Regional Customer Services Manager - Sub Saharan Africa

Location Lagos

The Job

On a day to day basis, you’ll be involved in the following:

Ensure consistency of customer service across the region, in line with customer service policies and processes
Line management of relevant Customer Service employees in the region
Become the designated point within the region for escalated issues
Act as a conduit of information between the region and Central Head Quarters (CHQ)
Ensuring that all priorities, issues and management information in the region are captured and passed for processing
Lead and manage call centre setup on-going operations within the region which includes outbound sales and inbound servicing capabilities
Collaborate closely with other Regional Customer Service Managers and the central Customer Service directorate to ensure co-ordination of activities undertaken in markets to the overall operations vision
Identify and deliver continual improvements to customer services standards, including the identification of possible process improvements, synergies or economies of scale through automation or centralisation etc.
Management of risk within the region
Play a strong supporting role in the implementation of the on-line migration project
Perform line management tasks including recruitment, selecting, assigning, coaching and appraisals for all direct reports in line with the ‘people operating principles’
Plan coordinate and execute local support activities to help the achievement of ACCA’s retention and conversion targets for the region
Provide appropriate in-market support for transactional engagement with key entities (employers, universities, learning providers)

The Person

We’re looking for someone who:

Is fluent in English
Has knowledge of key customer service metrics and techniques
Is strongly customer focused, displaying and fostering positive attitudes at all times
Has advanced interpersonal skills with the ability to understand and challenge internal customer needs and forge productive, trust based relationships across the organisation
Has good influencing skills in order to deliver change
Is highly motivated, proactive and practical, able to work under pressure and balance various requests for assistance
Degree educated
Competent with Excel

Desirable qualities:

Call centre management experience
Experience of identifying and delivering process improvements in a customer service industry
Experience of working across different countries and cultures is desirable
Experience of managing and being managed remotely

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