Job Title : Customer Service Employee
Duration : 06 Months contract to hire
Location: Piscataway, NJ 08854
Shift: Monday – Friday; 40hours week; 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Pay Rate: $28 - 30/hr on W2 (all inclusive)
Job Summary:
- Process customer complaints including the investigation and the resolution. Work cross-functionally across the and customer organizations to ensure appropriate problem resolution.
- Partner with operations colleagues (at and customer sites) to arrange for, and follow through, on all shipments and related transactions.
- Coordinate order status, availability (pricing, and delivery to customers). Works with Logistics and, and commercial management to achieve accurate and timely delivery commitments.
- Proactively communicates supply/delivery issues to assigned customers via daily review of open order reports.
- Respond to customers’ inquiries. Responsible for maintaining accounts with updated notes and procedures; also responsible for updating and maintaining contact information in SAP
- Properly acknowledge, record, and follow-up on customer logistics and quality complaints into designated database.
- Ensure special handling of large to complex customer’s requirements with regards to product specifications, special packaging, regulatory compliance, etc.
- Access customer databases (portals) to retrieve purchase orders; ensure proper notifications to customers in regard of order management and billing documents.
- Communicate customer expectations by interfacing with various Dept./areas
- Handles inquiries in Customer Service Group mailbox as well as voice mail system for all accounts.
- Works with credit and A/R to resolve customer disputes.
- Represent Account Management and interface externally with customers in meetings.
- Communicate pricing information to customers as needed.
- Identify sales orders assigned and incomplete or block status and try to resolve and/or escalate sales orders.
- Follow up with Sales Representatives and other internal leads to maintain feedback to ensure focused consistent service to customers.
- Process customer orders for diverse customer base, which have multi-level organizations while proactively maintaining ongoing relationships with customer and sales staff.
- Provide customers with all requested documents including C of A, MSDS, COFA, specs, or any other regulatory or documentation requests as needed.
- Act as a liaison between customers and internal departments on special requests.
- Compile and maintain SOP/reports for assigned accounts, as needed.
- Perform other related duties as required in the Customer Service Department.
Additional Job Competencies / Job Relationships / Specialized Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize and identify priorities/specific issues with customers.
- Demonstrated ability to direct issues to correct internal stakeholder. (i.e. QC, marketing team, sales, Production, purchasing, etc.)
- Knowledge in sales and distribution (SD) module such as: sales order and delivery functions, invoicing, credits/debits and return goods processes.
- Familiar with interactions with production planning, material management, inventory management and logistics (i.e., freight, pallet quantities)
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent computer skills including Windows-based applications.
- Excellent Organizational skills
- Detail oriented including follow up, quality focused, problem solving skills, conflict resolution experience
- Analytical, results and solution oriented, as well as customer and team focused.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where “multitasking” is a must
- Independent Worker. Works well under pressure & good at meeting deadlines.
Education:
- Bachelor Degree plus 1 year of comparable business experience preferred, or
- 4 years experience in Customer Care/Sales/Logistics related function
- Understanding of plant/warehouse systems and procedures for shipping, accounting, etc.
- Understanding of Logistics/Operations and impact to fulfilling customer orders.
- Provide order management support for Fragrances Customers, including order entry, allocation of material to orders, returns, invoice disputes and credit adjustments utilizing information systems.