Customer Service Manager

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At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities. 

 

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

 

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

 

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Position Summary:

The Customer Service Manager is responsible for strategic management and tactical coordination for the eastern Canada sheetfed customer service team. This is a key position within the Canadian regional leadership team. The Customer Service Manager provides a critical point of contact for both external customers and internal operations and is tasked with leading world class customer service.

The Customer Service Manager is a skilled leader capable of providing direction to a team of employees consistent with the company’s values: ensuring team compliance with all standard work practices and processes. The Customer Service Manager promotes an environment dedicated to exceeding customer expectations while at the same time fully aligned with the business, financial and operational objectives of the company.

Position Responsibilities:

• Effective leadership of customer service teams ensuring high levels of coordination between team members.

• Partner with site leadership teams to ensure front-end order entry and customer communication standards are met or exceeded.

• Train, develop, and evaluate customer service teams using company performance management process.

• Develop succession planning framework for long-term consistency of department

• Monitor and manage the workload of the customer service teams.

• Manage responsiveness and relationships with all internal and external customers.

• Ensure compliance with all company policies, procedures and processes.

• Oversee the timely arrival of input materials required to process orders in a timely fashion

• Communicate production improvements to production control.

• Coordinate and manage finished goods inventories to ensure all financial commitments are balanced against service needs.

• Maintain positive relationships between Customer Service, Operations Mgt., Sales, Suppliers, and the Customer.

• Initiate/lead/manage projects that improve customer satisfaction and/or reduce costs.

• Maximize daily order entry throughput.

• Review and communicate customer commitments to shipping and other department to meet customer needs.

• Monitor raw materials ordering process with purchasing to ensure raw materials are timely ordered to meet delivery dates.

• Maintain inventory records.

• Prepare reports, as needed, by management.

• Travel as required…less than 30%.

Required Competencies:

• Customer Focus – Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

• Composure/Diplomacy – Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; can settle differences with minimal noise. Win consensus without damaging relationships, can be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic. Gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations and has a good sense of timing.

• Integrity and Trust – Is widely trusted. Is seen as direct, truthful individual. Can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner. Keeps confidences. Admits mistakes. Doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.

• Action Oriented – Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportuniti