Customer Support with German

Moving forward is impossible without the initial drive to do things differently. Our business is all about the people we come across, whether it's in our everyday interactions or in our vision for the brand.

Education - Bachelor’s Degree requested
Fluent in German (B2-C1)
Excellent command of English language
Minimum 6 months experience in customer support is desirable but not mandatory
Ability to multi - task (logging queries while speaking with customers)
PC skills (Microsoft, Windows, ERPs)
Basic aptitude for learning technical concepts essential
Excellent interpersonal, communications and time management skills
Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team
Good verbal and written communication skills are required
Flexible and an ability to learn quickly
Previous sales experience an advantage
Previous CRM experience of advantage

Mission:

The primary responsibility of this role is to act as a single point of contact and provide support to all customers in their region, establishing a strong and professional relationship with assigned accounts and contacts whilst assisting the relevant sales team to increase revenue and market share. This will involve 1st call resolution for the majority of customer queries and ensuring complex cases are escalated to and followed up by the correct point of contact within APC. Queries will include but are not limited to the following:

Post sales - RMA and escalation of more technical queries
Pre sales – sizing queries, reseller referrals, opportunity identification, e-commerce.
Follow up on Leads generated from marketing activities.
Our client's overall objective is to improve their Customer Satisfaction by providing a high quality professional Service to APC customers in EMEA.

This role will also be required to ensure that customers are continually provided with timely and professional communications by proactively communicating with customers, regarding their open issues including service orders.
Providing post-sales support to APC’s customers. Validate entitlement, assisting customers with unit diagnosis, troubleshooting and completing RMA’s when necessary Assure a proper escalation to the 2nd level support when necessary;
For pre-sales customers this will involve referring customers to local resellers / creating web orders, once customer’s specific needs have been identified. Identifying opportunities and escalating to the correct APC contact. Advising customers on the correct solution for their requirements;
Logging customer details and problem description for all Customers. Escalating cases to the technical support engineers for advanced troubleshooting and resolution;
Take complete ownership of all Customers issues until resolution and ensure timely follow up on all commitments;
Respond to requests on product pricing and features;
Follow up on leads generated from marketing activities. Identify opportunities from the leads and enter opportunity into InTouch for follow up by sales;
Provide language support to escalation teams where necessary.

Great benefits, amazing work environment, helpful and super nice team!

If you feel this is the right first (or second :) ) step for your career, I'd be very glad to be able to help you succeed!:)

Note: Only eligible candidates will be contacted in a maximum of 2 weeks.