Team Leader

📍 Cape Town

Lead. Inspire. Deliver Results.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader professional who is passionate about leading advisors to achieve one common goal. You will work closely with the operational teams to identify performance trends, uncover improvement opportunities, and influence key decisions through powerful data-driven storytelling.

At Sigma, we're looking for an exceptional Team Leader to build strong relationships and lead by example.

This is an opportunity to join an award-winning business where your leadership will directly shape operational success, colleague engagement, and client growth.

Why Sigma?

For four consecutive years, Sigma has been recognised by the Sunday Times Best Places to Work, voted for by our people. We believe in #ImproveEverythingAlways and create an environment where ambitious leaders can thrive, grow and make a real impact.

What you'll get

📈 Career development and opportunities to apply for internal promotions following your probationary period.

🏆 Monthly, Quarterly and Annual awards with marvelous prizes.

💆‍♀️ Resources such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health First Aiders to support you when life might not be going quite as you expected.

🌳 Receive a tree in the Sigma Forest when you pass probation. This will allow you to review how your tree is reducing your carbon footprint.

📁 Medical Insurance – Covers doctor visits, optometrist appointments and dental assistance, funeral cover, Group Life Cover.

🍕 Fuel Up & Connect - Our Food Trucks are here with healthy bites and comfort treats to keep you energized and smiling all day!

💅 💪 Pamper Yourself - Visit our unisex Beauty Parlor for brow threading, nails, lashes, waxing and lovely full body massages. Because feeling fabulous is part of the journey!

💖 Your Health Matters - We have a nurse on-site to assist with any female health-related queries, support when you need it most.

🤓 Your Vision, Our Mission, All Done Where You Work - We’re bringing eye care to you! From eye testing to trendy spectacles, it all happens onsite for your convenience!

🚗 Transportation Benefits – Accommodate making your traveling journey to work easier with the amazing shuttle services that we offer our employees.

💻 Join communities and collaborate with your colleagues on our internal Social Media platform.

💙 The opportunity to be a part of an equal, diverse, and inclusive workplace – all amazing people are welcome in the Sigma Family.

What Your Day-to-Day Will Look Like:

As a Team Leader you will coach and develop the team into a high-performance culture, and focus on staffing needs, productivity, and quality. Manage employees by ensuring continuous communication, feedback, motivation, and Company Behaviours are being lived

You'll:

• Guide and support your team in line with our Always Improving Performance Framework, to consistently achieve and exceed their KPIs, and support their ongoing development aspirations.
• Oversee various functions such as follow-up on attendance, coaching, and closing off any gaps relating to their KPI's.
• Agree and set goals with team members for performance, quality and development with team members.
• Focus on the career and skills development of team members.
• Resolve people-related problems e.g. conflict of interest, absenteeism, and disciplinary matters.
• Drive the achievement of targets and consistently meet and exceed internal management and client service level agreements (SLAs).
• Maintain high standards of professionalism and compliance, and you will address people-related challenges, such as attendance issues and disciplinary matters, swiftly and fairly, promoting a positive work environment.

Who We're Looking For:

You have experience in complaints will be a distinct advantage. Great knowledge of managing agent performance in line with Sigma policies and procedures to meet performance targets. Manage utilization of staff in line. Identify and remove performance barriers to meet performance targets.

Manage the resolution of customer/ agent problems and complaints, maintain up to date knowledge of developments in, products and services Coach, develop and motivate direct reports. Manage the scheduling, and performance of employees. You are competent in the use of Microsoft Office products.

You'll ideally bring:

• 2 years’ experience in a Team Leader role
• 2 years’ experience in a Utilities BPO environment
• 2 years’ experience dealing with Complaints in a BPO environment
• Demonstrated experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing others, preferably within a contact centre or team-based environment 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a strong command of the English language 
• Resilient under pressure, with the ability to remain solution-focused in high-paced environments 
• Familiarity with SLA expectations and client-driven performance targets 
• Flexible and adaptable, with a mindset of continuous improvement and team success

Why This Role?

This isn't just another operational leadership position.

It's an opportunity to lead a critical client partnership, shape strategy, influence business decisions, develop future leaders, and make a significant commercial impact within one of South Africa's most exciting BPO businesses.

If you're ready to take ownership, drive growth and build something exceptional, we'd love to hear from you.

Join the Sigma Family.

📩 Apply today and help us #ImproveEverythingAlways.