Customer Service Agent German Speaking Freelance

**Remote job. Start on August 1st.**

Looking for a varied remote agent role within an innovative global business? Able to speak German? Then we’re looking for you A digital customer care company in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is seeking individuals with a high level of proficiency in German for the position of Customer Service Agent.

**Our story (the short version)**

Since our creation in 2014, we’ve grown from a small attic business to become a global contact center company. We have contact agents based in 10+ countries and deal with 15,000+ customer interactions a month. Operating in a growing industry, excellent quality is a key ingredient in making us the first choice for outsourcing multilingual customer service. That’s where you come in.

**What do we do?**

**Why the Agent is so important**

**About the work**

**Flexibility**

You work online when visitors visit the websites of our clients. This can be during the day, but also in the evenings and on weekends. Our working hours are from Monday to Sunday, from 7 am to midnight Amsterdam time. You work at least 30 hours a week. Flexibility and working online (especially at home) are the real benefits of this position. You must be able to work during office hours for the first weeks because of the paid training and the induction period. This is a long-term job, so you must be available for at least 12 months. This job is ideal for recent graduates and starters, but is also ideal for intelligent students, mothers with a commercial inclination, communicative home dads, and enthusiastic people over 50

**Your duties and responsibilities**
- Be responsible for the care of our German-speaking customers, resolving issues, answering questions, and listening to their feedback.
- Work under the direction of a team leader to deliver results in customer service
- Serve small and large companies based on complexity and service level
- Deliver excellent customer service through different means of communication

On a daily basis you will work with:

- Communicating with a range of customers - answering questions and generating leads
- E-mailing leads and escalations to clients, and processing refunds and returns in their ecommerce systems

**Here is our offer**

Here at Digital Customer Care Company, we offer our colleagues the chance to develop and grow alongside top talent in one of the world’s leading contact centers in Europe. By providing a creative, dynamic, and innovative environment, we empower our people and give them the tools and culture for success.

Your skills and these great rewards belong together:

- The chance to be part of a fast-growing, digital-first, remote-only company with a friendly feel
- Work from anywhere in the world
- Contribution to your electricity, internet, and telephone expenses
- Your own computer with two large screens (delivered to your home)
- The opportunity to develop your skills and experience
- Great team and company events
- You will receive extensive training and further support on the job from experienced Agents and Team Leaders. We also offer ample opportunities to work on your own development and growth. We like to invest in talent that wants to perform and develop further (for example, to a team leader, customer success manager, or marketeer)
- The opportunity to gain a lot of knowledge and experience at a wide variety of companies.
- Good earnings of 16-20 euros gross per hour worked, depending on your work experience
- Annual bonus based on company performance.
- An international work environment with a whole lot of fun thrown in

**Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging**
No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Digital Customer Care Company. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

**Your knowledge and skills**

We are proud of our Agents because they are excellent, modern, and versatile cloud workers. They have the following skills:

- ** Excellent spelling and grammar of the German language at least C1 level (we will test this)**
- Strong interpersonal skills and a passion for consistently providing a great customer experience.
- A customer-centric approach: you turn towards customers with empathy and are understanding of their problems.
- Great listening skills: you can turn customers' feedback into product improvement suggestions.
- Adaptability: You are open to learning new things and are comfortable with being in an environment where a lot of experimenting takes place.
- Eagerness to develop: you're receptive to constructive feedback and you are keen to advance your skills.
- ** More than 300 keystrokes per minute, touch typing with a precision of at least 95%**
- Can multi-task very well, you’ll regularly conduct multiple chats simultaneously
- Proven track record of excellent atten