Job Description

General information
Name
Head of Customer Contact Centre (Assistant Manager/Manager)
Ref #
1158
Date
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Department
Customer Engagement Department
Description & Requirements
Country
Singapore

Joining C&C is a distinctive opportunity to develop your career within a successful organization where everyone respects each other and enjoys working together. We recognize your performance in both tangible and intangible ways, by providing you development opportunities and making you feel respected.
The Opportunity
You will be a member of Cycle & Carriage Singapore (CCS) reporting to the General Manager, Customer Engagement and Communications. Your accountabilities cover the marques we represent in Singapore, namely, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Kia, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Maxus, ORA, smart, PEUGEOT, Leapmotor, and Gogoro.
You will lead the Contact Centre strategy and operations in bid to strengthen our customer service delivery, cross-sell and up-sell our products and services. The goal is to create lasting, memorable and exceptional service experiences for our customers, colleagues and partners. We target to achieve this by channel matching our customer segments to deliver the right service via the right channel that matches their needs and expectations. You will also create opportunities to upsell and cross-sell to enhance business profitability.
Your core responsibilities will include the following:
Capabilities Development

• Set the strategy for the development of the contact centre, staying ahead and implementing new practices and technologies, ensuring that we maintain and enhance service quality and improve productivity

• Develop plans and offer insight and knowledge to the organisation on the use of new tools and technologies; Telephony, CRM, WFM, AI, VR or AR to improve productivity and service quality, create a cost-effective operation, meeting SLAs/KPIs and delivering quality assurance

Operations Management

• Setting KPIs and manage daily operations to deliver best-in-class service, meeting or exceeding all KPIs and within budget

• Responsible for end-to-end customer contact processes, escalations and their associated customer experience

• Support initiatives to drive sales and compliments, improve quality, efficiency, productivity and reduce complaints

• Work with Sales and After-sales teams to ensure a consistent and seamless customer experience and journey

• Work with the relevant departments to formulate and support crisis management and business continuity plans

• Work with the relevant departments to curate products and services for telesales, including operational planning, target setting and running day-to-day telesales operations

HR Management

• Work with HR and Business Units on the recruitment, induction, training, performance review and coaching needs for Contact Centre agents

• Review and define all roles, escalation structures, resource planning and specialist requirements

• Guide team leaders; lead, inspire and create a motivating environment and engaged colleagues

Analytics & Reporting
Run, analyse, and present regular reports and call/email patterns (service levels, productivity and quality), including the formulation of work improvement plans
Deliver performance dashboards to assist in strategic decisions, process enhancements or marketing purposes
Perform forecasting of volume based on historical patterns or upcoming activities
Perform external or internal research to identify trends and patterns to future-proof operations and formulate future operational plans
Job Requirements

• Degree holder with at least 8-10 years of relevant experience
• Proven work experience in Contact Centre management required
• Strong team manager who is nurturing, proactive and can lead by example
• Familiar with Contact Centre technologies, practices and workflow
• Proven work experience in planning/executing operational processes, team management and able to identify trends and patterns through data analytics
• Proven hands-on experience in managing sizeable teams and budgets
• Excel in stakeholder engagement and management
• Familiar with business processes to support sales, marketing and ecommerce a plus
• Strong vendor and partner management skills
• Creative and able to think out-of-the box
• A structured and organised individual with an eye for details
• Able to multi-task, prioritise and manage multiple projects concurrently
• Strong presentation and influencing skills
• Proactive individual who can work independently with little supervision

About the Company
A member of the Jardine Cycle & Carriage Group, C&C is one of the leading automotive groups in Singapore. We started out in 1899 as a trader in nutmegs and other sundries. In more than 100 years since, we have grown to become a major player in the automotive industry in Singapore, retailing Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Kia and Citroen passenger cars and commercial vehicles. At Cycle & Carriage, it is more than just the recognition we have earned as being the leader in its class. "Exceptional Journeys" encapsulates our passion for our existence. Bringing together high-performing team members and technical excellence to create people-focused experiences that consistently exceed expectations. Whether it is a customer we serve, an employee that we engage, a brand that we carry, we want to support them in creating exceptional journeys for themselves.
We have a constant mission to strive towards being an Employer of Choice in the countries we operate in. Some of our better performing countries have consistently being recognised for commendable people practices such as:

• HR Asia's Best Companies to Work Platinum Award in 2024 (10th consecutive year winner)
• Happiest Workplace Award 2024
• Finalist in HR Excellence Awards 2016 for Recruitment and Leadership Development;
• Winner of Innovative Talent Acquisition Strategy Award in the Annual Jardine Matheson HR Conference 2016
• Winner of Excellence In Innovative Use of HR Technology in HR Excellence Awards 2017
• Merit for Singapore Health Award as awarded by Health Promotion Board
• Jardine Matheson HR Conference 2017, where we clinched the Best Employer Brand, Best Work-Life Balance and Best HR Team Awards.
• Jardine Matheson HR Conference 2018 for Excellence in Employee Transformation
• Bronze Award in HR Excellence Award 2019 for Excellence in HR Innovation

The emphasis on employee experience has been on the forefront of the C&C's people practices. Keen for a career conversation? Connect with us to find out more.
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