Sales and Customer Support Representative

Sales And Customer Support Representative

At ChemTreat, we understand and respect the awe-inspiring power of water to impact industries, and to sustain and enhance lives. Our 2,000 associates across North and South America maximize this power for our customersfrom power producers to food and beverage companies to the automotive industry.

When you join the nation's largest and fastest growing specialty chemical company dedicated solely to industrial water treatment, you'll work side-by-side with those customers, helping them save millions of dollars and grow their businesses, all while protecting people and the environment. Our "whatever-it-takes" mindset allows us to turn our 50 years of experience and innovative thinking into meaningful outcomes for our customersand rewarding careers for our people.

Job Description

Fulfill internal and external customer needs as a Sales and Customer Support Representative through a high volume of complex phone calls (averaging 25 - 40 calls a day), while also handling electronic requests (averaging 10 - 20 e-mail tasks weekly).

The Sales and Customer Support Representative provides unscripted, customized professional service with the expectation that the Representative has sole ownership over the resolution within a 24-hour window.

Schedule alternates between 8:00 AM EST - 4:30 PM EST, 8:30 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST, and possible occasional coverage of the 9:30 AM EST - 6:00 PM EST shift depending on business needs Monday through Friday.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Support the sales force to resolve complex situations
• Problem solves delivery issues, probe and fact find for key elements, and track orders to delivery
• Process phone orders (40 - 50 orders daily) and electronic orders (10 - 15 orders weekly)
• Responsible for all account maintenance (inclusive, but not limited to account contact information, account tracking, pricing requests, etc.)
• Read and decipher notes in order entry
• Follow the escalation procedure for outstanding tasks
• Control the phone calls (direction, pace, tone)
• Diffuse irate callers
• Review customer Purchase Orders (PO) for order entry when necessary
• Accurately place text-based, customer PO, and e-mail chain orders
• Champion problem solving to improve errors made by team and self. Drive to root cause and implement sustainable countermeasures.
• High level of multitasking and prioritizing complex tasks
• Discern commission decisions at order entry and take action as necessary
• Communicate with vendors to obtain order status and product information
• Determine freight charge routing and allocation to properly apply freight charges to customers
• Interpret customer purchase orders to identify long-term contracts and sales agreements
• Establish connection for sales agreements and enforce maximum purchasing amount

Supplemental Responsibilities

• Develop and share best practices with team
• Understand and adapt to changes in processes and procedures.
• Ability to understand lean manufacturing metrics as they relate to daily performance measures
• Additional duties as assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Other Information

• Comprehensive 60-day training program
• Cross training in other areas within the department
• 18- 24 months'commitment to Corporate Services
• Development opportunities for company growth if so desired

Knowledge & Skills

• Technical, analytical skills and business knowledge
• Communication and interpersonal skills; teamwork and leadership
• Organizational skills; self-management
• Critical thinking and attention to detail
• Ability to handle a fast-paced environment
• Clear phone diction
• Professional phone and email etiquette
• Consistently communicate with supervisor and team regarding status of daily workload
• Positive attitude during stressful situations and ability to handle multiple interruptions
• Ability to build rapport and relationships with customers
• Confident interaction with other departments and senior leadership
• Open to change and learning

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree or bachelor's degree preferred.
• 3 years of business and/or customer contact center experience preferred.
• Spanish verbal and written skills a plus, but not required.

Physical Demands

• Constantly required to sit and occasionally required to walk, stand, climb (includes stairs), balance, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk, hear, and smell.
• Constantly using hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, and computer keyboards.
• Routinely required to reach with hands and arms, squat, turn/twist, or reach, lift, carry, push, or pull up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• 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.

Working Conditions & Environment

• Consists of an indoor work office environment with good ventilation, adequate lighting, and low noise levels.

At Will Statement

Employment with ChemTreat is on an at-will basis, which means that either the employee or ChemTreat can terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason (or no reason), with or without notice, unless the employee and ChemTreat have entered a written agreement signed by the employee and a duly authorized representative of ChemTreat.

Equal Opportunity

ChemTreat, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any characteristic protected by law.

US ONLY:

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $25.50 - $25.50 USD per hour.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

US residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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