Service Advisor: Customer Wins & Tech Collaboration

James River Equipment; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

James River Equipment seeks a Service Advisor to support customers with service authorizations, repairs, and quotes, coordinating with customers and technicians to determine work needed and communicating schedules.

The role requires strong customer service, experience with work order systems (CDK) and Microsoft Excel, and the ability to follow up with technicians, parts staff, and customers to ensure timely and accurate service.

Qualifications

• Exceptional customer service with ability to handle high volume of inquiries in person, by phone and online.
• Experience in a service department is strongly preferred.
• Excellent follow up and communication with technicians, parts staff, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Complete customer service authorizations, identify repairs through communication with customer and technicians, and provide cost estimates/quotes to customers.
• Ensure the customer has sufficient credit for work authorized and make payment arrangements as required.
• Communicate estimated job start time and completion date to the customer, updating progress as necessary, and note any additional service work identified by the technician during inspection and/or repair.
• Assign SPGs/estimated repair times to work order segments, manage service jobs, approve technicians' service reports and perform final inspection of the machine.
• Invoice the customer to include warranty work and review invoice with customer prior to closing work order.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Tools

CDK

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

James River Equipment seeks a Service Advisor to support customers with service authorizations, repairs, and quotes, coordinating with customers and technicians to determine work needed and communicating schedules.

The role requires strong customer service, experience with work order systems (CDK) and Microsoft Excel, and the ability to follow up with technicians, parts staff, and customers to ensure timely and accurate service.