Customer Service Supervisor

Schutz Container Systems Group; North Branch (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Schutz Container Systems Group is seeking a full-time Customer Service Manager in North Branch, NJ, to lead a team delivering professional and empathetic service.

Responsibilities include order processing, data integrity, workload management, and cross-functional collaboration with sales, operations, and accounting to improve customer experience and drive on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years’ experience of customer service management overseeing a group of 10 or more.
• Working knowledge of SAP required.
• Proven leadership and management skills with ability to coach and develop.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Director of Customer Service; assisting with conflict resolution, promoting root cause analysis and corrective action, and enhancing customer experience through coaching of the customer service team.
• Accountability for accurate maintenance of customer master, material master, and pricing profile and cross-reference data management to support accurate order processing.
• Responsible for sales order management through on time order confirmation, proactive notification of delivery delays, monitoring of sales order processing status completion, and maintaining invoicing accuracy and resolution.
• Manage distribution of workload, delegation of resources, and hands on coverage of open territories or absences to ensure seamless support to our customer base.
• Oversee customer service mailbox and customer portals with distribution and management of workload to customer service team, while verifying efficient processing of orders and invoices.
• Address with the Director of Customer Service the resolution of complaints, credit approval process, resolve customer conflicts and handle escalation procedures
• Ability to lead and challenge as needed, with an eye on continuous improvement
• Establish performance benchmarks and hold team to those goals
• Ensure the maintenance of all accounts to ensure supreme customer service at all levels
• Has full ownership of the life cycle of customer orders from inquiries, order processing, order delivery, follow-up and troubleshooting of customer issues
• Collaborates closely with other departments (sales, operations, accounting, etc.) and ensure positive relationships are cascaded down.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Travel

Process improvement

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Corporate NJ - North Branch, NJ 08876

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Salary Range: $65,000.00 - $70,000.00 Salary/year

Job Category: Customer Service

Summary

The ideal candidate is responsible for supporting and leading a team of customer service reps who provide our customers with a professional, empathetic, and frictionless experience.

Essential Functions

• Provide support to the Director of Customer Service; assisting with conflict resolution, promoting root cause analysis and corrective action, and enhancing customer experience through coaching of the customer service team
• Accountability for accurate maintenance of customer master, material master, and pricing profile and cross-reference data management to support accurate order processing.
• Responsible for sales order management through on time order confirmation, proactive notification of delivery delays, monitoring of sales order processing status completion, and maintaining invoicing accuracy and resolution.
• Manage distribution of workload, delegation of resources, and hands on coverage of open territories or absences to ensure seamless support to our customer base.
• Oversee customer service mailbox and customer portals with distribution and management of workload to customer service team, while verifying efficient processing of orders and invoices.
• Address with the Director of Customer Service the resolution of complaints, credit approval process, resolve customer conflicts and handle escalation procedures
• Ability to lead and challenge as needed, with an eye on continuous improvement
• Establish performance benchmarks and hold team to those goals
• Ensure the maintenance of all accounts to ensure supreme customer service at all levels
• Has full ownership of the life cycle of customer orders from inquiries, order processing, order delivery, follow-up and troubleshooting of customer issues
• Collaborates closely with other departments (sales, operations, accounting, etc.) and ensure positive relationships are cascaded down.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications & Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Manufacturing experience is highly desirable
• Must be results driven and deadline oriented
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Ability to travel occasionally
• Ability to work in a fast paced, ever changing and dynamic environment
• Must have proactive approach and look for process improvement within the department
• Ability to work with all levels, including senior management
• Excellent work ethic and a true team player
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years’ experience of customer service management overseeing a group of 10 or more
• Working knowledge of SAP required
• Must have proven leadership and management skills with ability to coach and develop