Manager, Customer Success (Fluent in German) (1 Year Contract)

Assent Compliance; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading sustainability solutions provider is looking for a Manager of Customer Success fluent in German and English to oversee a team responsible for customer delivery and satisfaction. This role offers an inclusive work culture with a hybrid remote-first model, focusing on strategic leadership and operational excellence. Ideal candidates should have 5-8 years of relevant experience and a passion for developing others.

Leistungen

Vacation time that increases with tenure

Comprehensive benefits packages

Corporate bonus program

Professional development days

Volunteer days

Qualifikationen

• 5-8 years of experience in a customer success role or similar.
• Minimum of two years experience mentoring or leading teams.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

Aufgaben

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the Customer Success team.
• Manage the transition of customer accounts to optimize satisfaction.
• Provide leadership and feedback to Customer Success Managers.

Kenntnisse

Fluency in English and German

Experience in customer success management

Team mentoring and leadership

Strategic and business-minded thinking

Excellent time management skills

Jobbeschreibung

Position

Manager of Customer Success (Fluent in German)

Contract: 1-Year (with the possibility of extension)

Overview

Assent is the leading solution for supply chain sustainability tailored for the world’s top-tier, sustainability-driven manufacturers. The company describes its growth, funding, and global offices, and notes a hybrid remote-first work model with optional in-person days for specific regions.

Hybrid Work Model: a remote-first model with occasional in-person opportunities. For team members near the five global offices (Ottawa, Eldoret, Penang, Columbus, Amsterdam), in-office presence is expected one day per week; near Nairobi and Toronto, onsite once a month.

Position Summary

The Manager of Customer Success oversees a multifaceted team of Customer Success Managers (CSMs), responsible for ensuring strong customer delivery outcomes resulting from successfully managed projects and initiatives within Assent’s Customer Experience department. This role requires a strategic leader who can merge the responsibilities of promoting an excellent customer engagement experience while managing day-to-day operations, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and service orientation.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Customer Success team, including recruiting, coaching, mentoring, and engaging CSMs to raise the bar for customer success and satisfaction.
• Anticipate, plan, and manage the transition of customer accounts between CSMs to optimize satisfaction and workloads.
• Review and develop CSMs through performance management and training initiatives, providing leadership knowledge and guidance to colleagues in the Customer Success department.
• Promote and maintain a congenial, productive, collaborative, and service-oriented work culture within the Customer Success team.
• Guide the team to successfully collaborate with Assent’s remote international workforce to facilitate productivity and effectiveness.
• Partner with members of the assigned account team to support customer escalations and ensure timely resolution.
• Establish clear goals and targets for the Customer Success team aligned with the company's overall objectives, including customer retention, satisfaction, upselling, and cross-selling.
• Provide timely and valuable feedback and recommendations to the Senior Managers, Senior Director and/or the VP of Customer Success on the requirements and needs of the function to meet objectives.
• Track and report on important business KPIs to monitor team performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Advocate and cooperate with all internal groups to ensure alignment on special projects and execution, driving continuous improvement and efficiency within the Customer Success groups.
• Stay current with regulatory updates to best support the team and customers, ensuring compliance with relevant standards.
• Collaborate with Supplier Success, Sales, and Data management on process improvements and shared team goals to enhance customer value and delivery.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

We strongly value your talent, energy and passion. It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualifications:

• Fluency in English and German
• 5-8 years of experience in a customer success management, consulting, or project management role
• A minimum of two years experience mentoring and/or leading teams, with a passion for developing others
• Strategic and business-minded – you are a critical and creative thinker and suggest, implement, and support efficient and effective operations driving Assent towards continuous improvement
• You are a strong team player, are always willing to lend a helping hand, and are motivated to contribute your expertise to a diverse pool of resources to support business goals
• Excellent time management and organizational skills - ability to effectively prioritize and execute on several asks for many different client accounts and internal stakeholders

Additional Information

At Assent, we are uniquely positioned to make meaningful, impactful changes in the world around us. If you believe in doing work that matters, we want you to join our team.

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact [e-mail] and we will be happy to help.