Customer Service Agent Wanted At HomeChoice

Job description

Late shift

Key performance areas

Provide customer service

• Appropriately manage customer queries relating to their purchases and accounts
• Ensure a polite, friendly, efficient and professional service is provided
• Take responsibility for each individual call by ensuring that advise is always given in the customer’s best interest
• Handle objections appropriately to ensure that positive results are achieved and enhance customer delight
• Effectively deal with difficult queries and customers, avoiding formal complaints
• Improve the customer experience and service delivery by providing excellent customer service

Generate revenue

• Upsell product offering to new and existing customers in line with required performance standards and targets

Efficiency and productivity

• Reach performance targets relating to productivity, adherence, turnaround time, sales and customer service
• Be available to take calls by avoiding unnecessary time spent in after call activities or breaks in order to provide agreed service levels
• Administer policies in an organised and efficient manner ensuring that outstanding tasks are up to date and departmental service standards are adhered to at all times
• Constantly and proactively look for ways to improve efficiencies through performance, communications, procedures and systems

Quality standards

• Focus on “getting it right first time” in order to ensure that correct and precise information is relayed to customers
• Capture all details of customer, call log and sales transactions accurately onto the system
• Adhere to internal systems, policies, procedures and requirements

Requirements

Qualifications and accreditations

• Grade 12 / Matric or equivalent

Experience and skills

• Six months’ customer service contact centre experience
• Six months’ sales experience in a target driven environment
• Computer literate

Attributes and behaviour

• Energetic with a positive attitude
• Persuasive skills which includes sales ability
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team
• Excellent telephonic manner
• Good analytical ability and attention to detail
• Resilient and change orientated