Customer Support Specialist Bumpa Specialist Full Time

Job Summary

Bumpa is building the future of commerce in Africa by helping businesses start, run, and grow more easily. At Bumpa, our merchants are at the heart of everything we do. As a Bumpa Specialist, you’ll be one of the first and most important touchpoints in their journey, helping them navigate the platform, resolve issues quickly, and get the support they need to run and grow their businesses with confidence. This role is focused on delivering clear, timely, and helpful support across key merchant touchpoints while contributing to overall merchant satisfaction, trust, and long-term success on the platform. You will support merchants across multiple channels, including phone, live chat, email, WhatsApp, and social media, helping them solve everyday challenges and making their experience with Bumpa as smooth as possible. Beyond responding to questions, you will play an important role in improving the quality of the merchant experience. You’ll identify recurring issues, document useful feedback, and work closely with internal teams to help improve support processes and the product itself. You’ll thrive in this role if you are a strong communicator, tech-comfortable, detail-oriented, proactive, and genuinely interested in helping small business owners succeed.

Job Details

Merchant Support & Issue Resolution

• Serve as a primary point of contact for merchants across live chat, phone, email, WhatsApp, and social media.
• Respond to merchant inquiries promptly with clear, accurate, and helpful information.
• Support merchants with common issues such as product uploads, order management, store setup, and basic payment-related questions.
• Follow internal processes and support guides to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
• Escalate more complex or technical issues to the relevant teams while keeping merchants informed of progress.
• Take ownership of merchant issues and ensure they are fully resolved or properly handed over.

Customer Experience & Satisfaction

• Deliver fast, friendly, accurate, and consultative support to merchants.
• Maintain high customer satisfaction, strong response times, and strong first-contact resolution.
• Understand merchant needs and tailor support based on their business type and use case.
• Collect merchant feedback and share insights that can improve the product experience and merchant journey.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Contribute to Bumpa’s Help Center by creating and updating FAQs, tutorials, and support guides.
• Maintain accurate ticket notes and merchant histories in the CRM or support dashboard.
• Identify recurring issues and work with Product and Engineering teams to support long-term solutions.

Collaboration & Internal Communication

• Liaise with Sales, Account Management, and Engineering teams to resolve cross-functional merchant issues.
• Share customer insights, recurring pain points, and feature requests to help inform improvements.
• Actively participate in weekly support reviews to evaluate performance metrics and identify opportunities for improvement.

What Success Looks Like

• Merchants consistently receive fast, clear, and reliable support across all assigned channels.
• Customer satisfaction, response time, and first-contact resolution metrics are maintained at a strong level.
• Merchant issues are resolved efficiently, with appropriate escalation and follow-through where needed.
• Merchant pain points, recurring issues, and feedback are documented clearly and shared with the relevant teams.
• Help Center content and internal support documentation are improved to reduce repeated issues and support better self-service.
• The specialist builds strong product knowledge, shows ownership in handling merchant concerns, and becomes a dependable frontline representative of the Bumpa experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 0–2 years of experience in customer support, customer service, or another customer-facing role, including internships.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain things clearly and simply.
• Comfortable supporting customers across multiple channels, including email, phone, live chat, and social media.
• Basic problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.
• Tech-savvy, with the ability to quickly learn new tools and systems.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple conversations at once.
• Positive attitude, reliability, and willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and able to thrive in a startup environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Paid annual leave
• Full extended medical benefits
• A supportive and collaborative internal culture
• Diverse, smart, and talented co-workers
• A collaborative, fun work environment where laughing and learning to go together
• Growth opportunity to same and other roles

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