Merchants Recruitment Listings

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

The HR Consultant is responsible for providing overall HR support to the business areas as well as ensuring that HR policies and practices are implemented in line with best practice and Group standards.

Requirements

• Completed or studying towards an HR diploma/degree

• Minimum 2-3 years, HR experience

• Knowledge of LRA

• Knowledge of BCoE, SDA

• Sage 300 People experience will be advantageous

What would make you a good fit for this role?

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

What will you be doing?

Recruitment and Induction

• Assists management with the development of Job Profiles and Specifications
• Delivers on recruitment requirements for the business areas
• Ensures all new employees are taken through an induction

Administration and Reporting

• Completes all letters, contracts, benefits documentation in an accurate and timely manner
• Provides regular and thorough HR reporting back to the Head of HR and the Business areas as required
• Addresses all payroll issues in a timely manner
• Updates the HR systems with all relevant information
• Updates headcount and attrition reports and maintains an accurate staff list at all times

Industrial and Employee Relations

• Advises on, and implements disciplinary processes as required and in accordance with legislation and company policy
• Supports and ensures preparedness of line management in disciplinary matters
• Documents and minutes the results of all disciplinary hearings
• Brings any out-of line situation to management’s attention

Performance Management

• Advises and ensures implementation of performance management through the People Dimension System for all permanent staff on the DD payroll
• Rolls out HR initiatives as required for Group HR and Merchants

Employee Well-being

• Informs line mangers in respect of advisory services available to employees
• Co-ordinates wellness day activities
• Recognizes new trends and patterns of behavior and alerts management

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

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?

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

We are looking for a meticulous and performance-driven Quality Analyst to join our call center team. In this role, you will monitor and evaluate customer interactions to ensure the highest standards of service quality. You will collaborate with team leaders and agents to drive continuous improvement and enhance the customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and analyze call recordings and live interactions to assess quality standards.
• Provide constructive feedback and recommendations to call center agents.
• Create and maintain quality scorecards, reports, and dashboards.
• Identify trends and areas for improvement in processes and communication.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and quality standards.
• Develop training materials in collaboration with trainers to address identified gaps.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Quality Analyst in a call center or similar environment.
• Fluent in both French and English
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance standards and tools specific to call centers.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in using call monitoring and reporting systems.
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple tasks effectively.

e passionate about training WE have the perfect role for you:

The purpose of this role is to deliver, evaluate and report on all Business Unit specific training within the operation, in order to ensure the Agents are ready and prepared to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Key performance Indicators

1. Training
• Deliver product, systems and customer experience training to all Agents
• Deliver refresher training as required
• Operates within agreed training schedule and meets quality standards
• Delivers induction training to all Agents
• Delivers on-the-job training
• Creates a training environment conducive to providing the best possible learning experience

2. Learning assessments
• Continually listens to live calls to identify any gaps to be remedied through the training experience
• Ensures completion of learning assessments and provides relevant feedback and recommendations for improvements to training delivery.
• Provides feedback on call-listening to Training Managers to ensure continuous improvement
• Identifies learners at risk of being incapable of fulfilling the Agent function and timeously communicates the risk to Training Managers.

3. Post-Training Support
• Coaches Agents in order to facilitate the transition from training to full function.
Job Profile: Business Unit Trainer
• Assumes responsibility for closing all learning gaps between training and ‘go-live’ to ensure all Agents are “workplace ready”

4. Administration and Record keeping
• Accurately records all learning and development interventions
• Updates all training material to ensure currency and accuracy
• Provides management with relevant training reports
• Ensures training manuals and aids are prepared for training
• Makes logistical arrangements for training

Knowledge

• Matric or equivalent NQF
• 6 months training experience
• Training qualification or Future Leader: Trainer Graduate
• Must be fluent in French and English

Skills

• Planning and organising (L2)
• Customer service orientation (L2)
• Attention to detail
• Technical Expertise (L2)

Attributes

   • Influence

Are you a strong leader with a passion for driving performance and delivering results? We are looking for a motivated and experienced Team Leader – Collections to join our dynamic company !

Key Responsibilities:

Lead, coach, and motivate a team of collections agents to achieve targets

Monitor daily performance and ensure KPI delivery (collections, quality, and productivity)

Handle escalations and support agents with complex customer queries

Conduct regular team meetings, coaching sessions, and performance reviews

Ensure compliance with banking regulations and company policies

Drive a positive and high-performance team culture

Requirements:

Minimum 2–3 years’ experience in a collections environment (banking preferred)

At least 1 year of team leadership or supervisory experience

Strong understanding of collections strategies and processes

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Ability to work under pressure and meet targets

Proficient in MS Office and collections systems

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

The purpose of this position is to take overall responsibility for the performance and ongoing development of the operational Call Centre functions, ensuring delivery of contractual obligations.

What would make you a good fit for this role?

Must be willing and able to work in a shifted environment

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of operations management experience, with at least 2 years managing staff at managerial level in a Call Centre/BPO environment
• Understanding of Call Centre operations in terms of how people and technology work together for business optimisation
• Management-related qualification

Key Performance Areas

Operations Management

• Manages operational costs through effective resource management
• Ensures that the required metrics and measures are in place and monitored to provision the management of the client SLA and contractual agreements.
• Ensures the production of relevant, useful and professional reports as required by the client in order to provide intelligence for operational improvements
• Identifies areas of improvement in systems and processes that operate within the centre and to plan, design and implement action within the business protocols
• Assumes accountability in any projects undertaken by the business unit, ensuring that effective management occurs and deliverables are achieved in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Ensures consistency and standardisation with the client’s other operations

Client Engagement

• Maintains positive client relationships and alerts management to operational delivery issues.
• Provides effective operational client management and ensures that all client engagements are managed professionally and ensures that these demonstrate the Merchants values at all times

People Management

• Coaches to ensure a full understanding of consequences of errors
• Creates an environment that fosters team work and co-operation amongst team members
• Ensures appropriate staffing and action accordingly
• Selects and places candidates in terms of agreed recruitment and selection process

• Training and Development

Performance Management

• Sets direct reports quantitative and qualitative performance objectives and ensure individual performance objectives are in place and reviewed to meet organisational and individual needs.
• Ensures bi-annual performance reviews take place with direct reports, identifies poor performance and takes corrective action