Customer Service Manager
Palo Alto, CA, United States
Job Description Job Description For over 45 years, Stangenes Industries, Inc. (www.stangenes.com) has been manufacturing critical components for customers in government, industry and research. As an OEM supplier to major medical and industrial equipment manufacturers, we have earned a reputation for quality and reliability at globally competitive prices. The foremost government and institutional particle accelerator facilities and research laboratories in the world rely on Stangenes Industries for innovation and excellence.
Stangenes Industries, Inc. is focused on developing an efficient, skilled and cross-trained workforce. All employees are responsible for maintaining a safe work environment; and each person is empowered in a way that creates exceptional individual performance, highly successful work teams, outstanding customer service, and an atmosphere of mutual respect. To the extent possible, Stangenes will support opportunities for employee professional development.
The Customer Service Manager is the main point of contact for customer questions or inquiries. The ideal candidate must determine customer needs, effectively communicate those needs within the organization, and work with all functional areas to deliver on necessary actions.
Responsibilities:
Respond to customer inquiries with product information and quotes, involving engineering when appropriate
Work closely with planning to obtain accurate lead times for customer quotes
Manage customer relationships, complaints, and escalations; ensure healthy relationships and timely results
Track customer orders to ensure on-time delivery, inform customers when changes need to be made to delivery dates
Crate all documents needed for domestic and international shipping
Create and mail customer invoices
Track all returned goods, including issuing Return Material Authorizations (RMA) numbers and entering information into appropriate databases for reporting and tracking
Work with all departments and individuals involved in the completion of customer orders including manufacturing, quality control, shipping and the President for complex orders or customer issues
Working with cross functional teams to find improvement opportunities, not blame
Qualifications:
BA or BS degree, or equivalent work experience
Five years customer service experience required; manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred
Preference of 2-5 years of experience working with ERP/ MRP or similar software
Ability to communicate diplomatically, and articulately over the phone, via email and face-to-face across all levels internally and externally is essential
Excellent data entry and organizational skills
Able to handle multiple interruptions and adjust priorities throughout the day, while continuing to produce accurate, detailed work
Proficiency in use of MS Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook.
Verbal and interpersonal skills that enable effective interdepartmental communication
Ability to work with cross-functional teams to resolve issues
Stangenes Industries, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
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