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Customer Service & Sales Support Specialist

Somewhere

Fully Remote
Remote - South Africa
South Africa
US hours

Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Somewhere explicitly welcomes applicants based in South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

LOOKING FOR STELLAR TOP CANDIDATES

Position:Customer Service & Sales Support SpecialistWorking Hours:Full-Time│Mon - Fri 9:00 am - 6:00 pm EST(must be flexible in case needed)Search Location:Remote│South Africa│Latin America│PhilippinesSalary:Up to 1600 USD:The Final Salary Offer depends on the client’s decision, interview results,and experience

About the Client:

Our client is seeking to strengthen its customer service and sales support operations with a dependable professional who can manage customer communication, sales follow-up, order coordination, and day-to-day administrative support. The role works closely with company leadership and the sales, purchasing, and operations teams to ensure customers receive responsive service, orders progress smoothly, and active sales opportunities receive consistent follow-up.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Customer Service & Sales Support Specialist to provide a combination of customer-facing service, sales coordination, order management, and administrative support. This individual will serve as an important point of contact for customers, responding to inquiries by phone and email, providing order and account information, monitoring active orders, following up on quotes and leads, and helping resolve customer or service-related issues.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, professional, and proactive with follow-up. They should be equally comfortable delivering excellent customer service and supporting active sales opportunities to ensure prospective and existing customers receive timely attention.

Role Responsibilities:
* Customer ServiceRespond promptly and professionally to customer inquiries by phone and email.Serve as a reliable point of contact for customer questions, service needs, and account-related matters.Provide accurate information regarding products, services, orders, and customer accounts.Assist with resolving order, service, and account issues.Investigate customer concerns and coordinate internally to determine appropriate resolutions.Follow up when issues require additional research or input from other departments.Maintain a professional, helpful, and customer-focused approach across all interactions.
* Respond promptly and professionally to customer inquiries by phone and email.
* Serve as a reliable point of contact for customer questions, service needs, and account-related matters.
* Provide accurate information regarding products, services, orders, and customer accounts.
* Assist with resolving order, service, and account issues.
* Investigate customer concerns and coordinate internally to determine appropriate resolutions.
* Follow up when issues require additional research or input from other departments.
* Maintain a professional, helpful, and customer-focused approach across all interactions.
* Sales Support & Follow-UpFollow up consistently on quotes, leads, and active sales opportunities.Maintain communication with prospective and existing customers to keep opportunities moving.Help prevent qualified opportunities from becoming inactive due to missed or inconsistent follow-up.Gather customer and opportunity information and coordinate appropriate next steps.Support company leadership and sales team members with customer-related activities.Maintain accurate notes regarding customer conversations, follow-ups, and sales activity.Identify opportunities requiring additional attention from the appropriate sales team member.
* Follow up consistently on quotes, leads, and active sales opportunities.
* Maintain communication with prospective and existing customers to keep opportunities moving.
* Help prevent qualified opportunities from becoming inactive due to missed or inconsistent follow-up.
* Gather customer and opportunity information and coordinate appropriate next steps.
* Support company leadership and sales team members with customer-related activities.
* Maintain accurate notes regarding customer conversations, follow-ups, and sales activity.
* Identify opportunities requiring additional attention from the appropriate sales team member.
* Order ManagementEnter customer orders accurately into the appropriate systems.Monitor active orders and track progress through the required stages.Verify customer and order information for accuracy and completeness.Communicate relevant order updates to customers.Identify potential order issues and coordinate with internal teams to resolve them.Follow orders through completion to help ensure customer expectations are met.Maintain organized records of order activity, outstanding items, and required follow-ups.
* Enter customer orders accurately into the appropriate systems.
* Monitor active orders and track progress through the required stages.
* Verify customer and order information for accuracy and completeness.
* Communicate relevant order updates to customers.
* Identify potential order issues and coordinate with internal teams to resolve them.
* Follow orders through completion to help ensu

Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Somewhere

Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 1632 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →