Client Services Representative, Assistant - Johannesburg, South Africa - Gemological Institute of America

Description

Job Summary:
Manage client accounts; understand and contribute to overall workflow to complete services for assigned clients.


Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor client accounts to ensure services are completed in a timely manner
• Work directly with clients to handle queries, add/change services, arrange shipments, and provide report results, billing information and service information as necessary
• Escalate client concerns to the appropriate person who can help resolve production, scheduling, shipping or invoicing problems
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Complexity:

• Use judgement to select appropriate action from defined procedures/guidelines; seek help from experienced staff and/or management for troubleshooting nonroutine issues
• Understand that GIA reputation is impacted if clients receive inaccurate information/services

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

• Basic knowledge of MS Office ( Word, PowerPoint)
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office
• Excel is a requirement.
• Ability to learn and understand GIA proprietary systems (Spectrum, Searchlight, etc.)
• Ability to learn and understand key GIA people and their roles in production functions
• Ability to learn and understand functional department Standard Operating Procedures
• Familiarity with Lab production workflows
• Basic understanding of GIA policies and procedures
• Basic problemsolving skills: Understand when there is a problem and escalate as required; follow procedures to solve routine and often repetitive issues
• Communication skills: Sound communication skills to answer clients clearly; ability to understand and communicate information effectively in writing, by phone, or in person and ask for clarification when unclear
• Clientservice skills: Ability to help retain clients by handling client queries and complaints in a helpful and professional manner
• Interpersonal skills: Ability to create positive interactions with clients; client orientation and ability to adapt/respond to different types of situations and characters
• Patience: Should be patient and polite and have good amount of stress tolerance, especially when interacting with difficult or irate clients
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively
• Actively communicate with others in a timely & professional manner; maintain good working relationship with others and peers

Supervision / Autonomy / Authority:
Work under general supervision with instructions on day-to-day tasks

Education / Training / Experience Requirements:
Typically require Matric (Grade 12); 2+ years of related work experience (customer services). Post matric Customer Service qualification will be an added advantage. Intermediate Excel knowledge is a must.

Disclaimer:

This job description indicates in general terms, the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of employees in this classification and it may be changed by management at any time.

Other duties may also apply. Nothing in this job description changes the at-will employment relationship existing between the Company and its employees.