Chat Customer Service Specialist

Chat Customer Service Specialist

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Responsibilities

  • Engage with customers through online chat and messaging platforms, responding to inquiries, providing information, offering assistance & provide a comprehensive resolution to the complaints/queries.
  • Assist customers in navigating our products or services, addressing their questions, concerns, and technical issues.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve customer problems, escalating complex issues to higher levels of support when necessary.
  • Maintain a high level of professionalism and customer service etiquette in all interactions.
  • Document customer interactions, including the nature of inquiries, solutions provided, and any follow-up actions.
  • Balances NPS & RSAT to ensure positive customer experience while managing/minimizing operating losses.
  • Analyzes risk areas and identifies solutions to meet customer's needs.
  • Demonstrates ideal service attitude for all customers, liaises with different departments and also performs account level system maintenances while resolving customers queries.
  • Undertakes other assignments/projects as given by the Team Lead/Manager.
  • Ensures productive output as required in unit plan.
  • Collaborate with team members and other departments to ensure consistent and effective customer support.
  • Meet or exceed performance targets, including response time, customer satisfaction scores, GOS, AHT, Online rate, Availability, Quality, regulations, and chat volume goals.

Required Experience

  • 3-5 years of customer service experience, handling real-time customers in an international process (US & UK).
  • Should have worked in a high-pressure environment dealing with irate customers & should be able to de-escalate, handle the situation & provide resolution to the customer with the best CX scores.
  • Should have worked on Customer service teams with complete hands-on handling real-time customers in an international process.

Required Skills

  • Should possess excellent written communication skills with service attitude.
  • Should possess good analytical & problem-solving skills.
  • Should be able to multi-task – handling more than 4-5 customers all through the day.
  • Excellent written communication skills with service attitude (30 WPM – typing speed: 90% accuracy).
  • Good verbal and written communication skills with proficiency in grammar spelling & punctuation.
  • Strong problem-solving skills. Keen eye for detail.
  • Influencing skills and willingness to resolve customer queries satisfactorily.
  • Keen observation skills and the ability to function in a fast-paced environment where standards of quality and timeliness are established.
  • Must possess procedure-driven judgment in order to find the best solution to an issue.
  • Sound Communication skills with service attitude.
  • Attitude to Learning, Self-discipline & willingness to take initiative.
  • Must be goal oriented, highly motivated, Self-driven & result oriented.
  • Applies professional attitude and image for all internal and external customers.

Required Knowledge

  • Should possess basic banking knowledge on credit cards & retail bank.
  • Should have exposure to CX metrics – Customer Service metrics like FCR, Rep-SAT, NPS, CSAT etc.
  • Stay updated on product knowledge and company policies to provide accurate and up-to-date information to customers.

Shift Requirements

  • Night shifts/graveyard shifts with a 5-day work week (with weekdays offs).
  • Mandatory rotation once in 4 months within night shifts/graveyard shift.

EEO Statement

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