Customer Service Representative - Bessemer, AL

prattinternalcareersite; Bessemer (AL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt Industries in Alabama is seeking a Customer Service Representative to take orders, process purchases, and respond to inquiries from customers and sales reps.

You will manage order entry, billing, maintain customer files, coordinate with internal teams, and monitor stock levels to ensure availability.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma, manufacturing exposure preferred, strong communication and data-entry skills, and a commitment to ISO/QS quality standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience in corrugated box industry preferred.

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 ensure availability and that minimum/maximum levels are followed.
• Analyze monthly usages and restocking per customer.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Computer data entry

Production processes knowledge

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.