African Bank Vacancies
Job Summary
To manage a team of Collections Agents to collect on delinquent accounts in an efficient and effective manner.
Desired Salary: competitive
MINIMUM EDUCATION
Grade 12
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
3 years working experience in a Call Centre
PREFERRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
3 years working experience including some supervisory/ leadership exposure
KEY RESULT AREAS
- Improve Cash Collections and efficiencies
- Control and manage targets for the team
- Identify gaps between the set and achieved targets at team and consultant level
- Provide solutions to meet set targets for the agents (interact with other departments, supervisors and mobilise necessary enablers by ‘managing up’)
- Calibrate with QA analysis related to the reasons for failures – identify and trend of underlying business failures (training etc)
- Support consultants by handling escalated calls
- Analyse quality reports and KRA performance reports
- Implement and follow up on the corrective action
Managing and developing people
- Celebrate the successes
- Manage Performance of individuals (daily, weekly and monthly)
- Conduct monthly performance reviews for the Agents
- Monitor the trends:
- Performance improvement plan
- Coaching
- Reinforce positive behaviour
- Identify and recommend the training / coaching needs
- Conduct on the job coaching in accordance to Call Centre policies and procedures on identified gaps:
- Introducing the purpose of the call and summarising the clients specific situation (arrears, broken PTP’s etc)
- Listening and negotiating skills (identifying the reason for none-payment – (1 – 5) – and achieving a PTP
- Underlying skills: system, multi-tasking, calculating etc
- Improving Productivity and efficiencies
- Decision making regarding referrals (B1 and B2 consultants) etc
- Plan, organise and control team operation:
- Leave Planning
- Absenteeism
- Time Management
- Queue management
- Monitor and analyse team stats
- Staff roster according to Call Centre needs
- Conduct team weekly meetings in respect of:
- Team productivity
- Efficiencies
- Team performance compared to Call Centre
- General information
- Facilitate the attendance of training / workshops interventions by Agents
Client Service:
- Resolve high level telephone client queries and escalations
- Provide feedback to originator of query / complaint
- Escalate complex queries / complaints to direct manager or ABIL Consumer Advocate Office
- Promote client service focus by coaching agents:
- Telephone etiquette
- Call handling
- Resolution of queries
Key responsibilities
Fundamental Competencies:
- Communication Skills (written & verbal)
- Interpersonal skills
- Resilience
- Results orientation
- Sense of urgency
- Customer centricity
- Proactive orientation
Additional Competencies:
- Team player
- Pro-active orientation
- Reliability
- Assertiveness
- Interpersonal skills
Core Competencies (technical):
- Knowledge and understanding of systems:
- Exactus
- Tallyman
- Davox
- Telephony
- CMS Reporting
- Knowledge of policies and procedures:
- ABIL
- Debt Collections
- Collections Call Centre
- Analytical Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Computer Literacy
- Planning and Organising skills
- Leading a team (Performance Management, People Management & motivation skills)
- Performance management skill
- Knowledge and understanding of:
- Labour Legislation in relation to people management
- ABIL HR policies / processes and procedures
- Client Service
- Knowledge and understanding of:
- Systems applicable in Call Centre
- Policies & Procedures (ABIL)
- Debt Collections
- Collections Call Centre
- Attention to detail
- Call Handling Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Conflict Handling
- Negotiation Skills.
Location: Midrand (Call Centre)
Business Area: Call Centre Collections
Minimum Education: Grade 12 / Matric
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