Customer Service Manager I - II

Job Title: Customer Service Manager I - II

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Texas, Inc.-GTX

• This position may be filled as Customer Service Manager I or II depending on the identified candidates’ qualifications.***

Job Summary Purpose

Responsible for managing portfolio of assigned commercial accounts and maintaining relationships with governmental officials & key constituents; overall responsibility for improving customer service in geographic service territory that includes troubleshooting, recognizing opportunities and creating winning solutions to both customer and company.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and implementing account plans for Entergy's managed portfolio of identified critical Large Commercial and Small Industrial customers and large metro Governmental accounts, including rate analysis.
• Resolve managed portfolio of customer issues/concerns relative to sales and service reliability
• Negotiate and coordinate service and contract activities associated with new and expanding critical commercial & small industrial customers
• Coordinate managed account customer service activities associated with Billing, Engineering, Construction, Power Quality, and interact with the Entergy Business Center.
• Develop and maintain targeted relationships with political and key community constituents, influential civic associations and small business leaders in large metropolitan municipal markets in the region.
• Manage Municipal franchises within the region including community development, local area economic dev. & strategic marketing plans.
• Resolve escalated customer issues from regulators, executive complaints, phone center, media, etc. working with Customer Service Support group.
• Responsible for media response, communications and other public facing communications within the region.
• Support local media relations
• Interact with Business & Economic Development group on municipal & co-op investment opportunities.

Minimum Education And Experience Required Of The Position

CSM I - Bachelor’s degree and minimum 1+ years of experience in customer service, engineering, or operations OR in lieu of degree minimum 5+ years of experience in customer service, engineering, or operations is required.

CSM II - Bachelor’s degree and minimum 3+ years of experience in customer service, engineering, or operations OR in lieu of degree minimum 7+ years of experience in customer service, engineering, or operations is required.

Minimum Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with media & public speaking experience; Self-starter, change agent with strong project management ability. Strong organizational agility with the ability to delegate work and maintain focus on external role for the region. Must possess a strong technical understanding of operations, service requirements, regulatory regulations, company policies; Requires after hours & weekend availability during normal operations and extended support during storm events.

Primary Location: Texas - The Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands || Texas : Conroe

Job Function: Corporate

FLSA Status: Professional

Relocation Option: Level II

Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 123883

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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Working Conditions

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.