Sr Customer Service Representative

Motion; Cedar Rapids (IA); Híbrido; USD 42.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare coverage

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Descripción de la vacante

Motion Industries seeks a Senior Customer Service Representative to respond to complex customer inquiries and place orders, leveraging in-depth product knowledge. You will drive quotes, manage complex order entry, and support profitability through pricing influence.

The role also involves coaching peers and maintaining strong customer relationships. Under limited supervision, you will help ensure accurate customer needs are met, coordinate inventory and shipping, and contribute to process

Formación

• Requires high school diploma or GED with 5+ years related experience or equivalent.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and multitasking abilities.
• Strong product knowledge and attention to detail essential for success.

Responsabilidades

• Respond to complex customer inquiries, provide quotes, and process orders.
• Place orders via telephone, fax, email, or in person.
• Influence pricing within approved parameters to support profitability.
• Build relationships to drive repeat business and improve processes.
• Ensure inventory levels meet customer needs and coordinate shipping.

Conocimientos

Reliability

Organization

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Computer skills

Negotiation skills

Product knowledge

Educación

High school diploma or GED and 5+ years experience

Descripción del empleo

SUMMARY

Under limited supervision, the Senior Customer Service Representative responds to customer inquires and places customer orders to ensure customer expectations are accurately determined and met. This role has in-depth knowledge of the company's products and services. The Senior Customer Service Representative develops and broadens relationships with customers to fully understand needs and wants. This role provides guidance and advice to less experienced Customer Service Representatives.

JOB DUTIES

• Responds to complex customer inquires regarding products, provides quotes, and handles order entry.
• Places customer orders via telephone, fax, email, electronic methods, or walk in (counter sales).
• Influences Motion Industries' 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 Industries.
• Builds customer relationships to drive repeat business by relating to the customer and drive process improvements.
• Orders items to ensure appropriate inventory levels are maintained for customers.
• May place orders without approval for orders up to $5,000 per line and $10,000 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 shipping method for customer orders.
• May handle customer returns.
• May be assigned to one customer.
• Provides coaching, guidance, and direction to less experienced Customer Service Representatives.
• Assists less experienced Customer Service Representatives with addressing customer needs, including locating items and resolving problems.
• May be responsible for quality and/or safety in the branch.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Typically requires a high school diploma or GED and five (5) or more 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.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Strong product knowledge.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Motion Industries 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.