Intake Manager

Position Summary The Intake Manager is responsible for managing a team of Intake Specialists and Supervisors handling incoming authorizations from Area Agencies on Aging, Managed Care Organizations, and Health Plans for home delivered meals.The Intake Manager is also responsible for leading a Call Center dedicated to ILOS, 1115, and PD / CC clientele. This role is highly collaborative, requiring a strong history of leading cross-functional teams or projects. Extensive experience creating efficiencies and process iteration are keys to success in this role.

Interested candidates must be local to the Des Moines, IA area (within 1-1.5 hours) and able to work successfully both remotely and in-office. Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to

• Manage a team of approximately 100 front-line employees and 5-8 supervisors
• Track and document employee performance both formally and informally
• Complete employee performance reviews
• Create and distribute reports as needed or as requested by senior leadership
• Train, motivate, develop, and coach employees to drive case manager satisfaction, accuracy, efficiency, and performance
• Determine training requirements for new hires and additional performance-based training for existing Intake Specialists and Call Representatives, as needed
• Answer questions from Intake Specialists / Call Representatives and handle customer escalations
• Manage productivity based on department metrics to ensure workloads are being handled in an efficient and productive manner
• Formulate and implement rapid change and process improvements
• Work cross-functionally to support customer care, sales, and revenue cycle initiatives
• Lead weekly cross-functional operation meetings
• Lead monthly operational overview meetings to a cross functional leadership team
• Create strong working relationships with referring health plan partners, case worker agencies, and other referral sources.

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Preferred Skills and Experience

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Company Overview

Moms Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide for over 25 years. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Moms Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

EEO

Moms Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.