Call Centre Support Manager

Sanlam Group

Location
Cape Town, Western Cape
Minimum qualification
Bachelor's degree
Closing date

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In brief

Overview This is an editorial assistant role for a Call Centre Support Manager within the Sanlam Group, based in their Cape Town office. The role is pivotal in ensuring a consistently high standard of client service for financial intermediaries and investors. It focuses on leading and developing a team of consultants, driving operational excellence, and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and learning. What you will do * **Leadership**: Lead team members to achieve Client Service’s strategic objectives and grow and implement the Glacier vision for the Communication Centre. * **Client Servicing**: Deliver on contracted Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in both Call Centre and Email teams, provide resolution and guidelines for technical and escalated enquiries and complaints, and create a culture of Treating Customers Fairly. * **Decision Making**: Prioritise and delegate work, analyse data and make data-driven decisions, and manage workflow and efficiencies. * **Managerial Functions**: Oversee performance management, recruitment, general people management, and the implementation of New Ways Of Working (NWOW) management structures and team processes. * **Coaching & Training**: Provide ongoing coaching and identify training and development needs. Implement quality assurance best practices, processes, procedures, and standards. Measure the quality of calls and emails for the communication centre. Conduct results-orientated coaching to improve client experience. Analyse, facilitate, and co-ordinate continual feedback to consultants and management. Compile individual performance reports, recording all feedback to consultants. Review measured standards and suggest improvements to management. Provide input into projects to improve client experience when required. Requirements (from the original advert) * Matric / Grade 12 * Relevant financial qualification and completion of applicable regulatory exams * Glacier experience with exceptional Glacier product and process knowledge (advantageous) * 3 – 5 years Proven management experience * Proven coaching qualification and experience * Client focused * Collaborates * Drive Results * Cultivate Innovation * Resilient * Problem solving skills * Adaptability * Communication skills * Positive, enthusiastic attitude * Teamwork * Ability to thrive under pressure * Honesty, integrity and respect * Ability to adapt to change * Appropriate Financial Degree with 3 to 6 years related experience * Ensure effective audits and expense management controls * Department operations and office management * Management of admin/clerical employees * Good understanding of regulatory and statutory environment * Compile, manage and interpret Reports Who should apply This role is for a manager who thrives on connection, is naturally engaging, values open communication, and leads through collaboration and transparency. The ideal candidate is a leader who shares generously, embraces change, and inspires others to do the same. They should see people as the heart of service, believing that great client experiences start with empowered teams, and be able to balance this with efficient workflow management. Deadline Not specified Reference Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/call-centre-support-manager-sanlam-1 Source: myjobmag

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Job description

Job Purpose * The Communication Centre: Support Manager plays a pivotal role in delivering a consistently high standard of client service to both financial intermediaries and investors. This role is responsible for leading and developing a team of consultants, ensuring operational excellence, and fostering a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement. * We are looking for a manager who thrives on connection, someone who is naturally engaging, values open communication and leads through collaboration and transparency. * If you are the kind of leader who shares generously, embraces change, and inspires others to do the same, you will feel right at home here. * This role is ideal for someone who sees people as the heart of service and believes that great client experiences start with empowered teams and can balance that with efficient workflow management. This role is based in our Cape Town office. Key Outcomes The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the Support Manager: Leadership * Leading team members to achieve Client Service’s strategic objectives * Growing and implementing the Glacier vision for the Communication Centre Client Servicing * Delivering on contracted SLA’s in both the Call Centre and Email teams * Provide resolution & guidelines for technical and escalated enquiries and complaints * Creating a culture of Treating Customers Fairly in the Communication Centre Decision Making * Prioritisation / delegation of work * Analysing data and making data driven decisions * Management of workflow and efficiencies Managerial Functions * Performance management * Recruitment * General people management * Implementation of NWOW management structures and team processes Coaching & Training * Ongoing Coaching & identification of training and development needs * Implementation of quality assurance best practices, processes and procedures and standards * Measurement of quality of call, e-mails, for the communication centre * Results orientated coaching to improve client experience * Analyse, facilitate and co-ordinate continual feedback to consultants and /management * Compile individual performance reports, recording all feedback to consultants * Review the standards that are measured and suggest improvements of the standards to management * Provide input into projects to improve client experience when required Qualifications and Experience * Matric / Grade 12 * Relevant financial qualification and completion of applicable regulatory exams * Glacier experience with exceptional Glacier product and process knowledge will be an advantage * 3 – 5 years Proven management experience * Proven coaching qualification and experience Competencies * Client focused * Collaborates * Drive Results * Cultivate Innovation * Resilient * Problem solving skills * Adaptability * Communication skills Attributes * Positive, enthusiastic attitude * Teamwork * Ability to thrive under pressure * Honesty, integrity and respect * Ability to adapt to change What will make you successful in this role? Qualification and Experience * Appropriate Financial Degree with 3 to 6 years related experience. Knowledge and Skills * Ensure effective audits and expense management controls * Department operations and office management * Management of admin/clerical employees * Good understanding of regulatory and statutory environment * Compile, manage and interpret Reports

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