Virtual Customer Service (Kolkata, West Bengal), India ID-13728

What qualifications do we need from you?

  • Minimum age: 18 years old

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- Masters or MBA in business, or related field
- Strong internal audit and risk management experience
- Prior experience with board and executive-level reporting, and audit quality reviews
- Strong technical writer with attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to effectively drive collaboration, motivate, influence, and manage diverse teams
- Prior program management experience for large, cross functional projects, including rolling out both process and technology-based improvements
- Comfortable working as an individual contributor with other resources to drive change
- Exceptional organizational and project-management skills
- Strong interpersonal, written and oral skills
- Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize, summarize and communicate important data
- Experience with process improvement.
- CPA, CIA, CISA, CISSP, CRMA, and other relevant licenses/certifications

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $109,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Role: Virtual Customer Service Associate 
Job Type: Seasonal
Location: Work from home in (Kolkata, West Bengal), India

Our mission at Amazon is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, and our award-winning Customer Service team is a key part of achieving that goal. Doing our best for our customers is where we get our energy, and that’s why you’ll find we approach things differently here. You won’t be asked to read from a script or learn dialogue by heart. Instead we’ll provide you with the training you need to problem solve for our customers. You’ll bring your unique personality to every customer conversation and deliver the exceptional support experience our customers love.

What will you do as a Customer Service Associate?
As an Amazon Customer Service Associate, you have a very clear purpose: to prevent issues, solve queries, and delight our customers. You’ll be the first point of contact for our customers by answering their requests through phone, chat and/or email – this includes everything from order and product questions to payment matters and website guidance. Our Customer Service Associates use a variety of tools to navigate, research, and review solutions, and communicate effectively with customers.

What are your hours?
This role requires working variable hours to match when customers need us most. You will work overnight/day/late shifts and your work week is minimum 40 hours. In order to match our customer demand, we schedule based on a variety of different shift patterns within the operating hours of 6am and 11 pm Sunday to Monday. You may be required to work national holidays. You will learn more about your exact schedule closer to your start date.


What strengths will you bring?


What benefits will you receive?
One of the great things about joining Amazon’s Customer Service team is that you don’t need past experience in customer service. You’ll receive training and be provided with a complete equipment package when you join. Additionally, we offer a number of benefits, including:

  • Medical insurance
  • Pension plan
  • Internet allowance
  • Lifestyle benefits and retail discounts through our Amazon Extras program
  • Expert training and ongoing opportunities to learn more and develop your skills


If this role sounds like it’s for you, then click on the link below to start the application process!
You’ll need to allow 3 hours to complete the full application, including assessments which will evaluate your suitability for the role. You will have the option to save your application during the process and return to it if necessary. We recommend using a laptop/desktop computer in order to get the best experience.

If successful, we will contact you about next steps!

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