Job Description
Job Title:  Contact Center Leader
Posting Start Date:  7/27/26
Job Description: 

Purpose of the Job

To manage the daily operations of the contact center through training and monitoring the team to achieve the highest level of quality and productivity.

Job Description

  • Has intimate knowledge of customer needs and ability to provide solutions
  • Work with CSD manager to develop and implement service initiatives to improve the customer experience
  • Adhere to customer service policies and procedures to maximize the customer satisfaction in every customer transaction
  • Analyze sources of service failures, identify probable route causes and recommend solutions
  • Continuously encourage the team to solve customer enquiries and complaints
  • Manage daily customer complaints and ensure timely resolution
  • Develop and coach the team on dealing with customer requests, enquiries, and complaints
  • Handle all escalated queries
  • Monitor daily call stats of the team
  • Training and coaching of standard operation procedures of the department
  • Handle all overflow of calls and incoming calls
  • Planning team shifts and leave days
  • Resource management, people and equipment
  • Updating of performance management sessions of agents
  • Complete missing parcel procedure
  • Ensure all late freight \ line hauls and deliveries are actioned timeously, allocate queries to agents via email
  • Resolve standard customers’ requests and route issues that require follow-up to customer service, commercial and operational teams
  • Communicates customer inquiries/messages/feedback to relevant team members
  • Provide satisfactory service to customers
  • Handle escalated queries from branches, agents and clients
  • Full resolution of escalated queries in the most efficient time

 

Job Requirements - Experience and Education

  • Minimum requirement is a Matric (Grade 12)
  • Three years of call center experience
  • Proven track record with managing a team
  • Strong communication skills – Excellent command of the English language
  • Customer Centric Personality
  • Computer Proficiency
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience within related field
  • Exceptional people skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Leadership Behaviors

Building Outstanding Teams
Collaborate & break silos
Execution & Accountability
External focus
Growth mindset
Inclusion
Innovation
Setting a clear direction
Simplification

Skills

Analytical Thinking
Communication Skills
Conflict Resolution
Crisis Management
Cross Functional Relationship Management
Interpersonal And Relationship-Building Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Negotiation Skills
Problem Solving
Team Collaboration
Team Leadership