Customer Service Representative Specialist

Genuine Parts Company; Pflugerville (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Industries in the United States seeks a CSR Specialist to handle non-routine customer inquiries, provide product guidance, and support inside sales. The role emphasizes developing customer relationships, accurate order fulfillment, and proactive product promotion.

The CSR Specialist will serve as a subject matter expert on technical products and collaborate with Account Representatives to ensure customer satisfaction and timely service delivery.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and three years of related experience.
• Excellent reliability, organization and attention to detail are essential.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Proficient computer skills and experience with order processing systems.
• Solid negotiation skills and the ability to influence pricing where appropriate.
• Specialty product knowledge from previous warehouse and inside sales experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Responds to customer inquiries, provides quotes and takes orders by phone, fax, email, or walk-in; may handle complex inquiries.
• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert on one or more technical products and ensures accurate, timely transactions.
• Proactively promotes Motion’s products to existing customers to generate sales.
• Influences gross profit by negotiating sale and purchase price within defined parameters.
• Maintains relationships with customers and coordinates billing, collections and service requests.
• Keeps inventory levels adequate by ordering items as needed for customers; handles backorders and expedites shipments.
• Sourcing products from branch, DC, or supplier inventories; determines cost-effective fulfillment methods.
• Partners with Account Representatives to ensure customer satisfaction; coaches less experienced CSRs.

Skills

Reliability

Communication

Time management

Computer skills

Negotiation

Product knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

3 years related experience

Job description

SUMMARY:

Under minimal direction, the CSR Specialist is responsible for calls of a non-routine nature that require deviation from standardized procedures. This role handles situations that may require additional research depending upon customer response. The CSR Specialist has extensive knowledge of the company's products and services or industry. This role ensures customer expectations are accurately determined and are fully met. The CSR Specialist develops and broadens relationships within customer organization to fully understand needs and wants. The CSR Specialist functions as the inside half of the sales team to ensures transactions are error free, and provides guidance and technical advice to less experienced Customer Service Representatives.

JOB DUTIES

• •Responds to customer inquiries, provides quotes and takes customer orders via telephone, fax, email, electronic methods or walk-in (counter sales). Due to experience & training, may handle the most complex inquiries.
• Relates to all technical customer support activities within the business, call center, field, and business processing. Performs various business support activities including identifying, enhancing, and following specific processes and procedures to maximize the efficiency of the business. Serves as a Subject Matter Expert on one or more technical products.
• Proactively generates sales by actively promoting Motion’s products to existing customers. Responsible for selling Motion’s products and services by understanding customer needs and meeting their requirements.
• Influences Motion’s Gross Profit through negotiating the sale price and purchase price within certain parameters. May adjust non-contract customer pricing to meet the demands of the customer based on competition, while maximizing the profit for Motion.
• Responsible for maintaining effective relationships with current and potential customers, ensures customer queries resolution, ensures billing and collection and facilitates customer requests in efficient and timely manner.
• Orders items to ensure appropriate inventory levels are maintained for customers.
• May place orders without approval for orders up to $25,000 per line and $50,000 per Purchase Order.
• Expedites backorders. May pull inventory and prepare order for shipment to customer.
• Responsible for sourcing products in branch inventory, Distribution Center inventory or supplier inventory.
• Determines the most cost effective method to fulfill customer orders.
• May handle customer returns.
• Partners with Account Representatives to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Provides coaching, guidance and direction to less experienced Customer Service Representatives.
• Assists less experienced Customer Service Representatives with addressing customer needs; especially technical expertise in a particular specialty.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Typically requires a bachelors degree and three (3) years of related experience or an equivalent combination.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Reliability, organization and attention-to-detail required.
• Excellent communication skills including written, verbal, and listening.
• Ability to multi-task and time management skills required.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Specialty product knowledge from previous warehouse and inside sales experience required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:

Excellent driving record preferred. All company vehicles are subject to continuous video monitoring.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

No Supervisory Responsibility

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:

No

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Motion Industries offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition, reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.