German Customer Advisor for a Global Consulting Leader - Porto, Portugal

Come and work with us.

Do you want to work with a company that believes in building brighter futures?

Are you German native or fluent with strong English communication skills? 

Looking to make your career in a multicultural environment in the happy and historic city of Porto? 

So we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Our client is a global consulting leader helping clients around the world redefine the world of work, reshape retirement and investment outcomes, and unlock real health and well-being for their people.

As a customer service specialist in this project, your daily responsibilities will include:

• Comply with the company’s policies and procedures to meet statutory, quality and business requirements within the overall strategy and objectives.


• Customer relationship management and digitized processing of customer contacts, focused on health insurance.


• Answer inbound calls and written communication within guidelines/goals established by the client and contact center management


• Be a first point of contact to handle and resolve cases from policyholders (under group and/or individual contracts) such as  requests for information on contributions, reimbursements and calculations of complementary reimbursements to Social Security, upgrading and/or downgrading, affiliation or deletion of beneficiaries, rights and benefits


• Complete daily tasks as allocated in an efficient and timely manner


• Maintain accuracy and security of customer information on the database


• Identify and escalate issues appropriately


• Compose thoughtful and accurate messages or customize prepared responses to customer emails


• Research information and solve problems using available resources


• Monitor and control numerous concurrent tasks in tandem


• Proactively and independently work to meet targets and goals

To succeed in the role, you will need to have:

• Native or proficient level of German (C2) (mandatory)


• Advanced level of English (at least C1) both verbal and written (mandatory)


• Previous experience in customer services and/or banking/insurance is an asset.


• Computer literate


• Pedagogy, active listening, personalized follow-up of insured files 


• Ability to read, understand and explain guarantees 


• Ability to calculate and/or explain reimbursement calculations


• Customer-oriented, willingness to provide personalized care 


• Genuine, unfeigned empathy (human situations and tragic contexts to be taken into account) 


• Method, rigor, patience, organization, autonomy, involvement


• Ability to keep calm and clear-headed in critical situations


• Ability to demonstrate confidence when imparting information or dealing with troubled callers


• People-oriented, value-added interpersonal skills


• Strong analytical and empathic skills 


• Logic and mathematical calculations (arithmetic/percentage) 


• Experience with policy work, or help resource project management


• Life experience to apply to managing situations


• Early adopter of technology


• Ability to put callers at ease


• Makes the customers feel confident that their needs are being met


• Dependable, reliable and able to perform duties with minimum supervision


• Ability to interact positively with peers and supervisors


• Must hold EU citizenship or valid work permit for Portugal


• Be a local candidate or willing to relocate to Porto, Portugal (work on site)

Benefits.

• Signing bonus


• Relocation package


• Competitive wages


• Paid professional training


• Employee discounts


• Private healthcare & dental insurance (after six months of employment)


• Growth opportunities through various development programs


• Fun and engaging company-wide initiatives, including our EverBetter wellness program


• Job stability


• Life-long skills and experience


• Excellent work culture

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