Retailnext

Customer Success Manager (French Speaking)

South Africa, Remote Full Time

About Us:

RetailNext is the global leader in brick-and-mortar retail analytics, tracking over a billion shopping trips annually across 100,000+ sensors worldwide. Our Aurora sensor combines edge-based video analytics, IoT, and AI to deliver real-time insights for Fortune 500 retailers across 100+ countries.

Job Summary:

Act as the primary post-sales owner of the customer relationship, ensuring customers are successfully onboarded, supported, and continuously deriving value from RetailNext solutions through proactive engagement, technical oversight, and cross-functional coordination.

Responsibilities:

  • Owning end-to-end customer onboarding, including product training, vendor enablement, store-level troubleshooting, and expectation setting
  • Serving as the primary point of contact for all customer inquiries including product issues, setup questions, support, and billing coordination
  • Ensuring timely internal response and resolution of customer issues by coordinating with cross-functional teams
  • Monitoring and proactively managing customer health across all Empowerment components
  • Driving product adoption by proactively communicating new features and updates to customers
  • Following up on changes in customer health metrics, identifying root causes, and coordinating resolutions
  • Monitoring infrastructure health including device uptime and sensor performance, and initiating proactive fixes
  • Tracking product usage, engagement trends, and feature adoption using tools such as Pendo
  • Engaging customers showing declining usage or engagement and implementing recovery actions

Skills:

  • Strong customer relationship management and communication skills in a B2B SaaS environment
  • Professional proficiency in French (spoken and written), with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with French-speaking customers  
  • Ability to troubleshoot technical and operational issues across software and hardware environments
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple customer accounts simultaneously
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and drive accountability for issue resolution

Knowledge:

  • 2+ years of experience in a B2B SaaS customer success or account management role
  • Understanding of customer lifecycle management, onboarding processes, and success metrics
  • Familiarity with analytics platforms, IoT-based solutions, or retail technology is preferred
  • Experience working with global customers is a plus

Talents:

  • Ability to build trust and maintain long-term customer relationships
  • Proactive mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
  • Ability to identify risks early and take initiative to resolve them
  • Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently while managing competing priorities

What's it like to work here?

  • Remote Work
  • Work from anywhere for 90 days yearly
  • Autonomy & Growth
  • Flexible schedules, ownership, career investment
  • Customer Obsessed: Everything we do is for our clients.

Perks & Benefits

  • Best Self Allowance
  • Annual stipend for personal growth
  • Recharge Days (Monthly company-wide day off)