Customer Solutions Representative I
Edmund OpticsAbout the role
Overview
Delivers exceptional customer service with a friendly, positive, and professional demeanor. Efficiently manages intricate customer order processing with a strong focus on accuracy and attention to detail. Proactively responds to customer inquiries, resolves complaints, and provides timely updates on order status. Demonstrates strong problem-solving abilities to identify effective solutions while supporting customers across multiple channels.
Location and Hours: This position is open to candidates based in either Tucson, AZ or Cherry Hill, NJ. Standard working hours are 8:30am - 5:00pm (Tucson) or 11:30am - 8:00pm (Cherry Hill), Please note that during Daylight Savings Time, Tucson hours will shift to 9:30am - 6:00pm to align with Eastern Time.
Responsibilities
- Review customer concerns, evaluate potential options, and develop an effective solution to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Receive inbound customer correspondence which may result in:
- Accurately entering customer orders into the system.
- Processing catalog requests and ensure timely fulfillment.
- Preparing quotations based on customer specifications.
- Researching and providing updates on the status of existing orders.
- Providing detailed product information, including pricing, availability, and technical details.
- Resolving customer service issues promptly and professionally to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Processing customer returns and backorder information requests while coordinating with the appropriate departments and ensuring timely customer responses.
- Maintain customer information in CRM database:
- Ensure customer information is current, accurate and complete.
- Merge duplicate customer accounts.
- Contact customers to verify any address changes.
- Resolves returned package issues by investigating and coordinating corrective actions
- Files claims/tracers for lost or damaged shipments to ensure timely resolution and customer satisfaction.
- Daily report monitoring
- Reviewing daily quality reports and correction data.
- Monitors expedite order status and proactively provides customers with updates.
- Reviews credit hold report, contact customers regarding payment or account issues, and coordinate the release of orders once resolved.
- Reviews backorder report and communicate delivery date changes or availability updates to customers.
- Monitors and assigns work within shared tools and inboxes, including but not limited to:
- Web orders
- Sales Support emails
- The ability to handle complex customer inquiries, including processing and managing the following types of inquiries:
- Process and manage high-volume standard product quotation requests, using established pricing guidelines.
- Blanket order processing and management by updating customers proactively regarding any changes to order status, delivery schedules or product availability.
- Process Canada orders & quotations, ensuring accurate handling of currency distinctions between Canadian and US dollars.
- Process returns and monitors return queue.
- Conduct proactive outbound customer calls to drive sales, develop opportunities and enhance customer satisfaction. Types of outbound calls include but are not limited to:
- Customer and opportunity development to identify new sales or service opportunity.
- On Hold Orders to ensure timely processing.
- Quote follow up to provide follow ups and encourage order placement.
- Addressing Customer concerns to resolve issues quickly and professionally.
- Gather customer feedback to continuously improve the customer experience.
Essential Qualifications:
- Punctuality and attendance: Timeliness and regular attendance are required; report to your workstation and be ready to work at the scheduled time
- Customer support coverage: Provide consistent phone and chat coverage for the duration of the full work shift.
- Special account support: Ability to provide dedicated support for special customer accounts.
- Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations
- Flexible shift coverage: Capable of providing coverage during special shifts with limited management oversight, including:
- Late shift
- Saturday shift
- Skeleton crew
Qualifications
To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable
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