2 Barclays Bank Customer Service Careers – Telesales Supervisor

Organisation: Barclays Bank
Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Manager Telesales
About Barclays Africa: 
Barclays Africa encompasses Barclays
Global Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, and Barclaycard operations in 10
countries organised in four geographic areas: North Africa (Egypt), East and
West Africa (Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya),  Southern Africa
(Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and Indian Ocean (Mauritius and Seychelles).
Barclays Africa serves its 2.8m
customers through a network of 573 branches and service centres providing a
variety of traditional financial products including retail mortgages, current
and deposit accounts, commercial lending, unsecured lending, credit cards,
treasury and investments.
Job Summary:  The job holders will primarily Sell Barclay
bank’s Retail products using telephone
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Sales to Retail Customers
(60%)
  • Deliver
    exceptional sales performance by identifying and meeting customer needs
    through selling & cross selling of all Barclays Africa Retail products
    & services to customers using the telephone.
  • Oversee team’s
    participation in specific product campaigns by ensuring that the products
    are explained to customers.
  • Agree,
    meet and exceed targets for specific sales campaigns.
  • Maintain
    team’s sales performance statistics for management information usage. 
  • Own and
    manage team’s product & channel sales targets to contribute towards
    the Centre sales objectives.
  • Refer to
    the appropriate area of delivery for specialist product help or advice
    (e.g. Schemes or Home Loans) when uncertain about the product delivery or
    application process. Respond directly to the customer.
  • Build
    effective relationships with Centre staff to ensure that non-sales staffs
    refer customers to the Sales Staff when they identify a particular product
    or service need.
  • When
    selling loans to Retail customers, complete the financial analysis and
    statement review on customer accounts. Where customers do not meet the
    minimum criteria, advise the customer, verbally or in writing as the
    customer requires. Report such denials to the Telesales Manager on a daily
    basis.
  • Drive the
    performance of all Telesales Staff to ensure they achieve set targets
  • Monitor
    & regulate ways of workings for all Telesales Sales Officers to ensure
    maximum time & value management
2. Operational Rigour and
Compliance with KYC Requirements: 20%
  • Ensure
    accuracy of each new loan application, loan document, Barclaycard
    application and bank account mandate change. Telesales Staff are held
    personally accountable for accuracy and quality of these and supporting
    documents that they complete and submit.
  • Achieve
    operational rigour excellence in all aspects of procedures and processes
    personally undertaken to ensure green audit.
  • Follow
    the Retail end to end loan processing ensuring proper authorization and
    compliant with policy held.
  • Escalate
    any items that exceed the agreed service level time lines or where there
    are unresolved requirements, to the Manager Telesales.
  • Comply
    with all general Barclays operational risk & rigour requirements e.g.
    KYC and anti-money laundering regulations.
  • Carry out
    snap checks as allocated by the Manager Telesales.
3. Provision of Customer Service
(10%)
  • Own
    customer queries and complaints around account opening, loans and card
    applications and resolve in a timely manner. Escalate any unresolved
    queries, or queries not resolved in a short period of time to the Team
    Leader Sales or Manager Telesales.
  • Build
    relationships with internal service providers (COO, RISK, and Retail
    Support) to ensure a quick turnaround time of escalated queries and
    complaints.
  • Direct
    customers to the appropriate delivery channel to meet their needs e.g.
    cashiers, drop boxes, ATM etc.
  • Ensure
    timely escalation to Customer Service Support Staff on any key
    requirements, & Service challenges at the Centre.
  • Ensure
    quality & efficient Customer service is embedded at the Centre through
    coaching, training & feedback.
4. Contribute to Development of
the Team (5%)
  • Share
    knowledge and experience with the team.
  • Provider
    cover for other Telesales officers in case of excessive workload or
    absence.
  • Deputise
    for the Manager Telesales or Team Leader when required.
5. Personal Development (5%)
  • Agree
    annual performance objectives with the Team Leader Sales or Manager
    Telesales, including specific sales targets.
  • Pursue
    continued improvement in personal development by participating in development
    programmes and training.
  • Perform
    any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The
    Telesales Supervisor must hold a good first degree or diploma or relevant
    experience in a front-line banking sales/marketing/service environment
  • Good
    working knowledge of the Bank’s products, services and policies including
    standard tariffs.
  • A good
    understanding of overall Retail goals & objectives, including the
    branch’s objectives growth of sales, cost control and income contribution
  • Detailed understanding
    of the sales process
  • Good working
    knowledge of the procedure manuals
  • Prior working
    knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation e.g. KYC, Anti-Money
    laundering, banking code, service standards, health & safety standards
    etc
  • Extensive
    knowledge of the bank’s internal departments, systems & procedures as
    well as risk & rigour requirements
  • Excellent
    planning & organisation skills
  • Excellent
    communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Good Questioning
    skills
  • Good PC
    skills
  • Good
    numeracy & analytical skills
  • Good Networking
    skills
  • Good
    selling/influencing skills
  • Good presentation
    skills
  • Good listening
    skills
  • Good coaching,
    feedback & reviewing skills
How to Apply:
If you feel challenged by any of the
above positions, and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as outlined
above, upload your application letter, current curriculum vitae and photocopies
of academic certificate to our recruitment website detail below:
Barclays is an equal opportunity
employer that recruits, develops and promotes people on merit, and rewards
outstanding performance, regardless of background and gender.
For queries contact us on 0417122453
or email: barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline:  20th February,
2014

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