Position: Senior Bilingual (Mandarin) Sales & Service Specialist
Location: Farmers Branch, TX (on-site)
Reporting to: Operations Manager
Compensation: $18 to $24 per hour
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm
Gather Resources is looking for a Senior Bilingual Sales & Service Specialist who can read and write in both English and Mandarin to work with their Payment Industry client located in Farmers Branch, TX.
As a Senior Bilingual Sales & Services Specialist, you will be responsible for assisting Mandarin-speaking merchants and partners via phone and email communications. You will be providing the first level of support for sales tasks such as new merchant application submission and equipment orders; as well as all customer and technical service requests. A successful candidate will be able to guide Partners on internal requests and changes while promoting and maintaining a professional working relationship with internal and external customers.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Facilitate requests between internal departments and Mandarin-speaking Merchants and Partners. 
- Act as liaison for other departments, Partner Relations, and management; focusing on Partner management. 
- Answer incoming requests from Mandarin-speaking Merchants and Partners and facilitate requests. Examples of requests may include but are not limited to transaction lookups, download assistance, terminal, and product operation, setup/configuration adjustments, accounts maintenance, software builds/adjustments, network closures, and any general technical support. 
- Review incoming paperwork to ensure accuracy before entering it into the system/boarding. 
- Ships equipment and billing information, as necessary. 
- Note all communications in the correct database. 
- Assist in Partner statement message requests, creation, and review. 
- Gather info and escalate it to help develop healthy and growing business relationships with Partners and provide continual ongoing support to bring in additional business to the company. 
- Create and provide training and/or materials as needed to teams supporting Partners. 
- Develop in-depth knowledge of how each Partner's business works to identify different ways in which the company can provide excellent service. 
- Keep abreast, through continuing education, of changes and new technologies in the related field of business. 
- Participate in any/all training and educational activities necessary to fulfill at least the minimum requirements specified in your department goals. 
Skills, Attributes, & Experience:
- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 1 year of sales or strategic accounts management experience preferred 
- Fluent in Mandarin, both written and verbal. Cantonese, Fuzhou dialect preferred 
- Possess a strong customer service focus and attention to detail 
- Possess strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills 
- Possess a critical focus on accuracy and strong organizational skills 
- Ability to establish priorities, work collaboratively, and meet objectives 
- Ability to work independently but with a team focus 
- Ability and confidence to make sound decisions and maintain confidentiality 
- Ability to analyze and research an issue; convey urgency when necessary and manage the issue to closure 
- Ability to follow up with issues and projects to completion 
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision 
- Proficiency in Windows-based computer applications (Microsoft Office Suite) and other applications and systems as necessary 
Perks & Benefits:
- Health, dental, vision, & life insurance 
- 12 paid company holidays 
- Generous PTO policy 
- 401(k) with company match 
- On-site gym, showers, and deli available to employees 
- Great skyline view of downtown Dallas