Customer Service Manager

Job Juncture; Waterloo (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Job Juncture in Waterloo, IA is seeking a Customer Service Manager to oversee the Customer Service department and lead a team to improve load counts while delivering excellent service. Implement marketing and customer service principles to develop and service customers in line with quality, sales, utilization and profit objectives.

Coordinate transitions from sales to CS, drive accountability across production teams, and resolve customer issues to support growth and profitability.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree preferred but not required.
• 1–3 years of experience supervising a customer service department.
• Trucking industry experience is a plus.
• Strong sales and negotiation skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Hard worker with drive for results and resilience.
• Strong work ethic and integrity; trustworthy.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Customer Service department to grow load count and ensure top service levels.
• Develop CSR team to build customer relationships and provide pricing and capacity options.
• Coordinate transition from sales to customer service and ensure smooth handoffs.
• Drive accountability for service and relationships across production teams.
• Own customer satisfaction issues and drive resolution.
• Identify high-priority loads and expedite issues to maintain coverage.
• Mentor CS reps and foster a productive, positive team culture.
• Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for efficiency improvements.
• Align team performance with monthly company goals.
• Create action plans to address service failures and improve outcomes.

Job description

Job Summary of the Customer Service Manager: The Customer Service Manager is responsible for overseeing the Customer Service department, leading a team to grow load count while ensuring the company delivers the highest level of customer service possible to strengthen and enhance the growth and stability of our company. Implementation of sound marketing and customer service principles to develop and service customers in accordance with company and department quality, sales, utilization, and profit objectives, and serving as liaison between the customer and our organization.

Job Duties & Responsibilities of the Customer Service Manager:

• Lead load volume growth by developing CSR team to have a "book the load" and 100% communication mentality.
• Shepherd new business into production by creating buy-in with Operations stakeholders.
• Develop CSR team to create customer relationships, capture awarded load volume, and offer pricing and capacity solutions to customers to achieve targets to increase overall load volume.
• Find and implement solutions to improve service and load coverage of booked loads via Assets or WSL and know when to **es**calate loads to get them covered.
• Coordinate and execute the customer business transition from sales team to customer service team.
• Drive service and relationship accountability through production teams.
• Take ownership of customer satisfaction issues and follow up with problems to resolution.
• Recognize and track high-priority loads and lanes - expedite delays or problem areas as needed.
• Build and maintain 1-level-up relationships with customers.
• Mentor and develop customer service reps in an environment where they can excel.
• Research industry developments and recommend best practices for areas of improvement.
• Analyze data and reports to identity network trends and improvement and efficiency opportunities
• Attention to monthly company goals and drive team perform to achieve.
• Hold employees accountable while maintaining positive and motivated team culture.
• Create action plans to address service failure trends.

Education & Experience Requirements of the Customer Service Manager:

• Four-year college degree from an accredited institution, or equivalent preferred, but degree is not required.
• 1-3 years of experience supervising a customer service department
• Trucking industry experience a plus.
• Strong sales and negotiation skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Hard worker with a drive for results who can persevere in the face of resistance or setbacks
• Strong work ethic and sense of integrity; trustworthy
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Must be able to demonstrate a proactive commitment to Warren corporate values and the success of all staff.