Role Purpose and Key Responsibilities

Role purpose:

The Customer Experience Specialist is responsible and empowered to convert “As Is” experiences into better “To Be” experiences, whilst ensuring the company acts and deploys appropriate actions in all stages to improve the overall customer experience and levels of customer loyalty across assigned touch points/channels as well as its products and services.

will take accountability for objectively designing and measuring the customer experience delivered by all the touch points that include but not limited to contact centre and retail.

will also be an active participant in the GTM (Go To Market) process, acting as the customer advocate, by proposing and following through that the best experience of our products and services are delivered and the necessary toolkits are in place to support Customer Service Representatives in delivering an exceptional customer service.

Key Responsibilities:

Gain an understanding of customer requirements through

• the review of As-Is Experiences within the assigned product/service/channel portfolio
• quantitative and qualitative insights on existing products/services/ channel
• proactive participation in the Go To Market (GTM) process
• Design and implement
• improved To-Be experiences which are not limited to existing but are also applicable to new products/services/channels
• appropriate experience KPI measurements for a particular product/service/channel
• appropriate toolkits/processes for the frontline support.
• Build effective professional relationships with business partners across CBU, VBU, MPESA and Channels.
• Managing expectations and priorities whilst maintaining delivery commitments towards experience reviews, improvements and continuous monitoring.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Competencies

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or any other related field.
• 2 years of experience in Customer Experience or Business Analysis or Programme Management
• Matric + additional relevant programs/certificates is advantageous
• Strong Analytical skills – able to assess data, reports, insights and existing processes, identify negative experience root causes or paint points; recommend /develop creative and innovative customer centric solutions with an international context.
• Process-Oriented – solid understanding of key cross-functional processes touching customers; able to spot optimization opportunities
• Commercially astute – solid understanding of the market, competitor, & customer; Knowledge of Vodacom products and services and their value to customers as well as what competitors are offering in comparison

Stakeholder management – Ability to work and influence cross functional and external stakeholders for development and delivery of results towards an ‘ideal Customer Experience Journey’; Ability to connect the dots and extract value from the information by engaging in successful dialogues; Act as a customer champion even when it is unpopular

• Gain an understanding of customer requirements through the review of As-Is Experiences within the assigned product/service/channel portfolio
• Gain an understanding of customer requirements through quantitative and qualitative insights on existing products/services/ channel
• Gain an understanding of customer requirements through proactive participation in the Go To Market (GTM) process
• Design and implement improved To-Be experiences which are not limited to existing but are also applicable to new products/services/channels
• Design and implement appropriate experience KPI measurements for a particular product/service/channel
• Design and implement appropriate toolkits/processes for the frontline support.
• Build effective professional relationships with business partners across CBU, VBU, MPESA and Channels.
• Managing expectations and priorities whilst maintaining delivery commitments towards experience reviews, improvements and continuous monitoring.

• Strong Analytical skills
• Process-Oriented
• Commercially astute
• Stakeholder management

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or any other related field.
• Matric + additional relevant programs/certificates is advantageous