Ithemba Recruitment

Operations Director

Ithemba Recruitment  •  Durban, ZA (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

This role is ideal for a positive, professional, talented, motivated, and dynamic Call Centre Operations Director that is passionate about leading, motivating, mentoring, coaching, and developing a team of Inbound Sales and Customer-Centric Team Leaders (Assistant Managers) to deliver against client and internal business deliverables (KPIs, CBBs, and SLAs) in an environment where change is a constant.

We are looking for professional, high-performance individuals, with sound leadership and problem-solving skills, to lead a team of Team Leaders to create a customer-centric and high-performance culture through, effective management of people, metrics, and projects, with the objective of generating and the retention of business and revenue, through continuous improvement.

The Operations Director is responsible for creating a positive environment with a high-performance culture and engaged team aimed at solving for our internal and external customers by finding suitable solutions.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Experience and hands-on data analysis and statistical process control, as well as providing direction and leadership to cross-functional teams is a must.
  • Responsible for a wide spectrum of Operations and P&L responsibilities, must be able to multi-task across multiple business operations with proficiency.
  • Prepare and conduct effective and timely weekly, monthly & Quarterly Business Reviews
  • Responsible for all aspects of operations which include but are not limited to meeting key performance metrics, managing staffing, providing and maintaining excellent customer experiences scores, ensuring effective coverage and training of operations staff; delivering excellent client services, and meeting desired business KPIs
  • Work closely with Internal controls and finance teams to develop and maintain an annual budget and monthly/quarterly P&L forecasts
  • Drive Continuous improvements and innovations to enhance quality, CSAT
  • Optimizing spending for LOBs, preparing the medium-term plan, annual budgets, and activity plan consistent with the agreed strategies with Unit and organizational goals.
  • Collaborate with Sales/Account Management/ Presales teams to grow the business & coordinate for customer site visits
  • End to end client Management including reviews with client, value addition to the client and proactive communication to internal and external client
  • Positioning the group as a major player in the customer services segment to become a partner of choice for related companies in BPO services
  • Meet & Exceed all BPO metrics like AHT, Staffing Adherence, Abandoned Occupancy for Voice Business
  • Ensure Compliance to all Relevant Process & Regulatory Standards
  • Continuous Improvement Design & Deliver Change Initiatives & Projects
  • Subject Matter Expertise Maintain Extensive Skill & Knowledge in Your Specialist Field
  • Functional Delivery & Optimization Ownership & Development of your Functional Area

Qualifications and experience:

  • 5 - 12 years of experience in BPO Operations at a leadership level
  • Should have deep knowledge and understanding of the BPO/Contact Centre operations
  • Competition & Market trends in BPO industry
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt / black belt trained/certified (preferred)
  • Present reviews to the Client on monthly basis.
  • Generate additional process insights, capture end customer voice and share with client
  • Drive Entire Operations through Leading and assigning team responsible for delivery
  • Change management through effective communication
  • Effective coaching skills
  • Commercial acumen
  • Planning and organizational skills
Ithemba Recruitment

About Ithemba Recruitment

Ithemba Recruitment is an organisation that specializes in the placement of quality candidates in various industries.

We at Ithemba recruitment are “specialist generalists” we have the understanding that the we are able to recruit for a wide range of positions in various job functions that clients may require because we prefer to be seen as specialists for our clients needs and culture rather than specialists in a specific sector.

We feel that any position can be qualified by the correct understanding of people rather than what field they work in. We feel that by communicating effectively with candidates and having respect for their needs, requirements and time – we are able to form relationships and properly understand our candidates and the culture that they would fit into so as to service our clients’ needs more effectively. You could possibly classify us as “Versatilist”.

Whether you are in need of a new member of staff or as we like to call it "a new family member"​ or if you are in search of a new opportunity our consultants are ready to take your call.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Durban, ZA
Year Founded
Unknown
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