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Education
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Short Courses
Employment Equity
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Mpho Leshaba

Head Quality Assurance /Customer Experience Manager
Midrand

Summary

I am recognized as a seasoned senior manager with a reputation for employing a dynamic leadership style focused on driving operational efficiency and cost reduction. My commitment to excellence is evident in my consistent ability to make bold, independent decisions that contribute significantly to the company's overall success.


In my role, I prioritize creating an inclusive and empowering work environment by fostering strategic collaborations with team members. I have a demonstrated history of establishing strong relationships with various stakeholders in high-pressure, fast-paced environments. As I pursue further education through an MBA program to enhance my understanding of business strategy, I am confident that my skills and unwavering dedication position me as a valuable asset to any organization.

My approach is centered around people, ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives for sustained growth and success.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

HEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE/CX (BPO)

ALTERAM SOLUTIONS
Midrand
12.2022 - Current
  • Develop and implement quality assurance framework
  • Developed strong company culture focused on employee engagement, collaboration, and continuous learning opportunities.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring QA/CX operational activities and mentoring teams outputs
  • Managing multiple projects and environments in a fast-paced environment and meeting deadlines whilst aligning to customers contractual outputs
  • Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to identify root causes and implement business driven solutions to close gaps
  • Developing new and revising current processes by an in-depth analysis of data and making recommendations and improvements
  • Launched new products and services with thorough market research, leading to increased revenue growth.
  • Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal financial performance while investing in necessary resources for business growth. Track departmental profit and loss to ensure we aligned to businesses commercials
  • Streamlined workflows by identifying bottlenecks in existing systems and proactively addressing these challenges through appropriate solutions implementation.

COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

OUTSURANCE
Pretoria
1 2021 - 11.2022
  • Providing direction and leadership to high performance Operational teams
  • Executing work duties in accordance with legal regulations and company policy and procedures
  • Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing new customer relationships
  • Operationalized business plans
  • Investigate with relevant stakeholders, industry best practices for processes and systems
  • Detect and investigate general areas of vulnerability and inefficiency
  • Recommend procedures, controls and tools to reduce risk and increase productivity
  • Manage and ensure employees are equipped with required skills and resources to perform optimally
  • Ensure compliance with all audit requirements within business unit
  • Monitor quality, risk, standards and practices against prescribed frameworks

SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

LIQUID CAPITAL/ M-SURE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Edenvale
09.2016 - 12.2020
  • Manage and monitor QA team and oversee development of supervisors and business level strategy
  • Develop, implement and business strategic business plan for department in line of companies objectives
  • Ensure that quality checks and methodologies are aligned to business processes and objectives
  • Ensure Performance Improvement plans where non-adherence is identified are implemented
  • Business Risk assessment and reporting thereof
  • Review Monthly Productivity Report to ensure adherence to QA call audit protocols
  • Assess and propose improvement initiatives to internal controls
  • Designing call monitoring formats and suitable quality standards
  • Design and cascade service level agreements (SLA)
  • Monitoring of individual, team and call center results to identify and act on both positive and negative performance trends
  • Coaching and developing supervisors towards effective team and employee management
  • Ensure adherence compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and requirements (FICA, FAIS, TCF)
  • Document business processes and procedures for business unit.

SENIOR RETENTIONS MANAGER

I-WYZE
JHB
06.2011 - 08.2016
  • Stand in for Senior Operations Manager
  • Setting of quality standards for service delivery of Contact Centre in compliance with client’s service level agreements
  • Continuously measure effectiveness of the Contact Centre
  • Develop best practice guidelines to identify and optimize risks
  • Drive Retentions compliance to policies and procedures
  • Reporting and profitability of department in line with sales strategy
  • Ensure that there are adequate employees to perform Contact Centre functions
  • Ensure that Managers are fully equipped with all skills and abilities to perform Contact Centre functions
  • Follow up on all escalated tickets and provide feedback to EXCO and client
  • Facilitate all IR related matters appropriately
  • Quality Assurance: Ensure that evaluated calls are evaluated and managed according required Service level agreement
  • Ensure that there is effective dissemination of information in contact center and to all stakeholders - Facilitate informed decision making in Contact Centre

RETENTIONS CONSULTANT

OUTSURANCE
Pretoria
06.2005 - 05.2011
  • Dealing with client related queries and complaints - on all levels in a competent, efficient and professional way; in accordance with quality standards that are in place in accordance with values of company.
  • Assisted clients in navigating complex industry challenges, offering expert guidance and strategic recommendations
  • Ensure correct classification/categorization during ticket creation
  • Ensure that tickets are correctly dispatched in accordance with operational process
  • Identify and escalate priority issues to relevant manager or any person nominated by manager to
  • Provide accurate feedback on errors identified to front line teams and line managers
  • Provide report of team’s workload and performance, as per business requirement
  • Identify areas of improvement in terms of service delivery/ root-cause analysis
  • Uphold adherence to company policies/procedures and regulatory requirements
  • Identify and table business risks to line management
  • Communicate actively and effectively on all products and services to stakeholders

Education

MBA - Business Administration

Wits Business School
JHB
04.2001 -

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA) -

Wits Business School
JHB
07.2021

Management Advancement Programme (MAP) -

Wits Business School
JHB
06.2019

National Certificate: Business Management -

Siyanqoba FET College
JHB
06.2016

Regulatory Examination- RE 5 -

Moonstone
JHB
04.2012

Matric -

Pretoria Technical High School
Pretoria

Skills

Leadership

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Accomplishments

  • Effectively established stability within the QA environment in response to client queries prior to assuming the role of Head of QA/CX Manager. This strategic initiative established a foundation for consistent client satisfaction to all three lines of business.
  • Implemented and led a dedicated CX Team across all three lines of business, collaboratively with each departments heads, enhancing overall client satisfaction and retention.This further aligned to the universal standard on managing and ensuring Net promoter scores for the environment is monitored and managed effectively
  • Led the integration efforts with Callbi to incorporate speech analytics into QA processes. This forward-thinking initiative not only streamlined processes but also demonstrated a capacity for leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance organisational performance.
  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive QA framework, providing the organization with strategic guidance and ensuring adherence to rigorous quality standards.
  • Ensured that all processes from an outsourced partner point of view are aligned with both client requirements and internal key performance indicators across the three different lines of businesses

Short Courses

  • FAIS Accreditation- 2005
  • Customer Experience Master Class- 2018

Employment Equity

AFRICAN MALE

Transportation

OWN VEHICLE

Personal Information

  • ID Number: 830820 5883 084
  • Notice Period: 1 CALENDAR MONTH

References

  • Buhle Mudau, Chief Operations Officer (Alteram Solutions), 0797741755
  • Charlene Funchal, Regional Manager (OUTsurance), 0826046000
  • Marjorie De Beer, Head of Compliance (Liquid Capital/M-sure), 0837409673
  • Amasi Mwela, Operations Manager (Old Mutual I-Wyze), 0827964808

Timeline

HEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE/CX (BPO)

ALTERAM SOLUTIONS
12.2022 - Current

SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

LIQUID CAPITAL/ M-SURE FINANCIAL SERVICES
09.2016 - 12.2020

SENIOR RETENTIONS MANAGER

I-WYZE
06.2011 - 08.2016

RETENTIONS CONSULTANT

OUTSURANCE
06.2005 - 05.2011

MBA - Business Administration

Wits Business School
04.2001 -

COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

OUTSURANCE
1 2021 - 11.2022

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA) -

Wits Business School

Management Advancement Programme (MAP) -

Wits Business School

National Certificate: Business Management -

Siyanqoba FET College

Regulatory Examination- RE 5 -

Moonstone

Matric -

Pretoria Technical High School
Mpho LeshabaHead Quality Assurance /Customer Experience Manager