Customer Service Representative - Bessemer, AL

prattexternalcareersite; Bessemer (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

FSA

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Job summary

Pratt Industries is seeking a Customer Service Representative in Alabama to take and process customer orders, manage billing, and address inquiries. You will support sales, maintain customer files, and coordinate credits while coordinating with production and warehouse teams in a manufacturing setting.

Applicants should have a high school diploma or GED, and prefer experience in manufacturing or corrugated box industries. Strong communication and data-entry skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to add/subtract/multiply/divide in all units of measure and compute rates, ratios and percentages.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions and solve problems.
• Application knowledge for computer data entry and product/production processes (ISO and QS).

Responsibilities

• Take customer orders from customers or sales reps.
• Place orders timely for materials and supplies for production.
• Process billing and purchase orders.
• Handle customer inquiries and complaints; follow up with internal teams.
• Maintain customer files and process changes to orders.
• Coordinate credits and track order changes.
• Assist sales personnel and support supplemental sales.
• Monitor warehouse items and restocking per customer.
• Analyze monthly usages and restocking.
• Conform to company policies and procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Mathematical skills

Reasoning ability

Technical skills

Data entry

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

SUMMARY

Take and process customer orders and address all customer inquiries and complaints.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take customer orders either directly from customers or sales representatives.
• Place orders on a timely basis for purchases of materials and supplies to be used in production.
• Process billing.
• Handle customer complaints and questions and follow-up with appropriate internal personnel as required.
• Maintain customer files.
• Process new items.
• Process purchase orders.
• Coordinate accounting credits.
• Record and distribute customer order changes.
• Fax confirmations to customers.
• Assist sales personnel as appropriate and assist in generating supplemental sales.
• Track warehouse items to insure availability and that agreed upon minimum/maximum levels are followed.
• Analyze monthly usages and re-stocking per customer.
• Complies with company policies and procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned by management.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or GED

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

• Preferred experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Preferred experience in the corrugated box industry

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Excellent communication skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure.Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram (graphic) form.Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited information or standardization exists.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Application knowledge and skill for computer data entry

Application knowledge of products and production processes

Quality standards – both ISO and QS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear, stand, and sit.Vision requirements include:close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

The performance of the Customer Service Representative will be measured as follows:

• Operating standards - The employee will need to meet or exceed the Operating Standards set in the area of sales and customer service.Such standards will be set annually and communicated to the representative.
• Personal growth - Each year there will be professional goals developed and agreed to by the representative and supervisor.
• Employee relations – The employee will be evaluated regarding behaviors associated with appropriate human interaction, respect and communication.
• Creativity - This will be evaluated by how active the employee is in participating in advancing the business through new and innovative ideas.

Pratt Industries is America’s 5th largest paper and packaging company with more than 6,500 highly skilled employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than a dozen states. The company operates three of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by “harvesting the urban forest.”

Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Pratt Industries provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.