Customer Service Representative (Contractor Market) Job at Border States Electric

Border States Electric Minneapolis, MN 55445

JOB SUMMARY

Supports the day-to-day operations of the Customer Service Team in promoting sales, obtaining orders and providing service to our customers. Obtains orders, provides customers timely follow-up on technical inquiries, maintains reports, actively participate in the marketing and sale of Border States’ products and services, resolves customer billing problems, and provides input on product evaluations, code descriptions, inventory management, and pricing development.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions

· Works closely with Border States’ sales and marketing staff to meet and exceed Branch sales and gross profit objectives.

· Obtains orders and provides proactive sales and service functions including order entry, quotations, expediting, pricing, returns, coordinate deliveries and follow-up on customer inquiries, as required.

· Provides timely follow-up on customer technical inquiries and requests.

· Maintains Open Order Reports, Billing Block Reports and other reports deemed necessary on a consistent basis.

· Actively participates in the marketing and sale of Border States’ products and services.

· Consistently provides responsive, quality service to meet and exceed customer expectations.

· Provides input to BSE personnel on customer needs or concerns regarding pricing, inventory, products, competition and procedures.

· Coordinates with the Customer Financial Services staff to resolve customer-billing problems resulting from errors in pricing, shipping, delivery or other credit areas.

· Provides input to the pricing and purchasing areas on product evaluations, code descriptions, inventory management, pricing development, and other related functions.

Non-essential Functions

· Attends sales meetings and training programs, as required.

· May assist with sales meetings and trade shows, as needed.

· May develop quotations and request bid or performance bonds for customers within company profit objectives and guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

· Minimum of a two-year business/trade degree preferred or the equivalent in work experience.

· Minimum of two years of prior customer service, city desk or sales experience with strong knowledge of electrical products and systems preferred.

· Technical ability to understand electrical systems with a minimum of two-years of prior electrical distribution experience preferred.

· Ability to read, write and speak in English preferred.

· Prefer strong working knowledge of PC for Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), Internet, Email and SAP software.

Equal Opportunity For All

It’s not just the law. It’s something we’ve believed in since our founding. We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.

Drug Free/Smoke Free workplace

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.40 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Paid training
  • Parental leave
  • Profit sharing
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • No nights

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus pay



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