Talener
Title: Deputy General Manager-Customer Service
- 10+ years of experience in a customer service or field service organization within the manufacturing industry
- Proven track record of building a customer service organization including establishing policies and procedures for supporting customers.
- Establish the customer service organization to improve the customer service experience
- Develop a system of metrics to aid in the evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Build, lead, and retain, high-performing service and support teams.
- Develop and implement methods to record, assess, and analyze customer feedback.
- Drive Digital Transformation initiatives to continuously improve customer service quality.
- Utilize the company's integrated software systems (CRM / ERP), maintain accurate customer service records and documentation.
- Develop and implement methods to record, assess, and analyze customer feedback.
- Create a database of active machines using the company CRM system with the goal of improved customer service and business development.
- Ability to travel within the US up to 30-40% of the time.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dynamics AX or similar CRM and/or ERP software systems.
- Mechanical Engineering background in the industrial equipment industry.
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering
- $160,000-175,000
- Annual bonus
- Company car
- Relocation package if necessary
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box-sizing: border-box;">service or field service organization </span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">within the manufacturing industry</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">Proven track record of building a customer service organization including establishing polic</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">i</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">es and procedures for supporting customers.</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; 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box-sizing: border-box;">Develop and implement methods to record, assess, and analyze customer feedback.</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">Drive Digital Transformation initiatives to continuously improve customer service quality</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">U</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">tilize the company's integrated software systems (CRM / ERP), maintain accurate customer service records and documentation.</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">Develop and implement methods to record, assess, and analyze customer feedback.</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">Create a database of active machines using the company CRM system with the goal of improved customer service and business development.</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">Ability to travel within the US up to </span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">30-4</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">0% of the time</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></li></ul><div fr-original-style="line-height:108%;font-size:15px;" style="line-height: 108%; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;color:#212121;" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></div><div fr-original-style="line-height:12.15pt;background-color:#ffffff;" style="line-height: 12.15pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Nice to have</strong></span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> Skills:</strong></span></div><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;" type="disc"><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:13px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 13px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;">Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dynamics AX or similar CRM and/or ERP software systems.</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:13px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 13px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;">Mechanical Engineering background in the industrial equipment industry.</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:13px;" style="font-family: serif; 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font-family: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></div><div fr-original-style="line-height:12.15pt;background-color:#ffffff;" style="line-height: 12.15pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></div><div fr-original-style="font-size:15px;" style="font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Compensation</strong></span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;" style="font-family: Calibri; box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;">:</strong></span></div><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;" type="disc"><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:13px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 13px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;">$</span><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;">160,000-175,000</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:13px;" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 13px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;">Annual bonus</span></li><li fr-original-style="font-family:serif;font-size:13px;" style="font-family: serif; 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