Customer Service Quality
- Answer enquiries when required by clarifying desired information; researching, locating, and providing information, completing transactions and forwarding requests.
- Resolve problems aligned to complaint resolution and customer in jeopardy procedures by clarifying issues; researching and exploring answers and alternative solutions; implementing solutions; and escalating unresolved problems.
- Ensure delivery of excellent customer service through fast and accurate processing of orders, communication, and coordinating with other departments to resolve enquiries.
- First point of customer contact for general enquiries via live and non-live contact.
- Use questioning and listening skills that support effective telephone communication.
- Use an effective approach to handle special telephone tasks like call transfers, taking messages, call backs, holds and interruptions.
- Apply the elements of building positive rapport with different types of customers over the telephone.
- Apply the proper telephone etiquette to satisfy various customer situations and effectively use appropriate actions to control a telephone call.
- Manage high volume of telephone calls and provide response to all maintaining high quality of services and performance standards.
- Build and maintain business relationships with customers by providing prompt and accurate service so as to promote customer loyalty.
- Perform troubleshoot on all customer service issues and schedule all field service calls as required.
- Maintain and document into customer database and systems and CRM applications by entering information relating to all customer interactions.
- Administer and prioritize all customer tasks and ensure achievement of all deadlines within required timeframes.
Business Administration Support
- Insert customer, employee and account into data systems by inputting text based and numerical information from source documents within required time limits.
- Compile and sort information according to priorities.
- Review data for deficiencies or errors, correct any incompatibilities if possible and check output.
- Apply system program techniques and procedures.
- Ensure employee data is accurate and maintained.
- Responsible for keeping inventory of internal and external office supplies and placing orders for replenishment as needed.
- Adhere to business workflow procedures.
- Maintains accurate goods receiving outcomes and aligns to business accounts protocols and procedures.
- Generate reports when required and validate input.
- Store completed work in designated locations.
- Keep information confidential.
- Establish priorities by maintaining understanding of what data impacts customers.
- Perform data gathering and research activities and provide reports or summaries of information collected.
- Verify data by reviewing, correcting, changing or deleting entered information.
- Update and maintain all related areas in systems software as required.
- Investigate discrepancies/queries as they arise and liaise with the relevant internal or external customers to obtain the relevant information to resolve the matter.
- Read and route incoming mail and process outgoing mail from a variety of channels.
- Coordinate and organize department activities and functions like meetings; schedule, obtain use of rooms, and set up the rooms and equipment to be used.
- Provide additional administrative support for the sales and operations team as requested by your line manager.
- Perform other departmental projects as needed.
- Assist in resolving any administrative problems.
- Provide on job coaching and support where required.
- Other duties as allocated by line manager.
Teamwork and Communication
- Communicate with your line manager every day to report on your target progress.
- Attend and participate in customer service, sales and operations meetings.
- Contribute towards a positive team environment within the business.
- Communicate effectively with the business staff on any customer related issues that require attention.
- Monitor market trends and competitor activity and relay this information efficiently into the business via the appropriate method.
Business and Product Acumen
- Identify and evaluate new business opportunities through the identification and attraction of new customers to extend and develop the company’s profit base.
- Maintain and improve product knowledge, competitive products and general market information that could be of interest or value to customers.
- Monitor competitor and market activity, reporting significant developments to management and monitor market trends through personal contact with customers.
- Ensure business negotiations are undertaken to protect the company's interests.
Administration and Compliance
- Complete accurate and comprehensive document processing.
- Report on a daily basis activity and results.