Barclays Bank Career Vacancies – Telesales Manager

Organisation: Barclays Bank
Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Product Manager-Assets
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 Telesales Manager will primarily sell Barclay
bank’s Retail products using telephone
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Sales to Retail Customers
(60%)
  • Strategy
    & Direction –Own and embed strategy, and provide direction to the
    team.
  • Ensure
    team’s delivery of 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.
  • Manage
    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.
  • Grow 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
  • Sampling
    of daily call log
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 Product Manager-Assets
  • Comply
    with all general Barclays operational risk & rigour requirements e.g.
    KYC and anti-money laundering regulations.
  •   Conduct snap checks as allocated by the
    Product Manager-Assets
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
  • Ensure
    quality & efficient Customer service is embedded at the Centre through
    coaching, training & feedback.
4. Contribute to Development of
the Team (5%)
  • Share ample
    knowledge and experience with the team.
  • Growth
    and Development of Direct Reports
  •   Support Telesales officers in case of
    excessive workload or absence.
  • Support
    Retail Products Team when required
5. Personal Development (5%)
  • Agree
    annual performance objectives with the Team Product Manager-Assets  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 Manager must hold a good first degree or diploma or relevant
    experience in a front-line banking sales/marketing/service environment
  • Prior
    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
  • Extensive
    exposure and 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
  • Detailed 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 and ability
  • Excellent
    PC skills
  • Good
    numeracy & analytical skills
  • Excellent
    networking skills
  • Good
    selling/influencing skills
  • Good presentation
    skills
  • Excellent
    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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