Broker Service Consultant (French/German Speaking)

Office Angels are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of one of our key clients, who due to continued growth are expanding their team.

We are seeking Broker Service Consultants with either French and/or German language skills to work for a global, marketing leading health insurance company based in central Brighton.

About your new role:

You will provide a dedicated and comprehensive service to the organisation's global Intermediary network. Aid the business to maintain and grow their customer base with a pro-active approach to providing excellent customer service via the management of portfolios.

Customer contact will be across all communication channels - phone, email, web chat and letter. This is a diverse and skilled customer facing role where you will be responsible for resolving all customer queries to the customer's complete satisfaction without the need to refer the customer on. This will include resolving complex and challenging situations from Intermediaries.

Your performance will be a key contribution to the department achieving all targets for quality, productivity, compliance and regulation. You will be a customer service champion, putting the customer at the centre of everything you do and putting forward ideas for the continual improvement of the customer experience

Deliver the highest level of customer service to include taking ownership of day-to-day client account issues and liaising with the appropriate areas of the business to resolve within agreed service levels.

Your main responsibilities:

To proactively manage a portfolio of global Intermediary network schemes; retaining, maintaining and expanding business in line with agreed targets. To provide a dedicated and comprehensive service to these customers, acting as the primary point of contact for intermediaries within their portfolio and deliver the highest level of customer care
Establish and develop effective relationships by managing a regional portfolio of business customers
Take responsibility for ensuring that the computer records reflect up to date communications with the intermdiary so that enquiries can be dealt with quickly and efficiently
Take ownership and seek to resolve queries from business customers via letter, fax, e-mails, telephone calls, and face to face contact
Participate in client visits, and potential client visits, in order to promote the service the team provides
Provide necessary support to clients, training them when needed in issues such as explaining documentation, use of web-sites and claiming processes
Investigation of issues, recognising trends of issues and where other processes are going wrong - being proactive in recommending solutions
Make sure the groups are paid up-to-date and follow the relevant process if this is not the case
Calculate group billing or commissions required
Pro-actively encourage and promote the use of company websites About you:

As this role will be involved in PSI system migration work, fluency in either French or German is an essential requirement
Background in the global health insurance market, or relevant transferable skills and knowledge from other financial services industries such as Life Insurance, Retail, Commercial or Investment Banking and Wealth Management.
Previous experience of a complex and multi skilled customer facing roles within a contact centre setting.
A track record of achieving and exceeding productivity and quality targets
Highly customer focussed
Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills are required with emphasis on achieving results and successful outcomes.
Comprehensive product knowledge both within Bupa Global and for key competitors
Good organisational, planning and time management skills
Good written communication, a high level of assertiveness and an excellent telephone manner
Self-motivated, articulate and numerate
Ability to deal with people at all levels of the organisation - both within the organisation and externally
To have a good geographical knowledge, an understanding of differing cultural drivers and an appreciation of differing time zones
Excellent PC skills are essential including Word, Excel and PowerPoint Salary Up to £26,000 p/a + excellent benefits

Based in modern offices in central Brighton, close to the train station

Working Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

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