Customer Service Agent (Pet Nutrition)

Black Pen Recruitment; Wes-Kaap; Vor Ort; ZAR 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Black Pen Recruitment's client is a leading European provider of premium natural pet nutrition, seeking a Customer Service Agent in Cape Town to be the voice of the brands for pet owners, trade customers and marketplace buyers.

You will resolve queries across email, chat, social and phone, process B2B orders for the client shop, manage subscriptions and reach customers who abandoned their basket to help complete orders.

Qualifikationen

• 1+ years in customer service, ideally in e-commerce or retail
• Experience with a helpdesk tool; Gorgias advantageous
• Familiarity with Shopify orders and draft orders is advantageous
• Experience with Klaviyo or Amazon Seller Central is a plus
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Able to work across multiple brands and channels with care and accuracy

Aufgaben

• Respond to customer contacts in Gorgias across email, chat, social and phone within SLAs
• Resolve order queries and refunds within authority limits
• Advise on products and transitions using the knowledge base
• Tag, categorize and document every contact for reliable reporting
• Escalate complex complaints to Team Lead with a clear summary
• Process trade and stockist orders as Shopify draft orders
• Contact customers to recover abandoned carts and upsell/cross-sell
• Manage subscriptions and respond to cancellation requests
• Answer Amazon Buyer messages within marketplace requirements
• Spot recurring issues and suggest macro and process improvements

Kenntnisse

Customer obsession

Excellent English

Outgoing communication

Attention to detail

Organised

Sales mindset

Tools

Gorgias

Shopify (draft orders)

Klaviyo

Amazon Seller Central

Jobbeschreibung

Our client is a leading European provider of premium natural pet nutrition, focused on supporting pet health and wellbeing through high-quality, minimally processed food. The business offers a broad range of fresh and gently cooked meals, functional snacks, and supplements, combining quality ingredients with nutritional expertise to deliver healthy and nutritious solutions for pets.

Role overview

As Customer Service Agent you will be the voice of our brands for pet owners, trade customers and marketplace buyers. You'll resolve queries across email, chat, social and phone, process B2B orders for our client's shop, manage subscriptions, and contact customers who abandoned their basket to help them complete their order. You'll work across multiple brands, switching tone of voice as needed, and use AI tools every day to work faster and more accurately. This role is central to keeping customers happy, loyal and coming back.

Our client's approach to AI

Every role in this team is expected to use AI as a daily working tool - not occasionally, not reluctantly, and not because someone else will upskill them. AI proficiency in your own domain is a baseline expectation, not a differentiator.

The "AI in this role" section below sets out the specific tools and use cases relevant to this function. These are not aspirational - they reflect how the role is designed to operate from day one.

Job Type: Full Time/Permanent

Location: Cape Town

Workplace: Onsite

Focus areas: Customer support, Outbound sales, B2B order processing, Subscriptions, Marketplace

Reports to: Team Lead Customer Service

Requirements

• 1+ years in customer service, ideally in e-commerce, D2C, retail or a contact centre
• Experience with a helpdesk tool; Gorgias experience is advantageous
• Familiarity with Shopify orders and draft orders is advantageous
• Experience with Klaviyo or Amazon Seller Central is a plus
• Experience with outbound calling, telesales or sales targets is a plus
• Excellent written and spoken English
• What we're looking for
• Customer obsessed - genuinely enjoys helping people and solving problems
• A clear, warm communicator in writing and on the phone
• Confident with outbound calls and comfortable working towards sales targets
• Detail-oriented - accurate with orders, refunds and records
• Organised - manages a busy queue and switches between brands and channels without losing quality
• Interested in pets and natural pet nutrition
• Uses AI as a daily working tool - willing to learn and apply new tools

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer contacts in Gorgias across email, chat, social and phone within agreed SLAs
• Resolve order queries - delivery status, missing or damaged items, returns, refunds and replacements - within your authority limits
• Give accurate advice on products, feeding and transitioning, using the product knowledge base and escalating specialist questions
• Tag, categorise and document every contact accurately so reporting and insight are reliable
• Escalate complex complaints and exceptions to the Team Lead with a clear summary

B2B order processing

• Process trade and stockist orders received by email or phone as Shopify draft orders - checking products, pricing, quantities and delivery details
• Respond to trade customers on order status, stock availability and delivery timings
• Flag stock, pricing or account issues to the Team Lead and relevant teams

Outbound sales

• Contact customers who abandoned their cart by phone, email or SMS and help them complete their purchase
• Run win-back and upsell/cross-sell contacts following agreed scripts and offers
• Log every outbound contact and conversion accurately in the sales tracker
• Work towards individual targets for conversion rate and recovered revenue

Subscriptions & retention

• Manage subscription changes - frequency, products, delivery dates, pauses and payment failures
• Handle cancellation requests using the save playbook; record the reason for every cancellation
• Follow up on reviews and feedback, and respond to negative reviews in line with guidelines

Marketplace CS

• Answer Amazon Seller Central buyer messages within Amazon's response-time requirements
• Follow marketplace policies to protect account health

Feedback & improvement

• Spot recurring issues and share them with the Team Lead
• Suggest new macros, FAQ articles and process improvements based on what customers ask

AI in this role

• Use AI daily to draft, personalise and check replies - review and edit every AI draft before sending
• Use AI to summarise long ticket histories and customer profiles before responding
• Use AI suggested replies and macros in Gorgias to speed up high-volume contacts
• Use AI to prepare outbound call notes and personalise abandoned-cart and win-back messages
• Flag where AI answers are wrong or off-brand so the setup keeps improving
• Stay current with AI tools relevant to customer service and apply them proactively