Customer Service Parts Agent - Lippert

Who We Are:

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries.  We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation and premium products to all of our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are.  We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.  We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

1. A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
2. Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
3. Fair and competitive compensation.
4. Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
5. Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective:

The Lippert Customer Care Center Parts team members handle customer concerns, process orders, and provide information about an organization’s products and services. Motivated to maintain customer satisfaction and contribute to company success. Has the ability to establish a rapport with customers, to deliver on our brand promise (Whenever, Wherever, we make your experience better). Be reliable, and available to service the needs of our most treasured asset, which is our customer base.  Driven with strong time management and prioritization abilities to juggle the constant changing needs of our customers. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A degree of creativity, discretion, and latitude is expected.    

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provides proactive and extraordinary service to all external and internal customers. This responsibility includes maintaining a professional and positive attitude at all times.
2. Creatively solves customer issues, proactively manages customer orders and open requests to resolution
3. Professionally handle all incoming calls. This action includes meeting or exceeding the Customer Service expectations and metrics that are established for the department. 
4. Handles, resolves and takes ownership of all internal and external customer problems. Root causes of problems are identified, and corrective action taken.  Problems are closed with calls to customers to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
5. General knowledge of the product line and pricing schedules
6. Performs all other responsibilities as may be assigned by management.

Working Conditions:

1. Primarily working indoors, office environment.
2. May sit for several hours at a time.
3. Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
4. Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

Qualifications:

1. High school degree or GED
2. 1 year of Customer Service experience

Competencies:

1. Team Player
2. Communication Proficiency
3. Organizational Skills
4. Follow-up skills
5. High personal accountability
6. Decision making
7. Initiative
8. Quality Management/Control
9. Time Management
10. Process Improvement

Supervisory Responsibility:

This role does not have any supervisory responsibility upon hiring.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk and hear. This position requires sitting, data entry, and a telephone headset. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time hourly position and the expected work hours are 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday; weekend and late evening work may be necessary.

Travel:

Travel would be minimal and would be primarily local during the business day.

Preferred Education and Experience:

1. Customer Service Experience is preferred but not required
2. Bachelor’s degree
3. Prior Inside Sales experience
4. Prior experience in the RV industry

Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law.  This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters.  All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member.  Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members.  Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership.  Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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