- Collaborated with cross-company departments, developing new strategies to capitalise on emerging customer trends.
- Compared supplier risks to make balanced, strategic purchasing choices.
- Determined strategic direction of organisation based on industry knowledge and market research.
- Management P&L to achieve agreed targets.
- Managing the strategic recruitment of Acquiring products; POS, MPOS and Ecommerce and ensuring that competitive pricing is achieved for commercial viability of the acquiring segment
- Providing leadership to a team of direct reports comprising of Account-Managers responsible for new merchant acquisition, business retention &product management, customer service and performance analysis.
- Managing all aspects of risks associated with the Acquiring business with in-country teams and supporting functions, KYC, AML, credit risks, regulatory & card schemes Compliance.
- Developing products to enhance the proposition and achieve operating stability.
- Build succession plans for all direct reports and key personnel.
- Identifying & implementing new business opportunities,
such as new segments & products.
- Ensuring that customer and staff satisfaction performance is monitored and measured, and Objectives are met.
- Building relationships with Absa Corporate and Business Banking to create-business opportunities for cross sell, attend trade functions to scan the market and identify external opportunities for business growth.
- Implement products and activities to deliver value-added products and services.
- Develop pricing strategy and processes and overseeing client relationships to ensure all our key strategic merchants are looked after and maintain a healthy transaction pattern.
- Collaborating with Marketing , initiating merchants campaigns to boost-utilization of our Payment channels (POS and E-ecommerce) to increase value to maintain and grow market share.