
24/7 Utilities - Customer Advisor
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- You will help make Sigma Connected a great place to work by living and breathing our values and inspiring my colleagues to do the same.
- You will assist with billing queries (Taking meter reads, explaining bills to customers)
- Supporting customers who cannot afford to top up on their prepayment meter, discussing credit advances and agreeing debt recovery rates
- Taking ownership of customers who are off supply for gas and electric and working with support staff to arrange for emergency engineer attendance
- Successfully addressing customer energy consumption concerns, explaining consumption and energy efficiency measures that can help customers lower their bills
- Resolving complaints at first contact where possible, relating to billing errors, failed metering appointments etc.
- Discussing customer vulnerability, priority service register and providing appropriate solutions/sign posting
- Gaining customer agreement for Smart meter installation and working to targets associated with this
- Identifying interest for added value aspects e.g. converting single fuel customers for dual fuel and promoting additional services such as boiler cover
- Showing empathy to customers in challenging financial situations, therefore you need to demonstrate a genuine interest in achieving good customer outcomes to resolve the debt situation.
- You are comfortably navigating a diverse range of systems, adapting your approach to the specific needs of each customer.
- You will consistently exceed Quality Assurance expectations during each customer interaction, whether telephonic or written in nature.
- You adhere to all company and collections process policies and procedures, including legal and regulatory aspects, i.e. GDPR, regulatory codes of practice, and treating customers fairly.
- Minimum passed Grade 11 / Grade 12 (matric) qualification.
- Minimum of 6-12 months experience in an international utilities / customer centric contact center environment.
- It would be advantageous if you have experience of working with pre-payment meter customers
- You excel at understanding and interpreting account and billing information.
- You are computer literate, including Microsoft products such as Word, Excel, Outlook etc. Alongside a telephony system in an energy environment to service customer needs and analyze account and billing information would be advantageous
- You prioritize organization and precision, taking pride in delivering accuracy.
- Your active listening skills and determination to resolve customer queries helps you to create a seamless customer experience.
- Your development is important to you, so you set yourself up for success by consistently developing and maintaining your skills and knowledge.
- Feedback is essential for you to grow and improve, therefore you welcome and implement constructive feedback.
- You thrive in a fast-paced and target driven environment.