Customer Service Representative - United Safety and Survivability Corporation
Grand Rapids, MI 49534
About the Job
United Safety and Survivability Corporation is committed to delivering the most innovative and reliable safety and survivability solutions our customers can trust to protect life and property. As the global leader in our industry, we push boundaries by utilizing innovation to highly engineer and produce the next generation of safety and survivability technologies.
At United Safety we’re solving our industry's most important problems with talented individuals who share our passion to change the world. Our culture is fast-paced, energetic and innovative. We work to build an inclusive environment in which everyone, regardless of gender, race, religion, age, or background, can do their best work. We are fully committed to continuous growth and advancement; we will reinvest profits and resources into our employees, our processes and product innovation.
Job Title: Customer Service Representative
Summary: An employee in this position is responsible for serving customers by providing product and service information, resolving product and service problems and processing part orders through the system. This position is an integral part of improving our position in the industry. This position is also responsible for managing specific customer projects as required. This will be accomplished through external interface with the customer and internal interface with procurement, engineering, customer service, and operations departments.
Responsibilities: As a Customer Service Representative you will:
- Maintain superior customer service standards for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and End Users.
- Review requests for quotes, create quotes, and enter customer orders.
- Evaluate and resolve customer issues related to product, shipping, warranty, or payment.
- Schedule orders to meet customer requirements while managing internal requirements through planning detail review, current demand evaluation, and intimate business process and product knowledge.
- Make informed decisions on course of action for short lead time orders, expedited orders & special product requests.
- Internally, manage the customer relationship for product deliverables.
- Liaison for customer, engineering, purchasing, production, and finance departments & initiate departmental interaction as needed.
- Manage time and resources effectively to meet USSC business objectives including complete projects on time.
- Collaborate with peers on all activities required by end user projects as required.
- Follow-up on product delivery to completion with targeted, agreed delivery points. Evaluate and resolve customer issues related to product, shipping, warranty, or payment.
- Provide feedback to USSC on customer and product issues.
- Perform other duties, as assigned for designing, implementing and maintaining competitive products and effective operations.
You’re a great fit for this position if this describes you;
- Business, Technical or Engineering Associates Degree or equivalent experience.
- 0-3 years of experience in customer service in a manufacturing environment.
- Proficient in current computer software: MS Applications Word, Excel, and understanding of ERP systems.
- Excellent written communications skills, including the use of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar to produce error-free copy, particularly composing letters, reports and documents used for decision making.
- Outstanding Oral communication skills including tack and diplomacy which would be utilized during customer service, conflict management, development of relationships with internal and external contact.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and diverse projects including, analytical thinking, planning, prioritizing, problem solving, decision making and carrying out assigned projects with minimal supervision.
- Requires light lifting of component parts and prototype assemblies.
- Must handle sensitive or confidential information with discretion.
Here at United Safety, we embrace the core values that make us great.
P A S S I O N to build the future together.
People Attitude Service Safety Innovation One Company Nimble
This position description is intended to guide the activities of the person in this role. It is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person in this role, nor is it intended that this description represents all the work that may be required of a person in this position.
United Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About United Safety and Survivability Corporation:
Founded in 1984 by entrepreneur Christian Hammarskjold, our company began in a garage with just a few products and a dream to innovate better, safer transit solutions. Since then, we’ve grown in both size and scope; introducing several new products and applications across a wide range of industries.Even as we continue to grow, our mission stays the same. We’re uniting passions, ideas, people, and solutions to protect and save lives through constant innovation.OUR VISION & MISSIONOur Vision: To build the next generation of safety and survivability technologies.Our Mission: United Safety and Survivability Corporation is committed to delivering the most innovative and reliable safety and survivability solutions our customers can trust to protect life and property.
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