Customer Service Representative Associate

As an Associate Representative - Customer Service, you will respond to customer inquiries by telephone, e-mail and/or walk-ins to provide inquiry or problem resolution. You will resolve routine and basic problems and communicate solution or requested information to the customer. You will analyze a customer's service needs and refer to other service or technical departments for follow up as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Interacts with customers by phone or in person to provide information and to ensure best service possible.


• Handles and resolves customer complaints, special orders, or returns in-store, via phone or mail.


• Obtains and examines all relevant information to assess validity of complaints and to determine possible causes.


• Receives and processes orders, provides information concerning pricing, changes in service, discontinuance, and shipping.


• Keeps records of customer interactions and transactions, records details of inquiries, complaints, comments, and actions taken.


• Refers unresolved customer grievances to designated departments for further investigation.


• Completes customer invoicing. 


• Identifies additional product or service opportunities with existing or potential clients, and determines with customer sales and service manager, whether customer sales and service or outside sales should manage opportunity. 


• Maintains regular contact with existing clients, continually working to understand new or existing "pains" and needs and developing strategies to address those pains.  


• Prepares for, attends, and participates in weekly sales meetings.


• Remains current on industry trends, market activity and competitor products.

Qualifications:

• High School Degree or Equivalent required; Associate degree (U.S.)/College Diploma (Canada) preferred


• 0-2 years of relevant experience


• 1 year of sales experience preferred


• Direct Sales (B2B) experience preferred


• Strong knowledge of retail and wholesale sales principles, methods, practices, and techniques preferred


• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including, customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction


• Ability to build working relationships with other functional areas to best support mutual objectives


• Basic problem-solving skills and ability to analyze information in order to provide excellent service to internal and external customers


• Ability to research and resolve customer issues


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Basic computer skills


• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks


• Ability to build and maintain long-term relationships with customers

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