Customer Service Specialist

Customer Service Representative

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

Reports to: Customer Service Superintendent

Primary Purpose

Responsible for all aspects of customer service

Duties and Responsibilities

• Comply with all Employee Conduct and Work Rules; comply with all policies contained in the Employee Handbook.
• Responsible for all aspects of customer service for specific territories including:
• Maintenance of remote consigned inventories
• Act as primary contact for both customers and representatives
• Maintenance of pricing information for territory
• Follow up on past due accounts
• Generation of various reports and logs
• Written and oral correspondence with customers and co-workers
• Perform daily tasks which include but are not limited to:
• Entering orders into the order entry system
• Frequently check and verify inventory availability
• Proper handling of credits, returns, billing discrepancies, shipping problems, etc.
• Generation of necessary shipping and invoicing forms
• Care of all phone requests from our customers and manufacturing reps
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work under minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.
• Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent, some college preferred.
• Should have experience handling a high volume of in-bound calls and have previous order entry experience.
• Should have solid account management experience. Candidates should be team oriented, customer focused and dependable while maintaining the highest level of professionalism.
• Should also be computer literate and have strong record keeping skills.
• Minimum two years experience in a customer service position, preferably in a manufacturing organization.

Physical Demands

Must be able to sit for long periods of time; it is also occasionally required to stand, walk, climb stairs and use hands/fingers to operate office equipment. Light physical effort is required (ability to move objects weighing 5-10 pounds from one area to another). Specific vision abilities required by the job include close and distant vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.