Customer Communications Officer in UK

Location: UK

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: Marcura

Date Advertised: 2024-09-01

Marcura is led by the two visionary entrepreneurs who founded the company 22 years ago.

Their original mission, which we uphold today, is to streamline digital processes in the globally impacting shipping industry.

We do this by putting our customers first.



We are looking for a Customer Communications Officer



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SOME OF THE MARCURA BENEFITS


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Here are some of the benefits you can look forward to when you join us:



  • highly competitive salary and bonus
  • extensive and inclusive onboarding process: you’ll be up and running in no time
  • flexibility: we encourage a healthy work-life balance supported by our Marcura Wellness Zone
  • employment locally, but in a global and ambitious organisation
  • modern performance management framework: you are supported monthly to achieve your best possible potential
  • great working culture


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CAREERS AT MARCURA


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We’re an established, successful, diverse and energetic company with 8 maritime solutions.



GLOBAL AND GROWING


Our 650+ customers are based in 53 countries.


Our 980+ strong team globally.


We’re actively developing new products and new product features, and we are targeting continued and significant growth in 2024.



So far, we’ve done a pretty good job with significant growth and market-leading products.

But we’re even more ambitious now than ever.

With big future growth plans we have vacancies for some new teammates with big talents and expertise.



In short: We’ve got big plans.



MARCURA HAS ALL THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES:



  • Marcura is well-established with existing leadership, customer service and sales teams.
  • an excellent reputation
  • an innovative product set, plus an exciting road map of future enhancements in 2024 and beyond
  • a large addressable market
  • the backing of an energetic, great team


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THE ROLE – CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER


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We are looking for a Customer Communications Officer



DA-Desk process Disbursement Accounts on behalf of many vessel Operators globally, our role in the processing team is to make the job of the Vessel Operator as efficient as possible.

We ensure the accuracy of Disbursement Accounts, and we provide insight into costs which Operators would not normally have.

Part of this function is the correct and efficient communication with stakeholders in the life cycle of a DA.



In this role, here are the expectations from you:



  1. To communicate in a clear and concise manner to Customers through online chat support and RT Ticketing system within SLAs
  2. To conduct investigations into complex queries resulting in appropriate recommendations / actions back to Customers
  3. Escalate Customer complaints to the Sector Manager as appropriate
  4. To ensure the PDA is submitted with accuracy and with justification of costs
  5. To ensure all costs on the FDA are accurate, justified and any cost deviation fully explained
  6. To use all tools available to process the DAs in the most efficient manner
  7. To provide feedback loop for process gaps / improvements

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ABOUT YOU


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MUST HAVE:



  • Bachelor’s degree or MBA
  • Minimum of 2 years experience in DAs
  • Minimum of 4 years experience in Shipping
  • Worked with vessel operations
  • Minimum of 2 years experience in a Customer Service type role
  • Have the ability to fully understand requirements in communication received from Customers
  • Good written skills with the ability to clearly and factually communicate back to Customers in a way that will ensure problem resolution and immediate customer satisfaction
  • Good analytical skills with the understand costs and events relating to a port call
  • Ability to assist other members of the team in the processing of DAs


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MARCURA AND THE BIGGER PICTURE


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We’ve already described how, like many global tech platforms, we continue to develop products which drive big increases in productivity and enhance the working lives of people in maritime.



We do this by automating (i.

e.

taking away from them) many repetitive, tedious, manual tasks.



Our products have other impacts of which we are very proud.



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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION


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We’re 100% committed to preserving our culture of inclusion and diversity.



We’re all different.

This makes us stronger as a company and helps to ensure we serve our diverse customers in the best possible way.

We’re committed to hiring the best people for the jobs we have.

And then making sure they’re happy and can prosper.



We’ve made good progress already on gender diversity, a particular issue in the shipping industry.



For more information go to the Marcura website and Marcura LinkedIn pages.



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