Merchants Recruitment Listings

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?

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Executive Assistant to support our Finance Director (FD).  You’ll help ensure the effective management of their daily schedule and responsibilities, organise all aspects of events, assist with office admin, and care for their team members and work partners.  A primary function of this role is to provide a comprehensive, confidential and professional service, and to maintain a discreet and confidential role in supporting the FD and occasionally the Executive Team (Exco) as well.

• Secretarial Services

• To act as the first point of contact for the FD.  Receiving calls, handling queries, dealing with staff and other external visitors, and escalating things when necessary.
• Managing the FD’s calendar and diary commitments, prioritising meetings to make effective use of time.  
• Scheduling, organising and confirming various meetings, tracking attendance, as well as booking meeting rooms and facilities as required.  
• Following up on outstanding requirements identified to ensure effective completion of tasks and commitments by both FD and their team.
• Monitors department’s entertainment expenditure and alerts FD of possible over/under expenditure.
• Managing the rewards and recognition for team as per the policy.  This includes efficient onboarding of new team members.

• Administration

• Prepare agendas, presentations and take minutes for meetings as per instruction of the FD.
• Proactively manage all important correspondence and prepare background documents as necessary.
• Performs advanced typing work when preparing business communications: produce letters, emails, PowerPoint presentations, reports, and spreadsheets where required.
• Ensuring all templates are current and being appropriately utilised.
• Preparing documents for internal signature/s and external issue as instructed.
• Prepares Purchase Order Requisitions where necessary.
• Prepares credit card reconciliations for FD and Commercial Executive.

• Event co-ordination

• Identifies venues and suppliers for finance team events and manages logistical arrangements with suppliers.
• Produces project check list for each event and manages against these requirements.
• Provides accurate specifications to suppliers to meet event requirements.
• Negotiates and manages payments to suppliers and working within the budget provided.
• Co-ordinating team’s entertainment events.
• Working with the central office entertainment committee to plan and co-ordinate office events.

• Travel co-ordination

• Organising, with the travel agency, all local and international travel arrangements for the FD and team. 
• Providing a detailed itinerary for all international travel. 
• Ensuring all aspects of travel management are handled effectively and in keeping with budgetary and policy requirements.

Education, experience and expertise required

• Matric and Diploma/Degree of any field of study. Secretarial/administration would be advantageous
• 3-5 years experience providing Executive Assistant support to executive management level
• Experience working in a diverse and busy administrative role
• Proficient with Microsoft (i.e. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Additional requirements

• Good verbal and written command of English
• Driver’s license and own vehicle

Behavioral attributes:

• Integrity
• Teamwork
• Honesty
• Learning Agility

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Purpose of the Role

To deliver outstanding customer service within the automotive banking sector by recovering overdue accounts, maintaining accurate records, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring a positive client experience.

Minimum Requirements

Education:

• Matric / NQF Level 4 (essential).

Experience:

• Minimum 12 months of Debt Collections experience, ideally within banking or early-stage collections.

Skills & Competencies

• Technical proficiency: Confident using computers, navigating the internet, and working with MS Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written English skills.
• Adaptability: Strong multitasking ability and attention to detail.

Working Hours & Shifts

• Rotational night-shift environment (24/7/365) aligned with US hours.
• Based in Sandton/Alexandra

Background Checks

• Clear credit and criminal record required.

 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.

Ready to lead, inspire, and drive performance? We're looking for a dynamic Team Leader to manage a group of high-performing Agents and deliver exceptional customer service every day.

💼 What You'll Do:

• Coach and support your team to meet quality standards
• Communicate clearly and consistently
• Monitor performance and take action when needed
• Lead team briefs and feedback sessions
• Keep reports and timesheets up to date
• Resolve escalated customer queries with care
• Drive customer satisfaction through coaching and call quality

📋 What You’ll Need:

• 1+ year Call Centre experience
• Fluent in French and English
• 6–12 months in a Team Leader or Supervisory role
• Strong communication, planning, and coaching skills
• A passion for teamwork and customer service

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
• Fluency in both English and French

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.

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

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 role is to ensure that the day to day management of a CX team is in line with CX deliverables according to SOW’s & OLA’s.

1. Service delivery

• Ensure that the planning, administration and logistics to deliver CX activities ensures timeous and effective delivery of outcomes as agreed with CX manager.

• Planning of annual training schedules based on business
• Execution of the operational & statutory training and measurable achievement of learning outcomes
• Ensure Training, Quality & Coaching compliance with standards as prescribed by PBS
• Ensures team members’ knowledge of the business product, systems & processes is current, relevant and up to date.
• Ensure facilitation skills and material are delivered to the required standards

2. Collaboration and Optimization

• Conducts regular Voice of Customer sessions within the business unit to ensure an understanding of quality standards and requirements.
• Conducts regular calibration sessions to ensure the validity and reliability of results
• Working collaboratively with the CX Manager and analysts to provide information/data, raise triggers and make recommendations for improvement accordingly.

3. Governance, Compliance and Best Practice

• Ensures that the standards of the Merchants Quality, Learning & Coaching Management Frameworks are complied with and delivered effectively within the Business.
• Implement and conduct controls and perform regular checks to ensure validity and reliability of results (including QA moderation)
• Monitors the activities of the CX associates to ensure compliance with acceptable standards of customer service

4. Escalations

• Ensures disputes and complaints from operational teams are investigated, responded to and tracked
• Identifies and escalates risks and quality issues to resolve them as efficiently as possible.

5. CX Reporting

• Delivers data to meet CX, and the Business Unit requirements and timelines & deadlines

6. People Management

• Provide leadership and guidance to payroll administrators
• Coaches to ensure an understanding of consequences of errors
• Ensure teamwork and co-operation within the team
• Communicate Merchants objectives and alignment of the department to the objectives
• Enforce compliance to company policies, procedures, and legislation
• Development of staff to ensure best practice standards and knowledge of relevant legislation
• Ensures performance reviews are completed
• Identify poor performance and actions appropriately.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 or 2 years CX experience
• Experience of Training environment
• Experience of Quality environment