Customer Data Coordinator

DCC Propane, LLC; Lemont (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

DCC Propane, LLC is seeking a Customer Data Coordinator who will perform the duties of a Customer Service Representative and provide exemplary service to residential and commercial customers. This role requires daily onsite presence and supports data entry, file maintenance, and office administration while backing up CSR tasks during peak times.

Responsibilities include accurate data entry, batch processing, monthly reporting, and assisting with special projects.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in an office environment preferred.
• Customer service or inside sales experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service to residential and commercial customers via phone and in person.
• Enter and maintain accurate customer data; upload/verify batches by 10:00am daily.
• Process payments and manage customer accounts; ensure data correctness.
• Coordinate monthly reporting and assist with year-end reporting as needed.
• Support with special projects and office administration tasks as required.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Organizational skills

Communication

MS Office

Time management

Dependability

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma / GED

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

The Customer Data Coordinator must be skilled in performing all of the duties of a Customer Service Representative and will provide exemplary customer service to customers. This role provides back-up to the Customer Service Representative role to cover the office during busy times or PTO on an as needed basis. This role is responsible for ensuring customer data is entered accurately and in a timely manner, along with ensuring customer contact data is current. Duties include uploading, proving and posting handheld batches on a daily basis. Performing new customer account set-up and file maintenance. This role includes monthly reporting, as well as office administration responsibilities and assisting with special projects as assigned. This role requires daily onsite presence in a local office.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Customer Service - The primary responsibility for all members of the customer service team is to provide exceptional customer service to all customers, both residential and commercial through both phone and personal contact. In some offices where there may not be an assigned CSR, the CDC provides customer service to walk-in customers, in order to do this, the CDC must be knowledgeable of product and service offerings and able to explain such offerings to customers. In addition to describing product offerings, this role will actively upsell or cross-sell when appropriate This includes order taking, transaction processing, and resolving or escalating customer inquiries and/or complaints as needed. May need to determine if service requests are within the scope of work performed.
• Data Entry and Record-Keeping- CDCs are responsible to upload, prove and post handheld batches prior to 10:00am on a daily basis. Following the completion of that task, the CDCs are responsible to enter and prove sales/receipt batches, as well as process payments and maintain customer accounts. Accurate and timely timecard entry, including processing and confirmation of hours worked for local team members upon request.
• Reporting and Auditing - Run and complete paperwork on a daily basis, coordinate month-end reporting for assigned locations and assist with year-end reporting on an as-needed basis.
• Residential Collections - Coordinate and perform residential collections and handle billing inquiries while keeping residential A/R within targeted metrics.

Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to provide excellent customer service and build rapport with customers.
• Exercise solid organizational and communication skills.
• Good phone skills and computer literacy (MS Office).
• Ability to work independently and effectively manage time.
• Must be dependable with a stable work history.
• Ability to follow verbal and written directions.
• Ability to maintain stability under pressure and be flexible and willing to modify plans and behavior when necessary.
• Effectively collaborate with leadership and employees to establish goals and standards.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to customer service and safety.
• Ability to be a positive representative of the Company both internally and externally.
• Ability to work with respect and cooperation at all times with fellow employees and customers.

Experience/Education:

• High school diploma / GED is required.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in an office environment preferred.
• Customer service or inside sales experience preferred.

Travel:

Local Travel only.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to:
  • Sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, bend, crouch, squat, and twist on occasion.
  • Perform light lifting of supplies and materials from time to time.
  • Communicate with and exchange information verbally and in writing.
  • Move about in an office environment.
  • Work using repetitive motion.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Work requires physical efforts associated with using the computer and phones to access information.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is:

• Regularly in an office environment.
• Regularly interrupted to meet the needs and requests of fellow employees and/or customers.
• Regularly required to manage a number of tasks at one time.
• Regularly experience a busy environment that will require excellent organizational and time and stress management skills.
• Regularly exposed to sensory demands due to excessive computer use
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This position is required to be performed at the work site during regularly scheduled hours. Physical presence at the work site is required.

Meet DCC Propane:

DCC Propane, LLC, a division of DCC plc, has served communities for over 70 years providing propane for residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial uses, and water conditioning services since 1962. We are continuing to grow and are currently represented by a team of over 900 dedicated and passionate professionals who live and work in 29 states operating under a number of strong regional brands. The business has succeeded in maintaining a strong family-feel with an unwavering commitment to world-class safety standards and customer service with competitive compensation and benefits.

Why Work for Us?

Hicksgas is part of the DCC Propane family. We strongly believe in taking care of our employees so that they can take care of our customers. Our people are what set DCC Propane apart and are essential to our future growth, whether it is by welcoming a new bran d into the DCC family or a new employee into our team, we are driven to ensure that our team members have everything they need to be successful. One way we do that, both at work and at home, is by offering a best-in-class benefit plan to our employees. This includes Medical, Vision, and Dentals plans for you and your family, as well as supplemental insurance programs, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, and Paid Time Off plus holidays.

EOE Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.