Commercial Customer Support with German

Short company description

Schneider Electric's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On.

Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency.

We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.

We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.

Recognized as the world’s most sustainable company in 2021 by Corporate Knights Global 100 Index

Requirements

• Education: High School or University studies in a technical field
• 2-3 years of experience are requested
• Fluent in English and German
• Previous experience in customer support or sales is desirable
• Previous experience in the electrical field is an advantage
• Ability to multi task (logging queries while speaking with customers)
• PC skills (Microsoft, Windows, ERPs)
• Capacity to learn basic technical concepts is essential
• Excellent interpersonal, communications and time management skills
• Ability to work on own initiative, but also as part of a team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required
• Flexible and having the ability to learn quickly
• Previous CRM experience an advantage

Responsibilities

Act as an entry point of contact and provide support to all customers in the assigned country: greetings, Log Interaction, Identification of Customer. 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 the company. Queries will include but are not limited to the following:
• Post sales – product return (RMA); order management, invoice, deliveries
• Provide basic technical support to customer and escalation of more technical queries
• Pre sales – Price and availability, giving a catalogue reference, order entry, quotations, opportunity identification, e-commerce, knowledge management
• Follow up on Leads generated from marketing activities Improve Customer Satisfaction by providing a high quality professional support to customers. Establish a strong and professional relationship with assigned accounts and contacts while assisting the relevant sales team to increase revenue and market share. Identify new business opportunities, define and quote product from customers’ requests, coordinating with relevant Quotation, Sales or Marketing contact for special prices. Communicate to relevant sales people.

Responsibilities:
• Provide 1st level general support pre-sales and post-sales, telephone, mail and electronic to customers and partners or assure a proper escalation to the 1st level technical support: price & availability, product selection, product substitution, answer question on catalog or on-line application, support on on-line self service tools
• Responsible for answering incoming telephone calls, e-mails, web based tickets and prioritizing customer’s support needs
• Order Management: enter, change, manage requests related to orders in cooperation with country representatives
• Provide support to the customers for commercial, technical and logistic returns product — Provide support to the customers for solving the logistic and commercial complaints
• Proactive information communication
• Complete documentation and follow up on all commitments and customer details
• Actively create/modify CRM and knowledge databases
• Collaborate with Marketing on new product launches
• Ongoing proactive research and learning about new products, technologies and applications
• Participate in the interaction centre’s continuous improvement process
• Liaise between customers, After-Sales and Marketing

Other info

What we offer:

• Competitive and rewarding salary package
• Monthly well-being workshops
• Hands on training and access to our technical labs
• Connection sessions with global management
• Exposure to a multicultural and dynamic environment
• Development Plan through Career path and coaching
• Cool site environment
• Employer with high focus on Sustainability
• Diversity and Inclusion - integral part of the company's history, culture and identity