Columbus McKinnon Corporation
Customer Service Representative

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Job Summary/Overview
Position to be based at Coleshill, Birmingham site on a full-time permanent basis circa 38.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Purpose of the position is to assist the sales team by providing a committed, pro-active support function in all aspects of everyday sales activity ensuring the customer’s experience of doing business with our organisation is a positive and memorable one.
Being a first port of call for customer enquires through our Salesforce CRM system and contact on phone system.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Using Salesforce CRM to review all enquiries and categorise them on receipt to ensure they reach correct staff and are prioritised effectively.
- First point of contact on telephone system.
- Prompt and efficient processing of customer enquiries, correspondence – communicating via Salesforce CRM, email, Teams and telephone.
- Providing PODs, missing certificates and providing updates on orders.
- Checking stock availability and lead times on SAP.
- Make quotations in SAP.
- Order entry in SAP.
- Follow up open orders, stock and MTO to ensure on time shipment.
- Working with other company functions and personnel in sales, purchasing and warehousing, distribution, supply chain planning in the UK and globally.
- Handle any type of complaint in a proficient way and recording in internal systems.
- Invoice queries and credit request creation.
- Support colleagues by sharing best practice.
- Adheres to all local legal, health and safety and compliance requirements, policies and procedures.
- To carry out any other duties as necessary when requested.
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- Previous experience in a customer service role.
- Experience in the lifting industry is advantageous.
- Relevant NVQ or sales qualification an advantage.
- Strong numeric, analytical skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
- Good planning, time management and prioritisation of tasks.
- Good business and commercial awareness.
- MS Office and CRM experience, Salesforce is in use.
- SAP proficiency a distinct advantage.
- Strong written and spoken English language.
- Willingness to continue to train, to learn, to grow.
Required Qualifications
- 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English.
- Relevant NVQ or sales qualification an advantage.
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