Customer Service Coordinator

Job Title: Customer Service Coordinator

Location: Irvine CA 92618

Duration: 6 Months Temp to Hire

Pay Rate: $28/Hr. On W2

Shift: Split schedule Sunday and Monday 3rd shift from midnight to 8:30am and Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday first shift from 7:00am to 3:30pm

Description:

• Must have aerospace and/or manufacturing work experience.
• Experience with selling products and excellent customer service skills.
• Work with Excel and able to navigate websites.

Customer Service Coordinator:

• Maintains customer satisfaction by providing product service and account information and monitoring performance for product warranty maintenance agreements and/or purchase orders.
• Typically responsible for groups of accounts that are moderately complex or where account relationships are well established.

Essential Functions:

• Administers customer accounts by reviewing service and/or spare product requirements to existing terms and conditions of purchase orders or maintenance agreements.
• Establishes and maintains customer relationships through courteous and efficient servicing of customer requests. Maintains regular communication with assigned customer accounts and responds to customer service issues.
• Prepares and submits correspondence in response to customer requests. Maintains an appropriate level of confidentiality regarding customer and company matters.
• Responds to requests for quotations in a timely manner and coordinates with price estimating. Reviews pricing for reasonableness submits quotations/proposals for customer review and manages customer questions regarding the submitted quote/proposal.
• Coordinates with various functions of the company (e.g. quality shipping/receiving accounting order entry planning and shop personnel) on customer issues. Prioritizes requests and commits to reasonable production and/or provisioning lead time.
• Monitors delivery status and provides status reports to customers by gathering data researching outstanding shipments obtaining up to date shipping information and following up with the customer.
• Ensures invoices have been processed and paid by monitoring the customers account status and coordinating with Accounts Receivable. Supports the companys collection efforts.
• Investigates and resolves customer complaints or claims by collecting and analyzing documentation and prior history files. Resolves complaints regarding damaged late or incorrect shipments and may have authority to offer discounts up to a limited maximum dollar amount.
• Ensures the accuracy of sales order entry data and backlog information by monitoring customer accounts and preparing reports (i.e. backlog shipped not invoiced and contract hold).
• May review warranty claims discuss product substitutions and alternatives based on customer requirements and provide special pricing for non standard warranty items and repairs.
• Contributes to continuous improvement activities and recommends cost reduction suggestions and/or ways to improve the quality of service.
• Develops knowledge of procurement practices and FAA regulations products and manufacturing processes and customers.
• Supports the team by accomplishing related results as needed. Work assignments may include cross functional or project team assignments.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree is required.
• Two years of related experience in contracts or business administration that has provided both theoretical and practical knowledge in the field.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through four or more years of related experience in administrative marketing/customer service or product support areas.
• Knowledge and understanding of customer service administration policies and practices and FAA regulations including government procurement if applicable.
• General knowledge of products and manufacturing inspection and repair processes.
• General understanding and ability to apply continuous improvement methods.
• Ability to work on assignments that are moderately complex where judgement is required in evaluating information resolving problems and making recommendations.
• Ability to work with only general work direction with no instructions usually given for routine work and general instructions given for new work or special assignments.
• Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to calculate amounts such as discounts proportions and percentages.
• Ability to communicate effectively to present ideas facts and some technical information and to respond to inquiries and complaints from customers or regulatory agencies.
• Ability to use standard business software applications and specialized spreadsheet and database systems (e.g. manufacturing resource planning (MRP) financial and accounting data).
• Ability to effectively demonstrate team member competencies and participate in goal setting performance feedback and self development activities.

Typical Mental and Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to sit.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to operate a computer and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Also expected of the employee is regular attendance the ability to work cooperatively and professionally with others and members of the public and the ability to manage multiple tasks at once.