Contribute to the growth of the bank through finding ways to provide world-best service, implementing strategic initiatives and effective resource management of the Contact Centre through leading, coaching, and mentoring the Contact Centre team, administration and maintaining of the Head Office receptions (Head Office ground floor and all floor receptions).
Main Responsibilities:
Monitor the latest market trends to discover opportunities to improve and create compelling and engaging Contact Center experience
Partner with teams across businesses and technology to transform Contact Center to drive digital adoption to create sustainable cost savings, operational efficiencies, and support digital transformation
Develop day-to-day objectives and activities to achieve all Contact Center budget requirements, answer rate, service level agreements including effective resource planning and organization, shift patterns, agent productivity, utilization, sales, and schedule adherence
Appropriately assess risk, safeguarding bank's reputation its customers and assets,
Drive compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations and adhering to policies.
Accountable for the mitigation of the Contact Center unit risk profile as well as implementing sound governance and compliance processes
Delivery of Contact Center services and ensuring that quality assurance, compliance, regulatory and legal obligations are met across all interactions
Ensure staff adherence to set targets and appropriate call handling
Drive an excellent customer experience through improving first contact resolution and Contact Center Agents satisfaction while driving significant reduction in complaints and repeat calls
Embed a performance culture, framework and review processes to achieve service levels and improvements against set targets
Ensure effective and consistent communication throughout the team; encourage feedback and customer insight in order to enhance the customer experience
Ensure all staff are meeting or exceeding performance expectations and support staff to deliver exceptional and professional service
Recommend new work procedures and contribute to the development of new customer experience techniques, models and plans.
Administration and maintaining of the Head Office receptions (Head Office ground floor and all floor receptions), including first point of contact for anyone contacting the bank.
Ensure that Receptionists deliver a consistently exceptional customer experience, identify opportunities to introduce products and services relevant to customers' expectations and needs
Build a customer-focused, value-driven, and high-performing culture
Accountable for delivery of the recruitment, training, induction, and coaching strategy for Contact Centre.
Manage annual department budget to attain business goals with operational excellence.
Knowledge and Skills:
Good blend of technical, analytical and commercial knowledge with significant experience of Contact Center technologies e.g., CTI/ACD, IVR, WFM, QM, social media etc. and familiarity of Contact Center trends, standards and CRM solutions
Customer experience practices (customer segmentation, customer journeys, product lifecycle and customer value management)
Customer focused and can operate at both a tactical and strategic level
Strong leadership skills
Business acumen and analytical skills
Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
Excellent communication, negotiation, and strong influencing skills
Ability to remain resilience and adaptable to changing business needs and operational circumstances
Ability to work independently with strong self-initiative
Ability to spot or pre-empt issues, recommend business solutions and escalate as required
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Business, Information Technology, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics or related field
Certified Call/Contact Center Manager or equivalent qualification is a plus
Minimum 5 years in a Contact Center environment
At least 2 years as a supervisor/ team leader of a large team in a busy task-oriented environment
Experience in the Banking or Telecommunications sector is an added advantage
NMB Bank Plc is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer