Merchants Recruitment Listings

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

The purpose of this role is to lead and manage the Team Leaders within the business unit, ensuring the operational performance metrics are met.

What would make you a good fit for this role?

Must be willing and able to work in a shifted environment.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of and experience in contact centre performance metrics and reporting
• 2 years as a Team Leader
• Able to lead both customer service and sales teams

What you'll be doing

People Management

• Coaches and supports Team Leaders
• Day to day management of Team Leader performance
• Documents Team Leaders Personal Development Plans
• Regularly communicates to Team Leaders and Agents
• Develops performance promises for all Team Leaders and conducts midyear and annual reviews.
• Ensures that all Human Resources policies and procedures are observed.

Customer Relations

• Manages customer escalations and complaints.
• Ensures operational delivery is in line with contractual obligations.
• Provides input and participates in calibration sessions.

Reporting & Administration

• Provides relevant internal and external reports as per the business unit requirements.
• Analyses business data identifying and highlighting trends to the management team.
• Monitors absenteeism and adherence.
• Compiles ad hoc reports as and when required.
• Analyses operational data and takes relevant action.
• Reviews current reporting tools and suggests improvements to meet the Management Information requirements of the organisation.
• Arranges log ons for new employees.
• Ensures Agent time sheets are accurately completed and timeously submitted.

Become a CX Champion as Our New Associate

Do you have a passion for training, coaching, and elevating customer service quality? We're looking for a CX Associate to shape agent performance through dynamic training, impactful coaching, and thorough quality reviews.

What’s in it for you:

• Be the go-to expert for new hire readiness and ongoing performance
• Gain exposure to training, facilitation, coaching, and CX strategy
• Enjoy an engaging, fast-paced team environment
• Opportunity to grow into senior CX, training, or quality roles

What the role involves:

• Facilitate induction, product, and system training for new agents
• Deliver refresher sessions and OJT (on-the-job training)
• Conduct quality evaluations on client interactions
• Provide one-on-one coaching to develop agent performance
• Record and report on training, quality, and coaching outcomes
• Support floor walking and drive engagement during ramp-up phases

What you need to succeed:

• 12+ months experience in a contact centre environment
• 6+ months CX experience 
• Passion for training, people development, and customer excellence
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to evaluate calls and provide actionable feedback
• Eye for process improvement and detail

Become a CX Champion as Our New Associate

Do you have a passion for training, coaching, and elevating customer service quality? We're looking for a CX Associate to shape agent performance through dynamic training, impactful coaching, and thorough quality reviews.

What’s in it for you:

• Be the go-to expert for new hire readiness and ongoing performance
• Gain exposure to training, facilitation, coaching, and CX strategy
• Enjoy an engaging, fast-paced team environment
• Opportunity to grow into senior CX, training, or quality roles

What the role involves:

• Facilitate induction, product, and system training for new agents
• Deliver refresher sessions and OJT (on-the-job training)
• Conduct quality evaluations on client interactions
• Provide one-on-one coaching to develop agent performance
• Record and report on training, quality, and coaching outcomes
• Support floor walking and drive engagement during ramp-up phases

What you need to succeed:

• Fluency in French and English is a must
• 12+ months experience in a contact centre environment
• 6+ months CX experience 
• Passion for training, people development, and customer excellence
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to evaluate calls and provide actionable feedback
• Eye for process improvement and detail

Position Overview:
As a Call Centre Agent (Customer Service Representative), you will be a leading Brand Ambassador serving as the first point of contact for customers. We are looking for candidates who have a keen interest in solving customer issues and answering questions while being committed to delivering exceptional customer service in a caring and considerate manner. In short, we are looking for a commitment to make every customer interaction enjoyable!

Responsibilities:

• Deliver first class service by accurately assessing and responding to customer needs, using sound judgment when recommending appropriate solutions.
• To fulfill customer requests, respond to inquiries/complaints, demonstrating due attention to customer care and a professional approach at all times.
• Respond to complex customer inquiries and complaints in a highly informed, accurate and responsible manner in accordance to resources provided.
• Accurately complete appropriate documentation for each interaction, and wrap up by inputting data for call history, sending messages to appropriate third parties when required, and/or initiating the necessary customer fulfilment.
• Remain current on program and product information by being committed to continuous learning.
• Maintain strict confidentiality at all times and adhere to legislation and service guidelines on the use of data.

Requirements

• Matric / NQF Level 4 qualification
• Min 6 months contact centre experience essential
• 6 months customer service experience required
• Speaks English, Zulu, Sotho
• Able and willing to work rotational shifts
• 10 Hour shift including 1 hour lunch break (9 hour productive shift)
• Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday
• 6 DAY SHIFT ROTATION (6am to midnight) within those parameters
• Graveyard rotation
• Demonstrated passion for customer satisfaction excellence and prior experience in an International Call Centre
• Interactive customer service environment required.
• Related experience in the food and/or retail industry considered an asset.
• Strong and developed oral and written communication skills, including typing, spelling and grammar.
• Demonstrated ability to implement change efforts.
• Ability to learn new skills/concepts and apply this knowledge quickly and accurately.
• Advanced knowledge of PCs and familiarity with system navigation.
• Positive attitude and demonstrated ability to get along with others.
• Professional, empathetic and naturally caring conversational style.
• Display tact and diplomacy in handling all levels of customer interaction.
• Ability to resolve complex, and often sensitive customer complaints/inquiries in a professional manner in accordance with company policies and procedures, values and best practice.
• Ability to work all required shifts.

Looking for a job to challenge your excellent customer service skills? Look no further.....

We are on the lookout for vibrant, energetic, and driven individuals to join our contact centre team of customer service experts for our international client! Our team of expert trainers look forward to teaching you all that you need to know before you hit the floor...

Job Description:

Moderate all customer reviews and respond to email queries in English.

Meets or exceeds quality and productivity goals assigned by management.

Demonstrates clear and polite written and oral communication.

Maintains a positive and professional demeanour and portrays the company in a positive light.

Demonstrates appropriate sense of urgency for reviews moderation and email response and service levels.

Follows company policies and processes in order to process customer requests appropriately.

Demonstrates knowledge and use of departmental resources, policies, and procedures.

Uses customer service tools in order to provide an accurate response and an exceptional customer experience.

Escalates customer issues appropriately and correctly. Demonstrates timely, accurate and professional customer service.

Proactively communicates system and process issues, and customer feedback trends to management.

Exceeds customer expectations by going above and beyond.

All other duties as assigned.

What we require:

Grade 12 or NQF Level 4.

Criminal and credit clear.

Strong command of the English language 

English written and verbal fluency, suitable for an international client.

Willing to work evening shifts/weekends.

Exceptional customer service experience.

At least 6 months call centre experience.

Previous international call centre experience for at least 6-12 months highly advantageous.

Work With The Best

At Merchants our vision is to create meaningful and sustainable futures for our people, by driving a culture of continuous learning through the many skills and development programmes we offer, which are designed to develop talent and fulfil potential.

If you were born to deliver exceptional service, apply to join our professional team and be ready to kick start your career. We’re always looking for expectational talent and are known around the world for our outstanding customer experience using the latest technology, best practice models and processes, and innovative ground-breaking training techniques.

We place our people at the centre of everything we do and believe that the way you treat your customers and people differentiates us.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

The purpose of this position is to monitor schedule adherence, identify schedule inefficiencies and flag operational service level risks.

1. Adherence Monitoring

• Monitors daily absenteeism.
• Monitors non-adherence and communicates out-of-line situations
• Identifies issues that may impact the site’s ability to meet service levels in real time
• Reviews performance across skill sets and recommends real time changes that will improve site performance

2. Reporting and administration

• Accurately captures exceptions and real time reporting
• Produces accurate daily Workforce Management performance reports to various levels of management covering all areas of the business
• Produces daily and weekly Absenteeism Reports
• Adjusts real-time schedule to accommodate extra-time as governed by scheduling process

Requirements

• Matric or equivalent
• 2 years Agent experience
• Understanding of ACD reporting
• MS Excel – intermediate

Additional Requirements

* Understanding of WFM and the RTA role?

Work With The Best

At Merchants our vision is to create meaningful and sustainable futures for our people, by driving a culture of continuous learning through the many skills and development programmes we offer, which are designed to develop talent and fulfil potential.

If you were born to deliver exceptional service, apply to join our professional team and be ready to kick start your career. We’re always looking for expectational talent and are known around the world for our outstanding customer experience using the latest technology, best practice models and processes, and innovative ground-breaking training techniques.

We place our people at the centre of everything we do and believe that the way you treat your customers and people differentiates us.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

To ensure that all debtors transactions are valid, accurate and complete

1.Debtors Control
•Process all monthly debtor transactions both local, foreign and Intragroup
•Prepare and send out statements
•Accurately allocate debtor payments received
•Follow-up and attend to all queries from Client Relationship Managers with respect to debtor invoicing and recovery of funds
•Assists during half year and year end (audits)
•Monitors the debtors aging and escalates debtors beyond agreed terms to the Financial Controller and Business Unit Heads
•Monitors unbilled debtors and provides weekly progress reports to relevant parties
•Monitor the debtors ageing and report debtors beyond agreed terms
•Prepare journals and reconciliation around accrued debtors
•Raise any bad debt provisions as required
•Prepare month end debtors reports
2.Administration
•Files supporting documentation related to debtors and ensures completeness of these records
•Files invoices and related change controls of debtors as received

Requirements
* Matric
•3 years Debtors Control experience
•Foreign Debtors Control advantageous
•Computer Literacy: Intermediate experience

Additional Requirement
* Must have Diploma in Accounting

Work With The Best

At Merchants our vision is to create meaningful and sustainable futures for our people, by driving a culture of continuous learning through the many skills and development programmes we offer, which are designed to develop talent and fulfil potential.

If you were born to deliver exceptional service, apply to join our professional team and be ready to kick start your career. We’re always looking for expectational talent and are known around the world for our outstanding customer experience using the latest technology, best practice models and processes, and innovative ground-breaking training techniques.

We place our people at the centre of everything we do and believe that the way you treat your customers and people differentiates us.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

The Customer Support Engineer is responsible for providing 1st line support for all incidents logged and to meet SLA’s to ensure that the appropriate action is taken within the scope of work of the role.

1. Query Resolution

• Develops and maintains a professional working relationship with the client on behalf of Merchants.
• Resolves all calls logged, relating to telephony, conferencing and desktop issues ensures work is completed within SLA.
• Resolve level 1 system and network issues within SLA
• Escalate level 2 system and network issues to relevant parties
• Escalates calls to the relative parties.
• Confirms Call resolution with client before resolving of the call on the IT Service Management System.
• Retrieves calls emanating from the Business unit on NICE platform or other voice loggers where applicable.
• Investigates and reports on incidents relating to server, desktop and telephony queries and systems.
• Liaises with 3rd party vendors and 2^nd line support to resolve escalations problems and queries.

2. Standard Adherence

• Updates all calls timeously with a complete audit trail of actions and events, follows up on escalated calls to ensure completion and feedback.
• Comply to Merchants accepted ITIL based Industry best practices.

3. Administration

• Complete daily morning checks on all managed information technology platforms and systems working towards consistent availability
• Maintains service and quality levels according to Merchants’ business standards, processes and procedures.
• Documents Standard Operating procedures and Work Instruction processes relating to Merchants and client specific systems.
• Manages the client’s expectations with regards to break-fix calls and service requests.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years related work experience
• Technical Troubleshooting
• MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator and or Support Technician on Windows 7 : preferred.
• Any experience in Avaya, and NICE would be an advantage. (This is advantageous as training will be provided)
• Mac experience an advantage
• A+ and N+ an advantage
• MCSE & CCNA an advantage

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

The purpose of this role is to deliver operations reports, import date into templates provided and develop reports that will assist the operations to make informed decisions.

What would make you a good fit for this role?

Must be willing and able to work in a night shifted environment.

Requirements:

• Matric or NQF equivalent
• 6 months experience as an RTA or similar position
• SQL / Crystal or similar beneficial MS Access – intermediate
• Knowledge of Avaya / Genesys or similar tool
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, SQL, Power BI).

What you'll be doing

Reporting and Forecasts

• Delivers timely and meaningful reporting to the Business Unit which adheres to specification
• Continuous improvement of the reports provided to the Business Unit
• Forecasts volumes and resources
• Regularly reviews and makes improvements to daily, weekly and monthly schedules which enables the operations to meet targets
• Monitors and advises on attrition and headcount requirements
• Delivers short-term and long-term forecasting

Maintenance

• Collects all data to centralise in one repository
• Backs up and maintains all Management Information systems

What you will be doing,

The purpose of this role is to deliver, evaluate and report on facilitated and training interventions for internal and external stakeholders promoting efficiency and improving of skills.

1. Facilitate and deliver training

• Deliver learning interventions in line with annual training targets and/or needs
• Conduct Leadership, Management, soft skills and accredited training courses for internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitate and deliver accredited learning interventions to standards determined by Services Seta, MICT Seta and QCTO
• Prepare for programme delivery by planning and organizing the programme structure, programme delivery plan (including the lesson plan), supporting instructional documentation and materials in alignment with required processes
• Facilitate programme delivery in the form of instruction for face-to-face, blended and online learning
• Ensure targeted outcomes of the programme are met through the quality delivery of programme facilitation and related tasks adapting instructional materials to meet learner needs including but not limited to learning styles and special needs
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with internal and external stakeholders including adhoc special projects
•  Prepare instructional materials, presentations, facilitators guide, participant guide and handouts following the principles of adult learning
• Enhance the learning and development experience through the facilitation of training, initiatives and platforms
• Offer detailed support to improve Merchants Academy learning programmes and content and participate in the development and deployment of customised programmes based on the needs identified
• Ensure that learning programmes are conducted and facilitated in accordance with Merchants Academy Quality Management system, applying and implementing the best learning tools and methodologies
• Work on strategic projects that evaluates the effectiveness of the learning programmes and incorporate the findings in the redesign of the programmes
• Ensure that all learning and development interventions adhere to company procedure policy and legislation (Merchants QMS)
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders determining relevancy of course material and design
• Access and use Flex to present, share, upload, and collect learning programme documentation, materials, and submissions
• Access and use Flex to download required learning reports to support programme facilitation
• Stay current with trends within learning and development facilitation and employ tools and methodologies that ensures adherence to best practice
• Engage in professional development to ensure quality and high standards in training and learning
• Provide a positive learning experience and engagement with participants, promoting a positive and interactive engagement and learning environment

2. Assessment and assignment preparation, execution, feedback and reporting

• Assess competency of the learner against unit standards and exit level outcomes of the programme
• Explain the assessment process and the required outcomes of the programme and assessment to the learners
• Provide constructive feedback on the assessment outcomes to the learners
• Record the outcomes of the assessment results in alignment with requirements for SETA submission and final moderation of Portfolios of Evidence (POEs)
• Ensures completion of learning assessments and assignments and incorporates feedback into learning intervention for improvement
• Adherence to Assessment principles as outlined and described by SAQA in the Criteria and Guidelines for the Assessment of NQF registered Unit standards and Qualifications (SAQA, 2001)

3. Tracking record keeping and reporting

• Gather, prepare, and submit all required learner and programme documentation for SETA compliance, Portfolios of Evidence (POEs), BBBEE reporting and ATR submissions
• Monitor learner programme engagement and progress against activities, submissions, and requirements
• Ensure completion of learner attendance and registration in line with programme requirements for both accredited and non-accredited programmes
• Compile and deliver accurate reports and statistics against programme facilitation and delivery plan and any additional requirements
• Monitor and download required learning reports from FLEX
• Accurately record all learning and development interventions
• Compiles and presents management with monthly training reports
• Assists with the preparation of an annual report and documentation required in relation to the annual training targets set

Knowledge

• Matric certificate
• Registered Facilitator and Assessor with Services Seta
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in Training and Facilitation delivering NQF aligned learning interventions
• Minimum of a Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university