Customer Success Manager, Bilingual English-Japanese

Company Description

At Xplor, we believe that helping people make the most of each day is the most rewarding way to spend ours. 

We give small and medium-sized businesses cloud-based, intuitive technology solutions that enable them to manage all the hassles of running and growing a business, so business owners can get back to doing what they love. 

We are unified by our purpose of helping people to succees. So, when you become part of our team, you also become part of the personal connection that strengthens the relstionship people have with Xplor products.

Job Description

About the opportunity 

You'll join our Fitness & Wellbeing vertical where we've brought together our Boutique Wellness and Health & Fitness business to form a single, global vertical that serves clients around the globe in key markets. We offer market-leading software products to gyms, health clubs, leisure, parks & recreation centers. 

We are looking for an experienced customer support person to help secure the long-term success of our clients. You will require strong excel skills and experience of data analysis, to lead on technical investigation work. You will provide support throughout the entire customer life cycle: onboarding; data migration; product training and 'business as usual' operational support.

Reporting into the Operational Director for Xplor Gym (Membr), you'll be responsible for ensuring that our clients are provided with a best-in-class experience and a frictionless introduction to the Xplor software and payments solution. You'll build strong, long-lasting relationships and become a trusted advisor with key stakeholders across the Xplor business. 

Some of the other responsibilities include :

• Operate as the customer's trusted advisor, cultivate relationships, and provide a consistent and frictionless experience that delivers immediate value
• Lead on data analytics to inform decision making and underpin recurring activities
• Work with the product and engineering teams to investigate and resolve issues
• Understand the customer's business goals and set them up for success in achieving those targets
• Become an expert on the Membr product, providing technical and business solutions; assisting with product adoption, optimisation and change management
• Ability to engage with clients who are having difficulties using or understanding the product and providing a resolution or gathering enough details to assist with escalation  
• Monitor customer satisfaction/account health and take action to resolve issues and improve the user experience  
• Collaborate with internal teams to support the success of your customers, including Customer Support, Sales, and other departments      
• Assist with building a best practice documentation library and process documentation as needed   
• Fulfill club training requirements through a variety of mediums
• Expand your knowledge of the industry, track current trends to provide recommendations to customers, and provide product and tech teams with continuous feedback on new customer requirements    

This position is a hybrid role, with a preference for candidates based in the Manchester area, where our Xplor Gym (Membr) office is located.

Qualifications

What would make me a good candidate? 

• Previous experience in working on a support desk in the software industry, ideally supporting  similar software applications (SaaS)
• Maybe you've come from a background in Account Management or Customer Success
• Broad knowledge of IT processes, systems, and applications - e.g Zendesk
• Knowledge of best practices when working with live mission critical databases
• Fast and fluent with the Microsoft Office suite (Word & Excel)
• Native speaker of Japanese is a must for this role 
• Excellent written and verbal English skills
• Excellent customer services skills, demonstrated by being friendly, helpful, and empathetic 
• Ability to communicate technical jargon in ways that are easy to understand for a non-technical audience 
• Ability to multitask, prioritise, and manage time effectively
• Displays a growth and problem-solving mindset
• Maintain personal motivation when tasks become challenging
• Displays a broad understanding of technology

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply. 

Additional Information

What does it mean to work for Xplor? 

Our four core values - Make life simple, Build for people, Move with purpose and Create lasting communities - are key to who we are and guide us from how we hire to how we recognise our team members. 

Some of the perks of working with us: 

• Unparalleled opportunities to learn and accelerated career development 
• A collaborative, team environment with people who truly love what they do 
• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer 
• Unlimited access to Linked in learning, 10% of your time devoted to growing you and your career, and further support to help you grow 
• Access to mental health support 
• Fully flexible work arrangements 

How to apply? 

To start your application with us, please submit your CV and a cover letter and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word "moonshot" at the top of your cover letter so that we know you really took the time to read our job ad. 

We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, via [email protected]. 

More about us 

We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing “everyday life” verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024.

Good to know

To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorised to work in the location (country) you're applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time. 

We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don't send your application via email. 

To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers. 

We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process www.xplortechnologies.com/recruitment-faqs.

Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don’t have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us.

Xplor is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community.

We make it a priority to respond to each person who applies.

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