being a part of next generation ICE
April 2012- September 2012: SME Sales Grad Bay Manager
Taking new candidates through the first 13 weeks on the sales floor developing and building
knowledge in preparation for joining an established Team on the Sales floor.
Conducting weekly compliance checks. 5 per agent, per week.
Using coaching and support to achieve results at the soonest opportunity.
Using both SMART and ABC models to coach agents
Using excel to monitor the teams average sales conversion per week
Monitoring agents decision maker contacts, quotation and sales conversion rates
Managing conduct and capability through company policies and procedures
4. Piloting weekly reviews with all advisors to assess their performance and productivity and
looking at what they need to do in order to graduate at the end of their probationary period
Involved in the recruitment and selection process of new candidates.
Regularly holding team time offs and briefing agents both verbally and via email
Influencing team moral to keep my teams moral high at all times
April 2011- April 2012: SME Outbound Sales Advisor
Tailoring conversations to best suit the customer’s needs
Over 200 acquisitions in 12 months of being an Outbound Sales Advisor
Contacting small to medium enterprises to establish relationships in with a view to gaining
custom.
Utilizing contacts and setting call-backs to maximize customer contact.
Using my positive personality as a tool to gain sales
Selling valuable contracts with preferred payment methods to bring in maximum gross margin.
Using varied negotiation skills to assist in gaining acquisitions
Maintaining KPI’s and service level at all times.
Collating sales and PIC’s figures for the team and displaying them in a pie or bar chart by using
different Microsoft applications for my manager
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
StEW (Selling the E.ON Way) 1 & 2
RMR (Retail Market Review) in SME Sales
Aspire conversation guide
Operational Excellence in SME Sales
Ability to Pay/ Fair Payment Outcomes
EDUCATION
Kimberley Comprehensive School 2003-2008 (GCSE)
10 GCSE’s graded A-C including English, Mathematics and Science.
Bilborough College 2008-2010 (A+ AS-levels)
3 A-levels graded A-E
3 AS-levels graded A-E
Key Skills- pass
Qualified FA coach Level 1