Workforce Manager, Contact Centre

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Fidelity Services Group Full time

**Work Force Manager Job Description**:
**Job purpose**:
Responsible for the entire planning cycle and the management of team schedules, and the overall service delivery related to the Workforce Management function.

**Key Performance areas**:
**_People Management_**
- Coaches the team to ensure quality of delivery meets the appropriate standard
- Measures and manages the team to ensure out-of-line situations are immediately addressed
- Communicates information in a timely, accurate and understood manner to all team members
- Ensures that all Human Resources policies and procedures are observed

**_Workforce Planning_**
- Reviews forecasted call volumes, average handling time and shrinkage to calculate the required headcount figure
- Completes Agent schedules within agreed timeframes and in line with call volume, average handling time and shrinkage forecasts
- Monitors adherence to schedule in line with operational processes
- Assesses forecasting accuracy and put processes in place to optimise forecasting accuracy
- Identifies and highlights trends impacting service delivery, and ensures remedial plans are incorporated into planning
- Optimizes headcount requirements to reduce cost without impacting operational delivery
- Analyses schedules and makes recommendations for improvement, including impact on budget

**_
Reporting and standardisation_**
- Provides all management reports as required by the business
- Meets regularly with Inland WFM manager to agree standard WFM and reporting processes and implement them on the operation

**_Skills:_**
- Analysis
- Attention to detail
- Oral and written communication (L2)
- Planning and organizing (L3)
- Technical expertise (L3)

**_Knowledge:_**
- Matric or equivalent
- 2+ years workforce management experience, including people management experience
- Computer literate (Excel - intermediate)


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