Customer Relation Specialist

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and through their work can make an impact on our industry. Were here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

We are seeking a passionate and customer-focused bi-lingual German & English speaking Customer Relation Specialist to join our dynamic Client Services team. The ideal candidate will excel at building and transforming customer relationships converting detractors into promoters of our business through exceptional communication empathetic engagement and proactive expectation management. You will be the voice of our business ensuring every customer interaction leaves them feeling heard valued and confident in our commitment to their success.

What Youll Do

• Champion the conversion of dissatisfied customers into loyal promoters through exceptional service recovery both over phone and email building genuine trust through empathetic transparent communication
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers ensuring consistent professional and relationship-focused engagement throughout the resolution process
• Set realistic customer expectations from the outset and communicate resolutions with quality and clarity particularly when outcomes differ from customer hopes
• Explain complex situations and deliver challenging news in ways that leave customers satisfied respected and confident in the business
• Maintain consistently high standards of communication accuracy and professionalism within established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) across phone and email interactions
• Monitor cases and ensure timely follow-up with suppliers and internal teams supporting Account Managers by resolving client queries promptly and professionally
• Proactively handle escalations and disputes with precision empathy and professionalism
• Liaise with internal departments external providers and investigation and resolution teams to coordinate resolution efforts translate findings into clear customer-friendly explanations and keep customers informed throughout
• Monitor customer interactions to identify best practices share insights with the team and provide feedback on customer needs and communication preferences

We look forward to sharing more detailed job functions and key performance indicators during the interview process.

What Were Looking For

• Proven experience in business travel customer service or incident resolution
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to communicate difficult messages effectively and empathetically
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building skills with ability to connect authentically with customers
• Strong ability to listen actively understand customer needs and translate those needs across internal teams
• Fluent written and spoken German and excellent level of English (required)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Ability to turn customer dissatisfaction into loyalty and advocacy
• Amadeus GDS experience

This role caters to European market shift starting either from 11:30 AM - 8:30 PM / 12:30 PM - 9:30 PM basis daylight saving. This role may require flexibility.

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Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans retirement programs parental leave adoption assistance and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you with access to over 20000 courses on our learning platform leadership courses and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups centered around common identities or initiatives to discuss challenges obstacles achievements and drive company awareness and action.

• And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age sex gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender) pregnancy (and related medical conditions) race color citizenship religion disability or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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