Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Quality Assurance Manager to join our team.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
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Who’s who in the space
The position reports to the Group Head of Customer & Business Support.
Purpose of the role:
Lead the design, implementation, and governance of a unified Quality Management System and Customer Experience framework across all contact center operations. Transform quality assurance from a reactive audit function into a proactive, structured performance engine that drives measurable improvement in customer satisfaction,operational efficiency, and compliance standards while ensuring consistent service delivery across voice, digital, and back-office channels.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
Quality Framework & Standards Management
- Design and govern a comprehensive, center-wide Quality Management System aligned to business objectives and customer experience standards
- Standardize call structures, calibration disciplines, and scoring methodologies across all customer interaction channels
- Embed clear quality standards and performance expectations across voice, digital, email, and back-office operations
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry quality standards
Performance Intelligence & Analytics
- Convert quality assurance data into actionable operational intelligence that drives strategic decision-making
- Lead root cause analysis initiatives across process,behavioral, and system gaps to identify improvement opportunities
- Drive measurable uplift in CSAT, FCR, accuracy, compliance, and overall customer experience metrics through data-driven insights
Team Leadership & Capability Development
- Lead, develop, and performance-manage Quality Leaders, Analysts, and specialist team members across multiple operational areas
- Embed structured coaching frameworks and feedback mechanisms aligned to quality insights and performance improvement goals
- Build a culture of quality ownership that extends beyond the QA function into all customer-facing teams and operations
Strategic Partnership & Commercial Alignment
- Partner with senior operational leaders to align quality standards, metrics, and improvement initiatives to business objectives
- Present actionable dashboards, insights, and recommendations to executive stakeholders and operational management teams
- Align quality metrics and performance indicators to financial outcomes, productivity targets, and commercial objectives
- Support strategic planning processes with data-led recommendations and quality performance forecasting
Risk Management & Governance
- Ensure sampling accuracy, audit integrity, and statistical validity across all quality measurement and assessment processes
- Identify and mitigate systemic risks in customer interactions, transactional processes, and service delivery mechanisms
- Design and implement preventative control structures while maintaining adherence to compliance and data protection standards
Deliverables
- Comprehensive Quality Management System with standardized frameworks, processes, and performance measurement protocols
- Quality performance dashboards and executive reporting system with actionable insights and trend analysis
- Structured improvement plans with measurable CSAT, FCR, and operational efficiency enhancement targets
- Calibration and scoring methodology frameworks ensuring consistency across all quality assessment activities
- Quality team capability development program with clear role definitions, competency requirements, and progression pathways
- Risk mitigation and compliance framework addressing operational, regulatory, and customer experience requirements
- Root cause analysis reports and corrective action plans that drive sustainable performance improvements
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related field
- Postgraduate qualification in Quality Management, Customer Experience, or Operations Management preferred
- Quality Management certification (ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent) essential
- Contact Centre Manager qualification (NQF Level 5) or Quality Manager qualification (NQF Level 6) advantageous
- Professional certification in Customer Experience (CCXP) or Contact Center Management (CIAC) preferred
- 7-10+ years progressive experience in Quality Assurance or Customer Experience within contact center or scaled operational environments
- 3-5+ years in senior leadership positions managing multi-layered quality teams and cross-functional improvement initiatives
- Proven track record delivering measurable improvements in customer satisfaction, compliance, and operational accuracy metrics
- Experience leading structured improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies
- Strong background in contact center operations, customer service delivery, and quality management systems
- Experience implementing quality frameworks across voice, digital, and omnichannel customer interaction platforms
- Demonstrated expertise in stakeholder management at senior executive level with commercial and operational leadership teams
The skills we need:
- Strategic thinking with ability to translate quality insights into business outcomes and operational performance improvements
- Data analysis and statistical expertise to interpret quality metrics, identify trends, and drive evidence-based decision making
- Leadership and people development skills with proven ability to build high-performing quality assurance teams
- Change management capabilities to drive quality culture transformation and embed sustainable improvement practices
- Commercial acumen with understanding of customer experience economics and the financial impact of quality performance
- Problem-solving and root cause analysis expertise using structured methodologies and continuous improvement principles
- Expert knowledge of quality management systems, contact center operations, and customer experience measurement frameworks
- Advanced proficiency in quality assurance tools, workforce management systems, and data analytics platforms
- Strong understanding of South African regulatory requirements, compliance standards, and data protection legislation
- Excellent presentation and communication skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders and operational management
- Proficiency in statistical analysis, process improvement methodologies, and quality measurement techniques
- Advanced knowledge of customer experience metrics (CSAT, NPS, CES, FCR) and their operational and commercial drivers
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
- No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
- Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
- Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
- Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).
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If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
