Team Leader Agents

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 the day-to-day management of a team of Agents, in a manner that is in line with excellent service delivery to meet the client’s contractual obligations.

People Management

Coaches the team in order to ensure quality of delivery meets the appropriate standard

Measures and manages the team to ensure out-of-line situations are immediately addressed

Communicates information in a timely, accurate and understood manner to all team members

Ensure that all Human Resources policies and procedures are observed

Communication and Feedback

Conduct team briefs as scheduled by the work force management team and in line with the weekly focus agenda set by the Operations Managers

Ensure regular feedback is given to Agents with regards to action plans that have been set

Ensure all relevant business communications are communicated to the team as and when required

Reporting and Administration

Sign off Agent’s timesheets on a weekly basis

Track and accurately update operational performance files for Agents on a weekly basis

Compiling and sending reports as required by the business for relevant updates

Customer Satisfaction

Drive the focus on improving the customer experience on every interaction through call listening, quality checking, coaching and feedback

Work to resolve all customer queries that are escalated or are identified as detracting from the positive customer experience that we intend to generate

Drive teams’ performance on systems and all metrics in accordance with the contractual obligation

Requirements

1 year Call Centre experience

6 – 12 months Team Leader/Supervisory experience