Sr. Customer Support Specialist

Lyons Magnus • Walton, KY

244d

About The Position

Lyons Magnus leads the food industry with creativity and innovation, crafting top-quality products across all manufacturing phases, from raw materials to marketing. With over 2000 diverse items for industrial ingredient and food service sectors, Lyons caters to leading restaurant chains nationally and internationally. At Lyons, our diverse and talented staff is the heart of our organization. We foster a thriving work environment where employees are engaged in shaping both the company's and their own future. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our customer operations team in a senior-level sales support role. The successful candidate will be an experienced Senior Customer Support Specialist professional with a service mindset who is looking to take their career to the next level. We need someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is comfortable co-leading account management in a manufacturing line of business with broadline distribution experience. The right person for this role will partner with Sales Account Executives to support sales objectives and provide world-class service to existing and prospective customers. As a team member in our commercial operations department, the top candidate will be an active contributor to the company's long-term vision for success.

Requirements

• Customer focus mentality to deliver excellent and consistent service.
• Independent decision-maker but successfully works as part of a team.
• Ability to work successfully with cross-functional team members to build trust and respect amongst peer group and recognizes the importance of solid relationships to influence others to get things done in a timely fashion.
• Professional written and verbal communication with ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally, in writing, via virtual platforms (i.e., Zoom and Microsoft Teams) and in person.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple priorities at once with a positive attitude.
• Experience working with logistics teams.
• Customer service experience in manufacturing background preferred.
• Excellent time management - can balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Proficient in computer applications including Microsoft Office and CRM platforms preferably with Microsoft Dynamics AX and Salesforce.
• Confident presenting updates to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to travel occasionally to various Lyons manufacturing plants and customer meetings.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Operations, or related field (preferred).
• 3+ years of Experience in Customer Service.
• 2+ years of managerial experience (preferred).
• 3+ years of Experience in Foodservice distribution (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Create superior customer service experiences at all points of the business cycle: product inquiry, pricing requests, order entry, order fulfillment, problem resolution.
• Understand the customers' needs and communicate those needs effectively across multiple levels of the organization.
• Interact with sales team, providing support to company sales personnel, distributors, and manufacturing representatives.
• Oversee and provide personal attention to high-value accounts.
• Prioritize work independently and complete tasks with minimal supervision while also able to collaborate with other team members.
• Process orders accurately in a fast-paced environment.
• Understand freight methods.
• Interact daily with customers and colleagues via phone and email.
• Ability to navigate ERP and CRM systems.
• Primary point of contact to provide first class customer service to our customers.
• Enter orders, manage, or escalate any concerns, and ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve issues.
• Problem Solver - Use creativity to design or explore options to deliver excellent customer support in an orderly, efficient, and timely manner.
• Collect prompt and accurate customer feedback to resolve issues in a timely, professional manner.
• Work with price lists and/or other department heads to determine charges for products requested.
• Resolve any billing issues by processing product returns and credits and working with Finance department where necessary.
• Partner with sales, marketing, commercialization, regulatory, supply chain, quality, business analytics and operations teams to ensure meeting and exceeding customers' service expectations.
• Daily/weekly evaluations of production at multiple manufacturing facilities to support high levels of communication to customers, sales leads and multiple divisions within Lyons.
• Inventory/Production reporting to customers and sales leads.
• Support sales and business development initiatives to support the customer's needs.
• Issues credits, sends order acknowledgements, and composes emails to customers and potential customers.
• Communicates with all individuals whose involvement impacts customer communications.
• Track shipment status of customer orders.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• 401(k) plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree