- Umhlanga
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Telecommunications Management
- Reference: 155738
Vacancy Details
Employer: The Unlimited Group
Role Purpose
The Junior Manager is a hands-on leader who thrives in high-pressure, fast-paced environments. You will be responsible for leading, coaching, and driving performance across a specialist non-voice team (Customer Operations, Trading & Risk, or Tech Support). Your role is to create a culture of energy, discipline, and accountability while ensuring KPIs and compliance standards are consistently exceeded.
This is not a “monitor and report” position – we’re looking for leaders who own delivery, inspire their people, and drive results daily.
Key Responsibilities
Performance & Delivery
- Own your team’s daily/weekly KPIs (accuracy, productivity, compliance, risk handling, ticket closure, etc. depending on function).
- Monitor live dashboards and intervene quickly to course correct.
- Translate strategy into execution by ensuring every agent knows, understands, and delivers against their KPIs.
- Deliver accurate, compliant outputs aligned with Playbook standards.
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and mentor a team of 15–30 specialists.
- Run daily huddles and structured check-ins to maintain focus, energy, and discipline.
- Provide regular 1:1 coaching and clear performance feedback.
- Build a competitive, positive, and motivating team culture that balances performance with responsible gambling practices.
Operational Excellence
- Ensure adherence to compliance, responsible gambling, and technical protocols across your function.
- Partner with QA, Training, and Risk teams to identify gaps and implement coaching actions.
- Track adherence, attendance, and scheduling compliance.
- Report team-level performance, risks, and actions to Campaign Manager daily.
Client & Business Alignment
- Translate business/client expectations into clear team behaviors and measurable outcomes.
- Prepare insights, risks, and actions for performance reviews with senior management.
- Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains.
Required Experience & Skills
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a contact centre or operational leadership role (Senior Agent, Floor Coach, or Team Leader).
- Proven track record of leading high-performing teams in BPO, financial services, banking, insurance, SaaS, or gambling sectors.
- Strong ability to read data, spot trends, and make fast, informed decisions.
- Excellent coaching, motivational, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with CRM systems, back-office tools, and reporting platforms.
- Experience in 24/7 operations, shift leadership, and compliance oversight advantageous.
Preferred / Advantageous
- Experience leading teams in banking, insurance, financial services, SaaS, or gambling
- Prior exposure to international campaigns (UK/Europe/US).
- Strong understanding of compliance, risk, or responsible gambling frameworks.
- Familiarity with CRM systems, dialers, and reporting dashboards.
- Background in data-driven decision making (comfortable with live dashboards and KPI analysis).
- Demonstrated success in process improvement or workflow optimization.
- Experience working in 24/7 shift-based operations.
- Proven ability to manage escalations and resolve complex customer or operational issues.
Personal Attributes
- Hands-on leader who thrives on the floor and leads by example.
- Disciplined and consistent, with a track record of delivering results against KPIs.
- Resilient under pressure, able to make quick, informed decisions in high-stakes environments.
- Analytical mindset – comfortable reading data, spotting trends, and translating them into action.
- Strong communicator, with the ability to inspire confidence and clarity across teams.
- Coaching mentality, passionate about developing people and raising performance levels.
- Detail-orientated and compliance-driven, ensuring accuracy and adherence in all processes.
- Energetic and motivating, able to create a positive, competitive team culture.
- Accountable and ownership-focused, takes responsibility for outcomes without excuses.
- Adaptable and flexible, comfortable with shift work and a fast-changing operational environment.
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