Motion Automation Intelligence- Customer Service Representative Specialist

USA MOT Motion Industries, Inc.; New Berlin (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

MotionAi is seeking a CSR Specialist to handle non-routine customer inquiries and provide expert guidance on our products and services. You will support inside sales, generate new opportunities, and help ensure accurate orders, pricing, and timely responses.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of related experience, excellent communication, negotiation skills, and a strong customer-service focus. This on-site role offers growth within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of related experience or equivalent.
• Strong communication, negotiation and customer service skills required.
• Experience with inside sales and product knowledge is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer inquiries, provide quotes, and take orders by phone, email, or walk-in.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on technical products and sales processes.
• Promote Motion's products to existing customers to generate sales.
• Negotiate pricing within parameters to protect gross profit.
• Maintain relationships, resolve queries, and assist with billing and orders.
• Assist with inventory and order fulfillment as needed.
• Provide coaching to junior team members and support cross-functional teams.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Negotiation

Time management

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Inside sales experience

Product knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM software

Microsoft Office

Job description

MotionAi brings together the leading high-tech automation solution providers for industrial automation across the United States. Our expertise includes emerging automation technologies with focused disciplines in robotics, motion control, machine vision, digital networking/IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), industrial framing, pneumatics, and custom mechatronic systems. MotionAi provides best-in-class engineered systems, products, and services to a variety of industries highlighting a few which include Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Medical, Logistics, Food & Beverage, Packaging, Automotive, and Aerospace.

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.
• P21 experience preferred but not required.

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

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

COMPANY INFORMATION

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

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.

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders. Today, we're proud to say we're the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale. Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.