I’m an accomplished Senior Call Centre Manager with more than 1 years of experience in customer service environment and more than 10 years in senior management position overseeing customer experience across the business to ensure that every touchpoint along the customer journey is seamless and effective by optimizing and fostering customer engagement.
Responsible for critically looking at all customer experiences processes and business units to improve and optimize value chain processes by identifying key opportunities and gaps in the core business processes and to be an advocate for future operational and technology-based improvements by partnering with and challenging the business and leadership in system thinking and new ideas.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Acting Head
Exxaro Resources (pty) Ltd Centurion
03.2012 - Current
Customer Interaction Centre
Develop strategic, tactical & leadership plans for daily customer service and call centre operations to achieve service excellence through established metrics
Drive the organization digital strategy, creating digital customer engagement strategies to deliver outstanding customer experience
Develop and maintain a culture of high performance and accountability for end-to-end management of queries and requests from customers
Conduct research of micro and macro environment of the business to ensure the availability of suitable and capacitated resources, to meet company’s objectives
Regularly research leading practices (including benchmark surveys) relating to global Service Management business practices
Lead the process optimization of the function and resources through effective business planning and budgeting and monitoring of performance against plans
Proactively identify, assess, and manage governance, risk and compliance practices and processes as determined by SOPs
Facilitate and implement a Quality Management system for the customer service and contact centre, in compliance with the Quality standards
Assist with the negotiation of Service Level Agreements for services to be rendered by the Supply Chain with the suppliers and other stake holders
Monitor the monthly financial budget of the function against planned operational activities in line with the overall agreed approvals
Build and maintain good business relations with clients & stakeholders ensuring maximum customer satisfaction by achieving service delivery and ensuring retention of business
Design and implement a scorecard and KPIs of measures of all relevant aspects of customer service and call centre operations
Manage & coordinate department financial and budget activities to increase productivity
Provide monthly and quarterly reporting on all relevant customer service & call centre indicators, illustrating trends and plans for continuous improvement
Monitor and analyse workforce statistical reports to achieve efficient staffing on the floor
Engage, inspire, and motivate team to continue delivering a quality service, particularly when working in stressful conditions dealing with customer complaints
Compile training material and train service providers and coaching to enable service staff to meet required knowledge levels
Oversee the ongoing development of staff by identifying the skills gap, coaching and train them as well as mentoring them to advance their careers.
Call Centre Manager
Sizwe IT Group Saamrand
05.2011 - 10.2011
Starting and setting up of a new customer service & contact centre department
Manage daily operations of a contact centre and customer services efficiently
Compile daily, weekly, and monthly contact centre performance stats and give feedback
Prepares call centre performance report by collecting, analysing, and summarizing data and trends monthly
Manage, monitor and engage vendor to ensure that the required performance is consistently achieved
Ensure that the appropriate resource management is conducted in collaboration with workforce management and other parties
Aligning and driving processes to meet or exceed the target KPI’s
Develop and implement call centre policies, processes, and service standards
Setting up a score card for call centre department using industry best practices measures
Develop and maintain relationships with key business partners and stakeholders by managing interactions and expectations to enhance credibility
Improves systems and processes by pulling stats and compiling reports to identify and meet organizational needs
Aligning and driving processes to meet or exceed the target KPI’s
Identify opportunities for processes & system improvement that insure improved service delivery & customer satisfaction
Reviewing staff’s performance and determining training needs or skills gap and schedule training sessions
Manage and oversee quality Assurance, workforce planning, forecasting and workflow processes.
Call Centre Supervisor
Exell Technologies
Pretoria
04.2007 - 05.2011
Managing and coordinating the activists of the Service desk & Call centre dept
Assisting in developing and administering service desk & call centre policies
Aligning and driving processes to meet or exceed the target KPI’s
Manage call centre outsourcing processes to ensure consistency
Manage, monitor, and engage vendor to ensure that the required performance is consistently achieved
Ensure that the appropriate resource management is conducted in collaboration with workforce management and other parties
Manage a team and be involved in all KPI's and performance
Identify opportunities for processes & system improvement that insure improved service delivery & customer satisfaction
Compile and manage daily, weekly, and monthly operational reports for performance improvement and give feedback
Prepares call centre performance report by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends monthly
Reviewing staff’s performance and determining training needs or skills gap and schedule training sessions
Manage and oversee quality Assurance, workforce planning, forecasting and workflow processes
Reviewing staff’s performance and determining training needs or skills gap and schedule training sessions.
Call Centre agent
Vodacom
Midrand
03.2004 - 03.2007
Handling Vodacom internet broadband escalated queries
Managing and coordinating the activists of the Customer Care staff
Constantly look for ways to improve the quality of customer service
Assisting staff in resolving problems and completing work
Assisting clients and resolving complaints and queries
Planning and preparing work schedule
Constantly making sound judgement calls and decisions
Maintaining relationships with other departments
Education
Bachelor of Business Admin Honours -
Mancosa
07.2023 - 04.2023
Level - Business Management
University of South Africa
06.2012 - 05.2014
Bachelor of Administration Degree (NQF level 7) - undefined
University of South Africa
06.2017 - 05.2021
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Kufakwezwe High School
01.1998 - 05.2003
Skills
CORE COMPETENCESundefined
Additional Information
OBJECTIVES
I’m an accomplished Senior Call Centre Manager with more than 19 years of experience in customer service /contact centre environment with more than 10 years in senior management position overseeing daily operations, process improvements and delivering outstanding quality service to customers and interact with them to strengthen corporate reputation and increase customer experience. Ensuring that the Shared Service’s customer needs are met in relation to the business services being provided, through an effective customer interaction framework, with the aim of delivering a world class of customer service.
Timeline
Bachelor of Business Admin Honours -
Mancosa
07.2023 - 04.2023
Bachelor of Administration Degree (NQF level 7) - undefined
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