Summary:
Manages diverse activities of Customer Care team engaged in handling product orders and providing exceptional customer service by performing the following duties:
What You'll Do:- Coach, mentor, and develop potential leaders for succession planning
- Analyzes and organizations Customer Care operations and procedures.
- Provides leadership to team leaders and team members to ensure consistent demonstration of customer focus, integrity, technical accuracy, efficiency, and conformity to company policies.
- Maximizes productivity and quality of team by nurturing a positive team environment.
- Maintains uniform correspondence procedures and style practices.
- Researches and develops resources and procedures that create timely and efficient workflow.
- Provides positive and, when necessary, negative feedback to team members verbally and in writing. Documents feedback through Confirmation of Conversations (COCs).
- Conducts 90-day and annual performance reviews for team members.
- Ensures team members receive appropriate training necessary to meet and exceed job expectations.
- Formulates procedures for systematic retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and disposal of records.
- Creates individual development plans for direct reports and monitors progress to drive continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
- Meets with direct reports on a regular basis to review performance and accuracy, progress on development plan, and to discuss development opportunities.
- Provides office layout and initiates cost-reduction programs.
- Works with cross-functional team members as customer advocate to ensure company meets the needs of its customers, such as:
- Production Control for leveling of manufacturing work load
- Shipping to ensure RMA process is flowing smoothly.
- Partners with Sales to balance customer needs with ability for Customer Care to perform.
- Partners with Field Service to accommodate homeowner and customer needs.
- Partners with Information Systems for implementation of new programs and constant efficiency improvements with current programs.
- Prepares reports for guidance of management.
- Coordinates activities of assigned teams within department.
- Maintains contact with customers and outside sales representatives.
- Handles escalated customer complaints and requests for back charges beyond customer service representative and Team Leader approval levels.
- Evaluates complaints and back charges, recommends and/or determines appropriate action using authorized discretion in the final resolution.
- Composes written communication in response to dealer complaints.
- Maintains contact with customers and outside Sales people throughout dispute.
- Maximizes productivity of Customer Care team and Inside Sales Team through proficient use of appropriate software applications, such as Excel, Exo Quote, Frontier, and Sales Logix.
- Participates in departmental budget and cycle forecast.
- Creates reports of performance data and develops standard and ad-hoc reports.
- Pursues opportunities for self-development.
- Keeps current on technology opportunities in Customer Care industry.
- Conducts interviews for prospective employees.
- 4-5 years of Customer Care experience
- Intermediate use of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access).
- Strong knowledge of PGT products and procedures including shipping, RMA’s, production releases, and service orders.
- Exo Quote, Frontier, and AS400 experience is a plus.
At PGT Innovations, we may build and support high-quality, innovative windows and doors, but every day holds opportunities for us to do so much more – from building stronger teams through leading, supporting, mentoring, and collaborating, to fostering better relationships with our customers.
WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT
Every day we look for opportunities to grow and achieve greatness – together.
This isn’t an “everyone for themselves” environment. Here, we look out for each other. We help each other. We prop each other up during challenging times.
Because inventing, building, and delivering the future of windows and doors is not a one-person job. It takes all of us.
- Our collaborative group.
- Our understanding family.
- Our strong team.
Working together to inspire greater opportunity for our customers, our community, and our team members.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive compensation
- Career advancement opportunities
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee stock purchase plan
- 401k matching
- Profit sharing
- Paid time off
- Volunteer time off
PGT Innovations is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or
physical disability, marital/family/caregiver status, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local low. PGT Innovations also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.