Call Center Representative
- AB, Canada
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
Salary: $20 per hour · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- Salary: $20 per hour
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
We are a leading distributor of appliance parts in the US and Canadian markets. With over 60 branch locations and multiple distribution centers, we provide service to customers in multiple sectors, including extended warranty, national accounts, multi-housing, government, e-commerce, and retail spaces. We pride ourselves on the exceptional products, services, and value we add to the appliance parts service and repair industry.
We are also proud of our exceptional employees. They ensure that all orders and inquiries are researched and handled knowledgeably and professionally, and we provide the training they need to succeed. Because of their dependability, we consider them a big part of our success. In turn, we offer opportunities for growth and relocation, as well as great benefits and supportive management that make our growing business an industry leader.
Position Purpose
The Customer Sales Representative II position communicates with customers via telephone, live chat, and email to assist with ordering products, resolving conflicts with order discrepancies & shipping issues, and general problem solving with a specific focus on customer retention and satisfaction.
Essential Functions
- Answer inbound customer service phone calls
- Correspond with customers via email and live chat sessions
- Achieve call center metric targets and customer satisfaction objectives
- Perform advanced CSR functions
- Identify, research, and resolve complex, routine, and non-routine customer issues using creative problem-solving and quick decision making
- Recognize and act on opportunities for additional sales
- Troubleshoot and resolve order discrepancies
- Collaborate with warehouse personnel to resolve shipping conflicts
- Partner with the outside sales team on customer satisfaction issues
- Promote a culture that is focused on world-class customer service through building customer trust and taking ownership of all customer issues
- Facilitate new hire training and new hire integration
- Recognize and document trends in customer queries and relay them to supervisors
- Establish and maintain customer relationships by handling problems with concern, speed, and professionalism
- Direct customers to appropriate resources
- Recommend process improvements
- Prioritize daily tasks and demands with flexibility
- Work as a team player and support the needs of the organization
- Engage in continuous self-training to expand product knowledge
- Other duties as assigned by management
- Back up other members of the department.
- Special projects as assigned.
- Skilled at balancing multiple priorities
- Ability to work under pressure
- Minimum high school diploma or GED
- Positive, customer oriented, service attitude
- Two years prior call center or customer service experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to type 40+ words per minute
- Basic computer literacy
- Experience with appliance parts or major home appliances preferred
- Bilingual a plus
We provide great benefits, including extended health care, dental care holidays, paid time off (PTO), employee discounts, and disability. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, apply today!
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Mobility & Physical Activity
- Must be able to maintain significant activity levels for extended periods of time
- Frequently required to stand and walk short and long distances
- Remain in stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
- Must also be able to position self to maintain equipment, including under tables and desks
- Ability to work in varying environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, noise, lighting)
- Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
- Regularly repeat the same movements when entering data
- Ability to utilize office equipment/computers
- Ability to communicate with supervisors, employees, and customers
- Communicate with others to exchange information
- Regularly speak clearly so listeners can understand
- Regularly understand the speech of another person
- Work collaboratively in a team environment
- Ability to respond quickly to changing priorities or emergencies
- Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Frequently hear sounds and recognize the difference between them
- Frequently focus on one source of sound and ignore others
- Must have regular, consistent, and predictable attendance
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Responsibilities
Assist customers by phone, email, and live chat with product orders, order discrepancies, shipping issues, and other inquiries, while meeting call center and customer satisfaction targets. Resolve complex customer issues, identify sales opportunities, coordinate with warehouse and sales teams, and support customer relationships, training, and process improvements.
Requirements
Requires a high school diploma or GED, at least two years of call center or customer service experience, strong written and verbal communication, basic computer literacy, and typing at 40 or more words per minute. Candidates should be customer-oriented, able to balance priorities and work under pressure; appliance parts or major appliance experience is preferred, and bilingual ability is a plus.
Skills
- Customer Service
- Call Center Operations
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Customer Retention
- Sales
- Order Processing
- Troubleshooting
- Data Entry
- Typing
- Product Knowledge
- Teamwork
- Prioritization
- Training
Benefits
- Extended Health Care
- Dental Care
- Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Discounts
- Disability Benefits
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Customer Service & Support
- Sales
- Retail
- Logistics
Keywords
- Customer Service
- Call Center
- Customer Sales
- Inbound Calls
- Live Chat
- Email Support
- Customer Satisfaction
- Customer Retention
- Order Processing
- Order Discrepancies
- Shipping Issues
- Problem-Solving
- Troubleshooting
- Sales Opportunities
- Appliance Parts
- Major Home Appliances
- Data Entry
- Typing
- Customer Relationships
- New Hire Training
- Process Improvement
- Warehouse Coordination
- Outside Sales
- Product Knowledge