Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Customer Support Team Leader

 Job Description:

We are looking for a motivated and results-driven Customer Support Team Leader to lead a team of up to 10 Customer Support Agents.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage daily team performance and ensure KPIs and service targets are achieved.
  • Coach, motivate and support agents to improve performance.
  • Monitor customer interactions and ensure quality and compliance standards are maintained.
  • Track productivity, ticket volumes, response times and customer satisfaction.
  • Handle escalations and assist agents with complex customer queries.
  • Conduct coaching, training and performance reviews.
  • Identify underperformance and implement improvement plans.
  • Provide regular team performance reports to management.

Essential Experience

  • Customer support/contact centre experience.
  • Previous Team Leader or supervisory experience.
  • Experience with KPIs, QA and SLAs.
  • Experience with CRM/ticketing systems such as Zendesk, HubSpot or Salesforce.
  • Strong leadership and coaching skills.

Essential Skills

  • Excellent communication and customer service skills.
  • Strong problem-solving and organisational abilities.
  • Target-driven, proactive and resilient.
  • Able to work effectively under pressure.
  • Strong leadership and people-management skills.

Team size: Up to 10 agents.

If you're a positive, customer-focused leader who enjoys developing people and delivering results, we'd love to hear from you!

  Required Skills:

Reports Performance Team Performance Support Zendesk HubSpot Compliance Reviews CRM Customer Support Coaching Customer Satisfaction Pressure Training Leadership Customer Service Communication Management