Customer Care Representative - Birmingham

About Crown Lift Trucks Ltd Since its entry into the material handling industry in the 1960s, Crown Equipment Corporation has earned a reputation for exceptional product design, engineering and manufacturing of its award-winning line of electric lift trucks. From our smallest pallet truck to our highest lifting VNA truck, our goal is to always provide the user with the safest, most efficient and ergonomic forklift truck possible. Crown supports customers with a wide selection of electric forklift trucks ranging from pallet trucks to very narrow-aisle VNA trucks. Our brand promise is: “Crown designs, manufactures, distributes, services and supports material handling products that provide customers with superior value.” Quality and performance are the foundation of Crown’s success. Since our inception, our company culture has always been about people performing and working as a team to ensure that quality is built into every forklift truck we make. Crown’s headquarters, manufacturing facilities and network of branches offer diverse and challenging careers in a broad range of professional and vocational roles. Job Description To deliver Excellence in Customer Care, whilst also achieving monthly targets set in relation to KPI\’s and Service Budgets. The role of the Customer Care Representative is to interpret the requirements of both internal and external customers, and to process and maintain accurate and up to date maintenance records onto the in-house ERP system (BaaN). At the same time providing administrative support to the UK Fleet of Fork Lift Engineers, planning & dispatching engineers where required. This role is critical to the UK Service Team\’s success, and requires an ability to task manage and prioritise workloads to reflect the requirements of the day. Representatives are required to maintain good housekeeping in relation to WIP (Work In Progress), and manage a busy telephone and email service used to log breakdown calls from our vast client base across the UK. They should be equipped with an excellent Customer Care mantra which involves them going the extra mile to accommodate the needs of the customer. The Customer Care team are required to achieve specific targets set in relation to KPI\’s and Service Budgets. Customer Care Build relationships and maintain regularcontact with customers, keeping them fully updated in relation to all open workorders for their site. Service Call Intake & Dispatch Receiveservice repair and maintenance requests from customer and enter into in-housesoftware. Jeopardymanagement of open work orders, ensuring all customer SLA’s are met. Report anynon-compliance issues to Management. ProcessCrown owned equipment repair information into in-house software. Regularmonitoring of service dashboard to ensure WIP is processing within targets. Clocking Validation Review automatically generated daily clockingreports relating to technician time clocking, and make any requiredadjustments. Invoicing Verify alllabour and part items are present on work orders, and generate accurateinvoices. PM Agreements Enter PMagreements into in-house software for scheduling and update as necessary. Estimates Dailyreview of all outstanding estimates on in-house software, and regularcommunication with customers to bring these to a satisfactory conclusion. Invoice Queries Review andresolve any invoice queries in line with the company’s 5 day handling time. Emails Regularhandling of incoming emails to the generic Customer Care email address. Person Specification Essential Skills: A high level of Customer Careand a strong administrative background is required. Excellent communication skillsboth written and verbal and a fantastic telephone manner are essential. Attention to detail with goodorganisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload Experience gained within a similarrole desirable. This position requires excellent IT skills with an abilityto learn new procedures. Fully IT literate with a good knowledge of Word and Excel The Customer CareRepresentative will have an ability to work on their own initiative, towards sets targets, whilst also maintaining a good team work ethic. Vacancy Details Hours ofWork: Monday to Thursday – 8:00am to 4:30pm with one hour for lunch. Friday – 8:00am to 4:00pm with one hour for lunch. Target Salary: Competitive salary package (dependent on experience) Holidays: 25 days holiday. Pension: Companypension plan. At Crown, we know that our employees are the driving force behind our success in the material handling industry. We cultivate a culture of passionate people and inspired innovation. In fact, throughout Crown’s history, more than 1,000 employees have reached a 25-year milestone, and we are proud to have travelled their career paths with them. From employee training and development to competitive compensation packages, we invest in our employees, knowing that people are always at the core of what moves us forward. In addition to financial remuneration and participation, we our offer our employees various social benefits including but not limited to: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Excellent discount scheme with access to the best perks from some of the UK’s biggest brands. Employee assistance programme. #J-18808-Ljbffr