Lead Associate - Operations

WNS; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

WNS, part of Capgemini, is seeking a Customer Service Team Lead in Gauteng Centurion to champion Customer First and Modern Luxury principles, manage an active caseload, and mentor a frontline team.

You will report to the Client Management & CRC Team Leader, document interactions in CRC systems, escalate as needed, and collaborate with retailers to resolve issues and drive CSI results.

Qualifications

• Matric is essential.
• 2 Years Call Centre or 1 year leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and champion Customer First and Modern Luxury principles, leading by example and driving adoption across the team.
• Report directly to the Client Management & CRC Team Leader.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in case management, delivering effective, sustainable solutions while providing an exceptional customer experience.
• Drive innovative approaches to customer concern resolution and share best practices with colleagues and management.
• Proactively manage an active caseload, ensuring customer impact is minimized and cases are progressed to resolution.
• Accurately document all customer interactions within CRC case management systems.
• Engage directly with customers to understand concerns, manage expectations and develop resolution strategies.

Skills

Customer service

Leadership

Case management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Matric

Tools

CRC case management system

Job description

Company Description

WNS, part of Capgemini, is an Agentic AI-powered leader in intelligent operations and transformation, serving more than 700 clients across 10 industries, including Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Shipping and Logistics, and Travel and Hospitality. We bring together deep domain excellence - WNS' core differentiator - with AI-powered platforms and analytics to help businesses innovate, scale, adapt and build resilience in a world defined by disruption.Our purpose is clear: to enable lasting business value by designing intelligent, human-led solutions that deliver sustainable outcomes and a differentiated impact. With three global headquarters across four continents, operations in 13 countries, 65 delivery centers and more than 66,000 employees, WNS combines scale, expertise and execution to create meaningful, measurable impact.

Job Description

• Demonstrate and champion Customer First and Modern Luxury principles, leading by example and driving their adoption across the team.
• Report directly to the Client Management & CRC Team Leader.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in case management, delivering effective, sustainable solutions while consistently providing an exceptional customer experience.
• Drive innovative approaches to customer concern resolution and proactively share best practices, successful outcomes and improvement ideas with colleagues and management.
• Proactively manage an active caseload, ensuring customer impact is minimized and cases are progressed efficiently to resolution.
• Apply the appropriate escalation processes in a timely manner and ensure all escalation procedures are consistently adhered to.
• Accurately document all customer interactions within CRC case management systems, maintaining high-quality data that supports business intelligence and customer insights.
• Serve as a role model by consistently demonstrating company values and Customer First behaviours.
• Partner with the retailer network to achieve timely and effective resolutions that enhance customer loyalty, retention and satisfaction.
• Ensure retailers comply with all relevant policies, processes and procedures when managing technical and quality-related concerns.
• Deliver consistently high levels of customer satisfaction and effective concern resolution, contributing positively to CSI performance.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and departments to facilitate efficient case resolution.
• Navigate multiple systems, tools and resources to gather information, conduct investigations and identify appropriate solutions.
• Manage all customer interactions in accordance with company policies, departmental procedures and service standards.
• Engage directly with customers to understand concerns, manage expectations and develop mutually beneficial resolution strategies.
• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of data used for reporting, analytics and workload management.
• Conduct follow-up contact with customers following case resolution to confirm satisfaction and encourage CSI survey participation.
• Respond to dealer survey escalations received from the Outbound team, engaging customers to understand and address their concerns.
• Verify, validate and accurately capture all customer and case-related information.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date case records throughout the customer journey.
• Undertake additional ad hoc duties and responsibilities as required to support operational and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Matric is essential
• 2 Years Call Centre or 1 year leadership experience