Call Center Agent - Inbound - Centurion, South Africa

Main purpose
The key objective of the role is to identify and understand customer needs, delivering a first class customer service to increase the profitability of the business while remaining committed to treating customers fairly.
Key responsibilities:
• Follow clear instructions and guidelines to investigate, resolve and process high volume customer enquiries delivering customer value at first point of contact
• Identify and understand customer needs in order to provide a consistently high quality service
• Effectively promote the client’s products and enhance customer experience and loyalty
• Provide accurate information on products and services to ensure consistency across the organization and provide a reliable and trustworthy customer service
• Escalate any queries, complaints and operational or regulatory risks to the relevant team to ensure they are handled and resolved in a timely manner
• Ensure action is taken to increase customer retention, loyalty and build a credible reputation
• Operate customer related information systems to the required standard maintaining accurate and secure records
• Understand and adhere to the company and department standards, policies and procedures
• Adhere to procedures, in particular, to promote a culture where customers are treated fairly and are properly informed
• Customer service
• Pro-active problem solving and decision-making skills
• Goal orientated
• High stress tolerance
• Team work
• Adapt to change quickly, in a fast-paced environment
Experience, knowledge, skills and attributes required:
• Minimum 12 months experience in customer service role (Contact center)

Qualifications and Accreditations

• A Matric/Grade 12 Certificate or equivalent