Customer Care Specialist

Job Description

As a Customer Care Specialist, you will be responsible for interacting with customers via phone, chat, and email. The hours for this full-time role are Monday through Friday, with a start time between 6:00 am to 8:30 am.

• Responds to customers via phone, email, and chat
• Effectively communicates product/technical information clearly and concisely, adjusting language and terminology to meet the needs of the customer in a professional manner
• Triages customers appropriately and/or takes messages
• Documents conversations concisely yet with enough detail that others can understand what transpired
• Actively engages with clients' situations and diffuses escalations as needed
• Precisely documents conversations with customers in the company system(s) as required
• Follow up with inquiries by making outbound calls and emails when necessary
• Courteously and effectively communicate appropriate information to fellow team members and or members of other teams, i.e., Order Management, Quotes, Shipping and Receiving, Manufacturing, Sales, Account Management, etc.
• Provide customers with inventory requests upon request
• Create a bill of materials/quote for the customer's review
• Learn, understand, and follow policies and procedures put into place by Elemental Brands management and relay them appropriately to customers
• Continuous and proactive learning of new and updated products
• Support teammates by applying FUCA (Focus, Urgency, Collaboration, Accountability)
• Accept feedback from peers and management and implement suggestions as requested
• Maintain a high level of client and company confidentiality
• Appropriately escalates more complex and/or sensitive customer issues to the Leadership Team
• Performs related duties as required

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent training and experience
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a customer service setting
• Call center experience and knowledge of or interest in lighting technology are preferred, but not required
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation
• Ability to educate customers by phone, chat, and email on the proper usage of products
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve unique situations by phone, chat, emails, and utilizing pictures or videos
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to ask and anticipate thoughtful questions to provide the correct solutions to the customer’s specific needs
• Knowledge of lighting industry standard verbiage
• Knowledge of all platforms used to include, but not limited to:
  • Fishbowl
  • Configure One
  • Magento
  • Google Docs / Sheets
  • RingCentral
  • Zendesk
• Knowledge of sales order, RMA, shipping, customer, and project modules in Fishbowl

We Are Looking for Someone Who:

• Truly wants to help people
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment; learns and synthesizes information quickly
• Is adaptable and flexible
• Is a dependable professional who enjoys interacting with customers by phone
• Has excellent follow-up, organizational, and time management skills
• Works quickly and efficiently with a high degree of quality
• Ability to educate customers by phone, chat, and email on the proper usage of products
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve unique situations by phone, chat, email, utilizing pictures or videos
• Ability to multitask

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Perks and Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D, Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance (100% PAID by employer), available first of the month, following the date of hire
• Company-matched 401(k) Plan, at 5%, no vesting schedule
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Three Paid Flexible Holiday per year
• Seven Paid Holidays
• Pre-Tax Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) - $200 annual employer contribution
• Discounted Corporate Gym Membership at South Reno Athletic Club
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Discount
• Monthly Birthday Lunch Celebrations
• On-site Snacks and Beverages
• Employee Referral Bonus Program