Customer Support Specialist (German Speaking)

RoomRaccoon Hotel Tech; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A global hotel tech company is seeking a Customer Support Consultant based in Cape Town. This role requires fluency in German and English and at least 2 years of experience in customer service or technical support. Responsibilities include providing exceptional support to hoteliers, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Benefits include Free Food Fridays, annual hotel experiences, and more. Join a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing customer engagement and retention.

Benefits

Free Food Fridays

Mac Environment

Incentive Based Commission

Formal Training Budget

Annual Hotel Experience

Equity

Birthday & Christmas Vouchers

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in a service-oriented, technical or customer support role.
• Technical proficiency in working on different systems (training will be provided).

Responsibilities

• Support hoteliers by providing professional, personalized responses to their queries.
• Deliver world class customer experience by being responsive to hoteliers' needs.
• Meet daily & weekly engagement metrics to achieve customer satisfaction.

Skills

Fluency in German

Fluency in English

Customer focused

Active Listening

Problem Solving

Empathy

Resilience

Job description

RoomRaccoon

RoomRaccoon was founded by Nadja Buckenberger and Tymen Van Dyl in 2017 with a mission to redefine hotel operations through our all-in-one hotel management system.

Our diverse team of 110 professionals, spread across 5 offices worldwide, serves 2000+ clients across Europe, USA and Africa.

Title: Customer Support Consultant / Customer Care Consultant

Type: On-site

Terms: Full-time

Language: German

Location: Only considering applications-based in Portugal (Lisbon) or South Africa (Cape Town).

Your North Star

Customer Support plays a crucial role in our business by providing high-quality assistance and resolving client queries through excellent communication skills. This ensures a positive and productive experience with our product, leading to increased client satisfaction and retention.

As a Customer Care Consultant, you will need the ability to quickly identify issues and troubleshoot problems, all while showing empathy and patience throughout the process to address client needs effectively.

You will join a global team of customer service representatives and will be responsible for taking care of our Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxenberg) clients.

Day in the life of the Customer Support Consultant

Customer Support

• Support hoteliers by providing professional, personalized responses to their queries via email, phone, and online discussion forums.
• Deliver world class customer experience by listening to hoteliers and being responsive to their needs as well as going the extra mile to pre-empt future needs.
• Assess queries and, where necessary, elevate to internal teams via pre-defined processes and channels and follow up to ensure resolution.
• Meet daily & weekly engagement metrics with a goal to achieve set targets for customer satisfaction and retention.

Retention and Service Recovery

• Working closely with our Implementations Team to ensure a seamless transition of client accounts to support.
• Acknowledge hotelier dissatisfaction and demonstrate extreme care when engaging with them with a goal to retain dissatisfied customers and turn them into promoters.
• Retain hoteliers by understanding the situations and behaviors that indicate they want to stop using RoomRaccoon and work with internal teams to prioritize resolving their issues.

Requirements

Key skills:

• Non-negotiable: Fluency in German and English
• Has 2+ years' experience in a service-oriented, technical or customer support role
• Technical proficiency in working on different systems (training will be provided)

Beneficial skills:

• Hotel (front desk/reservations) / and or hospitality experience

How to be successful as the Customer Support Consultant

• Problem Solving
• Customer focused
• Active Listening
• Empathy
• Resilience

Benefits

Perks:

• Free Food Fridays
• Mac Environment
• Incentive Based Commission
• Formal Training Budget
• Annual Hotel Experience
• Equity
• Birthday & Christmas Vouchers