The Remote Bilingual (French/English) Customer Service Representative is a passionate customer care professional responsible for providing an exceptional customer experience for our clients' customers via phone, email, SMS, chat, and Social Media. The Bilingual Customer Service Representative handles all aspects of service including order placement,?returns and replacements, product inquiries and education, recommendations, troubleshooting and managing escalated issues for one or more brands. The Bilingual Customer Service Representative utilizes a variety of resources and tools to assist customers in a courteous and professional manner that aligns with our clients’ brand standards.
The Bilingual Customer Service Representative is a valuable part of a diverse team and is an empathetic, creative, action-oriented, and flexible problem-solver. The Representative is empowered to make decisions and take ownership of customer interactions, providing an elevated customer experience.
*** Remote Full-time and Part-time openings available. ***
What You’ll Do
- With a high level of expertise, positive energy, and a can-do spirit, represent a diverse lineup of products and brands committed to customer service excellence
- Handle customer requests and interactions on behalf of VIPdesk Connect clients via phone, chat, SMS, email, and Social Media, with phone as the primary focus and channel
- Answer questions about orders and requests, account status, products, and services, as well as provide website navigation and troubleshooting assistance high-quality customer service guidelines and policies
- Take ownership of issues and follow through to solve problems while exercising sound judgment and achieving a resolution exceeding customer expectations
- Monitor and report emerging customer trends and recommend process improvements
- Attend training and meetings to stay up to date with new products, services, processes, and policies
- Meet performance metrics including Customer satisfaction (CSAT), average handle time, quality, and productivity
- Demonstrate social responsibility through ethical practices, showing awareness and respect for others and their differences, and supporting various initiatives to help promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Job Requirements
- 1+ years of demonstrated experience and success in Customer Service
- Bilingual Proficiency Required: Must possess fluent written and spoken skills in both English and French
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Polite, friendly, and courteous demeanor
- Respectful, flexible, and open-minded when dealing with a wide range of people
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- Expertise in asking effective, probing questions, applying listening techniques to identify customer needs, and guiding conversations to resolve customer requests
- Able to provide sound recommendations and process improvement ideas based on ongoing customer support issues
- Excited to learn and grow; open and accepting of coaching and feedback
- Technically proficient and motivated to learn new skills
- Responds positively to change, embracing and using new learning to accomplish complex challenges
- Adaptable, self-motivated, and disciplined to work independently and exhibit ownership in a performance-based team environment
- Detail-oriented with a focus on meeting Quality Core Standards and goals
- Able to accurately document customer interaction details with limited errors
- Able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check and employment reference check where permissible by state and local regulations
- Ability and stamina for clear and engaging extended phone conversation for the duration of a scheduled shift
- Due to the home-based nature of this job, the Customer Service Representative is required to have a home-office environment that is ergonomically sound and conducive to taking customer calls, internet connection, a wired USB headset, router, modem, webcam, and a computer system that meets VIPdesk Connect policies and maintenance requirements, including system upgrades as applicable
- Currently reside in AR, AZ, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, NC, NM, NV, OH, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, or WI
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a fast-paced call center environment
- Experience working with a customer service ticketing system (e.g., Zendesk, Talkdesk, etc.)
- Previous remote work experience
Compensation and Benefits
- The compensation for Level 1, Bilingual Customer Service Representative is $18.00 per hour
- VIPdesk Connect offers comprehensive benefits, which include health insurance, life & AD&D insurance, paid time off, flexible spending accounts, and access to other benefit programs. Eligibility for VIPdesk Connect Benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable VIPdesk Connect Benefits plan at a person’s date of hire.
Our next training class is scheduled to begin on or about May 6, 2024. New team members will attend training remotely via web cameras from secure, noise-free, distraction-free home offices that meet our requirements.
Who We Are
At VIPdesk Connect, we believe brand loyalty is earned with every customer interaction. Each experience is an opportunity to reinforce a customer’s love for a brand. And no matter how leading-edge our technology is, it will never replace the power of the one-to-one connection. It’s why we have built a culture that cares. It is why our team knows how to connect with customers, human to human. We believe in creating a supportive workplace where we listen to one another, feel comfortable sharing ideas, and work together to achieve our goals. Our positive energy leads to team member innovation, creativity, and above all, happiness.
VIPdesk Connect is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that our team members invest in their work represent a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and the company’s achievement. We embrace and maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in all employment practices and decisions, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
VIPdesk Connect, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, M/F/D/V
