Retail Business Manager KZN

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

Key Accountabilities

• Track customer experiences across online and offline channels, devices, and touchpoints
• Collaborate with IT developers, as well as the production, marketing, and sales teams to enhance customer services and brand awareness.
• Facilitate employee capabilities assessment and training interventions
• Facilitate Dealer Scorecard and employee incentive programme management
• Identify customer needs, respond to customer queries, and collaborate with internal departments to optimize customer services and brand awareness
• Align customer experience strategies with marketing initiatives and inform customers about new product features and functionalities
• Take proactive steps to maintain positive customer experiences
• Respond to customer queries in a timely and effective manner, via phone, email, social media, or chat applications
• Analyze customer feedback on product ranges and new releases, as well as prepare reports
• Perform product tests, evaluate after-sales and support services, and facilitate improvements.
• Create and drive a customer service program that will deliver exceptional service on site while fostering a healthy competition among employees nationally. Ensure that health and safety is a top priority and that everyone actively participates in ensuring the health and safety of each other and our customers.

Education and Experience

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in marketing, communications, advertising, business management, or a related field preferred
• At least 3 years' experience as a customer experience specialist, or a similar customer support role
• Solid knowledge of online customer engagement platforms and channels
• Experience leading others
• Extensive experience in gathering and interpreting customer experience information
• Ability to exercise good business acumen and systemic thinking that supports meaningful decisions
• Ability to prioritize, plan, and implement while being agile

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others.

Travel Requirement: Up to 100% travel should be expected with this role.

Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation.

Remote Type: This position is fully remote.

Skills: Account strategy and business planning, Agility core practices, Business Analysis, Commercial Acumen, Consultative selling skills, Customer Profitability, Customer Segmentation, Customer value proposition, Digital fluency, Global Perspective, Internal alignment, Negotiating value, Offer and product knowledge, Partner relationship management, Sales forecasting/demand planning, Sector, market, customer and competitor understanding, Stakeholder Management.

Legal Disclaimer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.