Customer Service Representative

Ace Controls•Auburn Hills, MI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Customer Service Representative for Destaco is responsible for providing high levels of customer service through accurate and timely response to customer order placement, credit requests, and other customer inquiries. S/he is a key part of Destaco’s customer interface and responsible for meeting key metrics that contribute to service, quality, and on-time delivery. S/he will demonstrate a sense of urgency to the customer, ensuring follow-up and resolution to build and strengthen customer relationships. S/he will learn and maintain product knowledge and collaborate across the organization to provide accurate and timely information to ensure customer satisfaction. The Customer Service Representative reports to Customer Service Manager and is located in Auburn Hills, MI. No travel is required in this position. This position requires the ability to work and communicate globally and virtually with Sales, Product and Applications Engineering, Manufacturing, Field Service and Technical Support.

Requirements

Requires 2-4 years of experience in customer service. Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
Experience with MS Office Applications required. Office 2007/10 experience (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access and Project a plus).
High energy, strong interpersonal skills, prefers to work in team environment
Analytical thinker, ability to make decisions and problem solve in a timely manner
Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects and meet deadlines
Flexible, learns quickly, willing to change with the needs of the customer and markets
Ability to work collaboratively an maintain positive relationships with colleagues, internal and external customers, and manage stressful situations with a positive attitude
Excellent communicator including facilitation, verbal, and written skills
Ability to provide service status, and maintain a high level of communication
Associates degree in business required or in a related field

Nice To Haves

Experience with customer satisfaction surveys a plus.

Responsibilities

Promotes safety awareness with other members of the organization. Promotes accident prevention and employee involvement in regard to a safe work environment.
Supports and implements the continuous improvement roadmap for the customer service team. Leverages continuous improvement tools to drive continued operational improvements.
Ensures orders received through phone, fax, email, EDI, or other means are processed accurately and timely, ensuring alignment with customer needs including assessing and delivering product packing requirements and most cost-effective method of shipment.
Receives and processes order additions, changes, and deletions required by the customer in an accurate and timely manner. Clarifies order discrepancies with the customer. Obtains and records all customer information including billing codes, quantities, product codes, delivery instructions, and special discounts.
Support Call Center daily, as needed.
Update Oracle with all customer standard information, such as the appropriate sales channel, discount code, and market segment (if known)
Provides pricing and availability information to customers as required, collaborating planners and schedulers, expediters, transportation and all other departments to ensure on-time delivery.
Provides customers information for all inquiries including product selection, application instructions, samples and literature requested.
Manages and resolves customer requests and complaints in a cost effective and timely manner, proactively requesting assistance as needed from other Destaco departments for quick resolution.
Supports sales and product engineers, providing accurate account information, analysis and feedback as the business needs develop and change.
Collaborates across the global organization as required, working with other customer service representatives, technical support, sales, field service, product and applications engineering to meet customer needs and deliver superior customer service.
Develops and maintains extensive knowledge of products, use, and application of materials.
Maintain key performance indicators as set by the team at the beginning of the year.