Job Objectives:
- Monitor performance against operating rhythm and investigate deviations.
- Review daily service levels, customer experience, quality, and compliance measures.
- Manage an effective Communication model to ensure all teams understand the overall business performance and their impact on it.
- Motivate and manage performance of Snr Operations Managers within the account to ensure delivery of overalltargets and business plan.
- Review monthly forecasts and agree targets with Snr Operations Managers ensuring alignment to customer requirements.
- Compile monthly reports with Snr Operations Managers and address areas of improvement
- Engage with client on operational issues and service delivery on a weekly basis.
- Identify and highlight opportunities for service and process improvements
- Analyse and research team metrics to identify areas of excellence and implement across teams.
- Actively engage and coach Snr Operations Managers on operational issues to ensure process optimisation and improvements.
- Provide daily direction and communication to Snr Operations Managers on operational performance.
- Tactical Client interactions on a daily basis.
- Operational portfolio management of the teams.
- Develop employee motivation and manage career development.
- Fully integrated in key decision processes especially demand management on governance and steering processes.
- Institute necessary changes due to continuous improvement processes.
- Tertiary education in Sales / Marketing or equivalent experience.
- Sound knowledge of CRM system.
- 3-5 years experience working at a senior management level within a Call Centre of a large operation.
- 2 years experienced in managing large teams across multiple campaigns preferably within the outsourced call centre environment.
- Exposure to a full cycle (1 year) of managing and developing budgets and financial forecasts.
- Planning and Organizational Skills; defining performance standards and meeting service levels.
- Planning and Organisational Skills; defining performance standards and meeting service levels; manage resources
- Leadership skills: ability to lead and motivate a team
- Strong and adaptable communication skills with the ability to influence and motivate employees and managers.
- Business Analysis: ability to analyse and interpret the metrics
- Financial management: understanding of developing and managing budgets and forecasts; control. of expenditure and consequences of deviations; commission structures; financial acumen.
- Coaching Skills: ability to deliver constructive feedback.
- Relationship Management: ability to balance internal vs external customer requirements.
- Adaptability / Resilience with the ability to manage under pressure.
- Initiative / creative thinker with a flexible approach to change.