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CUSTOMER SERVICES MANAGER- SUPPLY CHAIN

R 30 000 - R 60 000 a month
Afro Miaki Group PTY(LTD)
Johannesburg Full-day Full-time

Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES

MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THIS ROLE

1. Provide efficient support service

  • Manage the daily running of services
  • Set and meet performance targets for speed, efficiency and quality
  • Plan and manage change
  • Liaise with supervisors, team leaders, operatives and third parties to gather information and resolve issues
  • Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of developments and involvement in or of networks
  • Monitor quality, minimize errors and track efficiency and operator performance
  • Record performance levels and prepare reports
  • Handle complex customer complaints and enquiries
  • Forecast and analyse data against budget figures on a weekly and/or monthly basis

2. Effective people management of customer service support staff

  • Plan and develop staff recruitment, and liaise with HR staff
  • Review of the performance of staff
  • Identify staff training needs and plan training sessions
  • Organise staffing, including shift patterns and the number of staff required to meet demand
  • Coach, motivate and retain staff and co-ordinate bonuses, reward and incentive schemes
  • Develop, implement and review core responsibilities and tasks
  • Analyse performance statistics and make decisions based on these statistics
  • Improve performance by raising efficiency and sourcing new equipment to enable this e.g. new products

3. Leadership

  • Manage the section within time and budget
  • Plan, select, develop and maintain suitable manpower capabilities for the function
  • Develop, lead and maintain a motivated and high-performance team
  • Identify and timeously address functional related problems and opportunities
  • Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders
  • Provide technical direction
  • Ensure compliance with relevant legal and statutory requirements and internationally accepted
  • environmental, health, safety and quality standards.

Requirements:

  • Manage the daily running of services
  • Set and meet performance targets for speed, efficiency and quality
  • Plan and manage change
  • Liaise with supervisors, team leaders, operatives and third parties to gather information and resolve issues
  • Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of developments and involvement in or of networks
  • Monitor quality, minimize errors and track efficiency and operator performance
  • Record performance levels and prepare reports
  • Handle complex customer complaints and enquiries
  • Forecast and analyse data against budget figures on a weekly and/or monthly basis
  • Plan and develop staff recruitment, and liaise with HR staff
  • Review of the performance of staff
  • Identify staff training needs and plan training sessions
  • Organise staffing, including shift patterns and the number of staff required to meet demand
  • Coach, motivate and retain staff and co-ordinate bonuses, reward and incentive schemes
  • Develop, implement and review core responsibilities and tasks
  • Analyse performance statistics and make decisions based on these statistics
  • Improve performance by raising efficiency and sourcing new equipment to enable this e.g. new products
  • Manage the section within time and budget
  • Plan, select, develop and maintain suitable manpower capabilities for the function
  • Develop, lead and maintain a motivated and high-performance team
  • Identify and timeously address functional related problems and opportunities
  • Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders
  • Provide technical direction
  • Ensure compliance with relevant legal and statutory requirements and internationally accepted
  • environmental, health, safety and quality standards.
  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, management, or a related field.

  • 2 - 3 years’ Customer Services experience at middle management level within a factory environment

  • Sap
  • Products and services
  • Systems: IT, projects; logistics.
  • Staffing structures
  • Core principals of industry knowledge, time and project management best practice
  • Service model and standards
  • Balanced scorecard methodology (or other performance management system in use)
  • Industrial Relations
  • Deciding and initiating action
  • Leading and supervising
  • Relating and networking
  • Persuading and influencing
  • Planning and organizing
  • Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
  • People management
  • Presenting and communicating information
  • Creating and innovating
  • Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
  • Driving accountability
  • Drive and energy
  • Initiating action
  • Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
  • Cross-cultural awareness
  • Impact and influence
  • Organizational understanding
  • Business understanding
  • Facilitating and managing performance
  • Attracting, developing and retaining talent
  • Strategic focus
  • Articulating and cascading the vision and values
  • Decisive insight
  • Team leadership
  • Communication skills

REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, management, or a related field.

EXPERIENCE

  • 2 - 3 years’ Customer Services experience at middle management level within a factory environment

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

  • Sap
  • Products and services
  • Systems: IT, projects; logistics.
  • Staffing structures
  • Core principals of industry knowledge, time and project management best practice
  • Service model and standards
  • Balanced scorecard methodology (or other performance management system in use)
  • Industrial Relations
  • Deciding and initiating action
  • Leading and supervising
  • Relating and networking
  • Persuading and influencing
  • Planning and organizing
  • Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
  • People management
  • Presenting and communicating information
  • Creating and innovating
  • Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
  • Driving accountability
  • Drive and energy
  • Initiating action
  • Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
  • Cross-cultural awareness
  • Impact and influence
  • Organizational understanding
  • Business understanding
  • Facilitating and managing performance
  • Attracting, developing and retaining talent
  • Strategic focus
  • Articulating and cascading the vision and values
  • Decisive insight
  • Team leadership
  • Communication skills
07 Apr 2025;   from: careers24.com

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