Dutch speaking-customer Care Consultants ???Automotive helpdesk
DUTCH CAC SPEAKING - IMMEDIATE START
40 hours per week on a rotational shift pattern - Mon-Fri 7am-4pm
GBP18k basic salary
The Company: Our Client is a leading business services company, delivering solutions and support to various different sectors including the automotive industry.
The Role: To provide technical support to and resolution for the Companies native language customer contacts.
General day-to-day duties include:
* Handling native language customer contacts, including responding to incoming phone calls and written correspondence.
* Spoken and written language skills to native standard (including business correspondence), thorough understanding of the native culture.
* Delivering service excellence by efficiently problem-solving and reacting to customer situations in a professional, polite and clear manner
* Meet standards in volume, quality, performance & attendance.
* Follow Policies and Procedures in a positive manner.
* Demonstrate a positive attitude, professionalism, initiative, and flexibility in performing daily job functions.
* Understanding and applying the brand policies & empowerment to resolve the customer service requests raised, or creating & agreeing action plans to lead to resolution.
* Accurate logging of all contacts and following up on action plans using a case management system
* Where necessary liaising with business partners - i.e. brand retailers, field managers and internal departments to develop service request resolutions & action plans.
* Escalating issues to the Team Leader, ensuring the group maintains professionalism at all times whilst working within strict service level criteria.
* Ability to use English as second language during European multi-national meetings, for systems, performance evaluation and training purposes.
* Performs other related duties, as assigned, flexibility towards work schedules/shift patterns.
Technical Skills
* Ability to operate a Desktop Computer System and possess a familiarity of Operating System (Windows 2000), MS Word & Excel.
* Familiarity with navigating an internet/intranet using Internet Explorer
* Demonstrated ability in using Communication applications such as telephony equipment
* Ability to type a minimum of 35 words per minute.
Soft Skills
* Customer service excellence - enjoys direct contact with customers by telephone and understanding the customer's needs, displays diplomacy, is polite, remains calm, listens, and apologises where necessary, always portrays a professional & positive image to the customer
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in native language, calm and methodical approach, active listening skills, listens to the customer, responds with appropriate feedback
* Good native language skills, understanding trainings/meetings delivered in English
* Ability to work under pressure and deal with a customer in demanding situations, to learn quickly in a changing environment, to use own initiative and make decisions, ability to prioritise and manage own workload
* Logical approach to problem resolution, gathers facts, takes corrective action, escalates problem at the appropriate stage, ability to work on own initiative to follow up and resolve service requests raised by customers
* Team player - helping the team to achieve objectives, friendly and approachable even when busy, but firm where necessary, works to team and individual standards.
Essential Criteria:
* Secondary Level Education
* Minimum 12 months' experience in a customer service role.
* German speaking including effective written and verbal communication in English.
* Microsoft Office applications & E-mail.
* Ability to follow Policies and Procedures
40 hours per week on a rotational shift pattern - Mon-Fri 7am-4pm
GBP18k basic salary
The Company: Our Client is a leading business services company, delivering solutions and support to various different sectors including the automotive industry.
The Role: To provide technical support to and resolution for the Companies native language customer contacts.
General day-to-day duties include:
* Handling native language customer contacts, including responding to incoming phone calls and written correspondence.
* Spoken and written language skills to native standard (including business correspondence), thorough understanding of the native culture.
* Delivering service excellence by efficiently problem-solving and reacting to customer situations in a professional, polite and clear manner
* Meet standards in volume, quality, performance & attendance.
* Follow Policies and Procedures in a positive manner.
* Demonstrate a positive attitude, professionalism, initiative, and flexibility in performing daily job functions.
* Understanding and applying the brand policies & empowerment to resolve the customer service requests raised, or creating & agreeing action plans to lead to resolution.
* Accurate logging of all contacts and following up on action plans using a case management system
* Where necessary liaising with business partners - i.e. brand retailers, field managers and internal departments to develop service request resolutions & action plans.
* Escalating issues to the Team Leader, ensuring the group maintains professionalism at all times whilst working within strict service level criteria.
* Ability to use English as second language during European multi-national meetings, for systems, performance evaluation and training purposes.
* Performs other related duties, as assigned, flexibility towards work schedules/shift patterns.
Technical Skills
* Ability to operate a Desktop Computer System and possess a familiarity of Operating System (Windows 2000), MS Word & Excel.
* Familiarity with navigating an internet/intranet using Internet Explorer
* Demonstrated ability in using Communication applications such as telephony equipment
* Ability to type a minimum of 35 words per minute.
Soft Skills
* Customer service excellence - enjoys direct contact with customers by telephone and understanding the customer's needs, displays diplomacy, is polite, remains calm, listens, and apologises where necessary, always portrays a professional & positive image to the customer
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in native language, calm and methodical approach, active listening skills, listens to the customer, responds with appropriate feedback
* Good native language skills, understanding trainings/meetings delivered in English
* Ability to work under pressure and deal with a customer in demanding situations, to learn quickly in a changing environment, to use own initiative and make decisions, ability to prioritise and manage own workload
* Logical approach to problem resolution, gathers facts, takes corrective action, escalates problem at the appropriate stage, ability to work on own initiative to follow up and resolve service requests raised by customers
* Team player - helping the team to achieve objectives, friendly and approachable even when busy, but firm where necessary, works to team and individual standards.
Essential Criteria:
* Secondary Level Education
* Minimum 12 months' experience in a customer service role.
* German speaking including effective written and verbal communication in English.
* Microsoft Office applications & E-mail.
* Ability to follow Policies and Procedures