Customer Relations Agent 1

Armstrong Utilities, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits from day one

Free services

Discounted services

Career development resources

Generous PTO and holidays

Top 10 company culture

Job summary

Armstrong Group is seeking a Customer Relations Agent to support a high-energy, metrics-driven team. You will handle inbound calls from customers considering downgrades or disconnections and apply retention campaigns to preserve revenue and satisfaction.

This role emphasizes problem solving, effective communication, and accurate data entry while promoting Armstrong services and ensuring a positive customer experience. Training and advancement opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales or retention is required.
• Strong customer service orientation and communication.
• Proficient data entry and PC skills.
• Organized and team‑oriented with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Handle inbound calls from customers about downgrades, disconnects, and retention offers.
• Sell and retain video, internet, and telephone services.
• Communicate clearly by phone and email and document customer interactions.
• Use retention tools and campaigns to improve loyalty and satisfaction.
• Enter orders accurately into the ICOMS billing system and protect customer data.

Skills

Sales experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Data entry

Tools

ICOMS billing

Job description

Are you a hard-working salesperson who takes great pride in hitting competitive targets? Are you a team player and contributor? Do you want to be part of a high-energy team that drives sales, solves problems, and retains customers for the 12th largest cable telecommunications company in the United States? Do you like being part of a highly motivated team that enjoys recurring incentives, including contests (e.g. President’s Circle), premium TV giveaways, lots of free food, and the like?

Position Summary

The Customer Relations Agent is important to the success of the entire company. These agents will be part of a team ranging from 9 to 11 who together handle 138k incoming calls a year and save 95% of customers considering disconnection. This role is responsible for handling incoming calls from customers interested in downgrading or disconnecting Zoom Internet supercharged by Plume Wi-Fi, HDTV powered by TiVo, and Talk telephone services, along with a portfolio of ancillary home entertainment products and services (e.g. HBO). This role is first and foremost, a problem solver, who then uses Customer Stars, special retention campaigns, and a retention decision tree to retain and delight customers. Customer Relations Agents are eligible for position advancement based on tenure and performance (i.e. RET-1, RET-2, RET-3).

What’s In It For You:

• Competitive pay with annual increases
• Benefit eligibility on your first day with low employee premiums that are far better than the industry average
• Free Company services such as Internet, video, and telephone.
• What’s even better is you can enjoy discounted services from our affiliate companies!
• You’ll have access to a number of career developmental resources to grow personally and professionally
• Generous paid time off and holidays
• The chance to be part of a Top 10 company and high-energy employee culture

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Prefer candidates with experience handling calls in a call center environment. Will train the right person though.
• Capable of selling and retaining products and services, including Video, Internet, and Telephone.
• Effective communicator over the telephone and via e-mail.
• Understands the importance of a consultative call flow, which requires patient listening and the asking appropriate probing questions to determine customer needs.
• Communicates issues and feedback to the appropriate individuals as it relates to our products and customers to ensure continuous improvement (i.e. kaizen).
• Effectively describes features and benefits and capable of identifying and overcoming objections, as working to retain customers and reenergizing customer loyalty and satisfaction.
• Meet established department/team/individual goals and scorecard requirements for retention Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including Primary Service Units (PSUs) saved, Revenue Retained, Average Handle Time (AHT), and the like.
• Believes in and promotes Armstrong’s robust home entertainment services to customers, friends, families, and neighbors.
• Enjoys being an Armstrong Ambassador.
• Provide a quality Armstrong Experience on every customer contact by resolving customer issues and needs, while introducing/promoting Armstrong services in a positive manner.
• Accurately enters order information into an ICOMS billing system, including updating of customer accounts, telephone, and contact information.
• Protects all private customer information.
• Must be collaborative, flexible, and a team player.
• Will place outbound calls, as needed and with special projects.
• Other related tasks as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Sales or retention experience or sales/retention acumen.
• Strong communication skills.
• Customer service experience.
• PC and data entry proficiency.
• Must be very organized.
• Positive attitude and capable of understanding the Power of Change.
• Understands and appreciates the value of a variable pay compensation plan based on target attainment.

Who We Are

The Armstrong Group is a family owned and operated collection of diverse companies. What began in 1946 as Armstrong County Line Construction, founded by Jud L. Sedwick in Kittanning, PA, has now grown into an organization that encompasses multiple industries and employs over 2,400 individuals nationwide. Our brands include Armstrong Utilities, Guardian Protection, Armstrong Development, 4Front Solutions, Twin Pops, and Armstrong Comfort Solutions. Armstrong is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Armstrong Group, a family owned and operated business, now employs over 2,000 people across the nation. The company continues to value strong relationships with its employees and close ties to the communities it serves.