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Contact Centre industry Specialist

Call centres, contact centres and customer service centres are the most effective and practical way to communicate with customers one-on-one. Whether its in-bound or outbound calling, a properly resourced contact centre will produce rapid, measureable results for the organisation while addressing the five key strategic objectives driving most organisations.

  • Cap or Reduce Operational Costs – Reduce the cost of providing high quality customer service
  • Increase Efficiencies
  • Increase Revenues – Increases sales revenues through up-sell and cross-sell methods • Debtor Management and Debt Collection
  • Reduced or Mitigated Business Risks - Including Brand Reputation, Fraud and Competitive Onslaught
  • Increased Customer Satisfaction – Reduced ‘churn’ and Customer Defection
  • Increased Staff Engagement, Staff Satisfaction and Longer Tenure

With over 25 years of hard-won, practical experience setting up, operating and optimising call centres, contact centres and customer service centres, Rod Jones is internationally recognised as a Thought Leader and Strategic Advisor; a subject matter expert in this complex, specialised field of service delivery.  As a professional strategic advisor, Rod, provides an extensive range of professional services concentrating on the strategic issues of Call centres, Customer Management and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing).

An accomplished public speaker, Rod regularly presents papers, seminars and workshops and corporate training on various aspects of call centres, contact centres and customer relationship management. Rod’s clients include several blue-chip South African companies, national and local government agencies and parastatal bodies as well as to organisations in Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Namibia and New Zealand.
 

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ADVISORY & CONSULTING SERVICES

From new call centre start-ups to the independent and objective assessment and auditing of existing operations, the techniques and methodologies used by Rod Jones and his independent associate partners provide astute, practical solutions and deliver fast and effective results. Read more >>>>

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & MENTORING SERVICES

In the highly demanding and competitive world of professional contact centre operations, managers need facts, information relating to ‘best practice’ processes, methodologies, techniques, standards and access to confidential business intelligence and industry knowledge. With over 25 years of experience at the forefront of the call centre industry Rod Jones provides effective strategic advisory and management mentoring services on an ad hoc or contract basis. Read more >>>>

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & MARKET DEVELOPMENT

Having established an exceptionally large business and professional network in the South African and African call centre and contact centre industry during the past 20 years, Rod Jones is ideally positioned to provide vendors, service providers and operators with reliable business intelligence, business introductions and business development strategies. Read more >>>>
 

ROD JONES MASTERCLASS SEMINARS

In the last five years over 2,250 delegates have attended Rod Jones’ powerful two day management development seminar “CRM and World Class Call Centres – The Key Strategic Issues”. Regularly hosted in South Africa and throughout Africa the Rod Jones MasterClass seminar is targeted to managers and executives setting up new call centres or contact centres or tasked with re-developing, expanding or optimising existing operations. Read more >>>>

NEW ! CALL CENTRE / CONTACT CENTRE ASSESSMENTS, AUDITING & BENCHMARKING
We provide a fast, accurate and reliable contact centre assessment and benchmarking service using the world-renowned Snapshotz™ on-line, cloud-based methodology and reporting tool.
● DIY or Consultant Facilitated ● Easy to Use - No training required ● Project Management and Task Management Functions ● Provides Benchmarking against globally recognized 'Best Practice' ●  A productivity Measurement Tool ●  A business Intelligence Repository●  A planning and budgeting tool ● Results within 7 days. 


Call or eMail for more information, sample reports or to arrange an on-site or remote demonstration.  rod@rodjones.co.za or +27 (0)82-568-9976