Returns and Restock Specialist

Agri-Fab; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly bonus

Job summary

Agri-Fab is seeking a Customer Care Returns and Restock Specialist to join the team in Decatur, IL. The role focuses on efficient handling of returns, restocking, and customer communications. Base pay starts at 18.75 per hour with potential monthly bonus up to 230 dollars, and weekly pay with comprehensive benefits.

Open for 1st shift (6 AM to 2:30 PM). Requires valid driver’s license and forklift license, ability to lift up to 50 pounds, and strong phone/email communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must have valid driver’s license.
• Must operate and maintain forklift license.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds continuously.
• Detail oriented and able to stay calm in stressful situations.
• Clear, pleasant phone voice and polite manner required.

Responsibilities

• Answer all phone calls to assist customers with questions about Agri-Fab products and enter part orders and RA numbers as needed.
• Respond to all incoming emails/cases within 24 hours.
• Mail/fax manuals, catalogs, warranty information, and distributor lists as needed.
• Assist Customer Care and Service Parts Team during peak season and absences.
• Process Returns Authorization (RA) and disposition customer returns (Scrap, Auction, Stock, Refurbish, Repack).
• Maintain clean, compliant workspace and assist with inventory checks and relabeling requests as needed.
• Operate forklift for moving materials and parts; support other teams in daily operations.

Skills

Forklift operation

Attention to detail

Customer service

Phone etiquette

Job description

• Base Pay $18.75 / Hour
• Other Compensation up to $230 per month bonus
• Employee Type Full-Time Plant

Contact information

• Name Stefany Tipsword
• Phone [phone] X 229
• Email [e-mail]

Description

Agri-Fab is a leader in the lawn and garden marketplace with shipments reaching around the globe. We've been proudly fulfilling customer needs for more than 50 years. As successful as Agri-Fab has become, the core goals has not changed; provide a reliable source of employment for the community.

Opening for: 1st Shift (6 AM to 2:30 PM)

Pay: Weekly pay, starting at $18.75 plus opportunity for up to $230 in Monthly Bonus

Agri-Fab offers excellent benefits to include two weeks of paid time off and a comprehensive health benefits package focused on wellness rewards along with 401(k) and company paid life insurance.And that is just the start! Other benefits include tuition reimbursement, earned wage access, discounts, 10 Paid Holidays, and more!

The Customer Care Returns and Restock Specialist works as a team member for the Customer Service Department. They act as an effective verbal communicator solving problems and making decisions to satisfy the company’s customers while also protecting the company.

Essential Functions

This position’s essential include but are not limited to:

• In slow periods in the returns/restock area this position will be required to answer all phone calls to assist customers with questions regarding Agri-Fab products, as well as entering part orders and writing unit orders from stores, and issuing Return Authorization to companies returning product (As Needed)
• Respond to all incoming emails and cases with in 24 hours of receiving them
• Mail/Fax all manuals, catalogs, warranty information, and distributor lists (As Needed)
• Assist all other personnel on the floor with anything needed
• Assist other Customer Care and Service Parts Team in times of absence and help level the work load during peak season
• Effectively deal with all situations that come up and find a solution to bring the problem to a mutually agreeable close
• Assists Parts and Service (Power Pick) as well as product engineering on parts requests coming back from the DC
• Assists with reworking QA issues on an as needed basis
• If required, work with Marketing on adding additional parts into display packs (this is not rework for QA issues)
• Will be responsible for Receiving in RA numbers and executing the RA process for all company returns on a daily basis
• Disposition customer returns by the following means:
  • Scrap (sort scrap to Soltick), Auction (Andy Black Auction Service), Stock (specific part list), Refurbish (specific models) or Repack (from returned carton damage)
• Responsible for keeping area clean and in compliance with company standards
• Will be required to do inventory checks on finish good products at the DC for Order Fulfillment Team and Production Control Team, as requested.
• Will be required to complete product relabeling requests that come from the Order Fulfillment Team
• Operate fork truck for moving wire baskets, moving bundling cardboard for recycling, loading and unloading internal part transfers, taking parts to scrap trailer
• Continuous improvement future opportunities to recycle more products and or parts, offer additional cost saving and process improvements.
• Will be responsible for keeping work instructions up to date that pertains to the return specialist position
• Provide input to customer experience manager on repetitive issues found in returns
• When requested, hold returns, and package to send units back to Sullivan for inspection

Requirements

Job Qualifications

• Comply with all rules and regulations of Agri-Fab, Inc.
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Must operate and maintain fork truck license
• Must have ability to lift up to 50 pounds continuously throughout the day
• Must be detail orientated, disciplined, and able to remain calm and even tempered even in stressful or difficult situations
• A clear, pleasant phone voice and polite manner are absolutely necessary

High Reasoning Skills

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited consistency exists

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions given in written, oral, diagram or schedule form

High Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures

Ability to write reports and procedure manuals

Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and company employees

Software

Spreadsheet software (Excel)

Word processing software (Word)

Project management software (MTMS)

Contact management systems (Outlook)

Education and/or Experience

Prior experience in any customer service fields or any other equally beneficial training or experience seen fit by Agri-Fab