Customer Experience Agent
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
Would you like to be part of a value-driven commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day We have an opportunity for a Customer Experience Consultant to join our team in Cape Town South Africa.
WHAT WE OFFER:
When you join Maersk youll find that the world is your workplace. Youll work in a culturally diverse stimulating environment surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance respect dedication and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together.
Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness we strive to prepare for the future while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to our daily work Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring challenging place to work. At Maersk we take pride in hiring the best person for the job irrespective of gender age nationality or religious belief.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage the end-to-end shipment process for small/mid-sized customers (Essential Services Customers) in compliance with all company procedures.
- Ensure timely and effective resolution of customer issues by engaging relevant internal stakeholders.
- Handle a customer portfolio and perform financial situation follow-up as well as overall business customer business knowledge.
- Execute all assigned tasks efficiently and with a responsibility and open mindset for changes and adjustments.
- Respond promptly to daily emails and calls (external/internal) and provide excellent customer service.
- Coordinate ocean shipments and logistics while processing all needed work.
- Build strong relationships with all stakeholders including offshore GSC teams to deliver a positive customer experience and ensure a smooth execution of the end-to-end shipment life cycle.
- Work closely with customers and internal teams to ensure a smooth execution of the end-to-end shipment life cycle.
- Demonstrate problem-solving and critical thinking skills as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Energetic well-organized self-initiated and good coordination skills are a must.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Someone with:
3 to 5 years relevant experience in shipping clearing freight forwarding or logistics
Strong knowledge of supply chain operations and customer service excellence
Proven stakeholder management and communication capabilities
Analytical organized and digitally savvy
Able to operate under pressure and manage competing priorities
Execution-oriented with a cost-conscious mindset
Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race colour gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy or parental leave veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
About Company
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of the Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, serving 374 offices in 116 countries