POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Customer Service Supervisor, the Customer Service Representative is responsible for ensuring thorough, friendly, and professional customer service via phone, in person and email interaction in a busy office.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Answer telephones and communicate effectively with Residential, Commercial, Industrial customers and team members.
- Communicates concise and accurate information.
- Will need to work closely with other departments and staff in professional manner.
- Serves as end-to-end point of contact for customer base.
- Establishes customer accounts by negotiating and documenting service type, pricing, billing, and other required information.
- Process customer payments.
- Serves as the customer’s advocate by solving problems on the customer’s behalf by engaging the right department and people within Cal-Waste.
- Reviews accounts, selling new business to existing clients, and converting accounts to a higher level through inbound calls.
- Provides standard information and education regarding service options, charges, billing, and contracts.
- Daily processing and posting of driver’s paperwork.
- Use email professionally and effectively for communication with customers and team members.
- Use dispatch radio to communicate with drivers and operational team members.
- Interact with walk-in customers.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS
- 2+ years of customer service experience.
- Experience with Soft-Pak a plus.
- Experience with Office 360 including Word, Excel and Outlook a plus.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Able to manage difficult or emotional customer situations and respond promptly to service requests to meet customer commitments.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Superior attention to detail.
- Self-motivated, work in a team environment, and maintain good working relationships with customers and team members.
- Is consistently at work and on time.
- Be flexible and positive in a busy office environment.
SPECIFICATIONS
Normal setting for this job is: office setting.
Benefits
Cal-Waste offers a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Vacation, Sick Leave, Holidays, a Safety Incentive Program as well as a Simplified Cafeteria Plan.
PAY RANGE
$18.00 - $25.00
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
Shift:
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Work setting:
Work Location: In person