Customer Service Representative

About the role

The Customer Service Representative (CSR) at Horizon Distributors, Inc. plays a crucial role in empowering customers to build, manage, and grow successful landscape businesses. They are the face of the sales center and serve as the primary point of contact for walk-ins, phone orders, and will call service.

Responsibilities

• Eagerly greets walk-in and phone customers, and listens to understand their needs and challenges.
• Treats customers as business partners, by recommending product solutions, upsell options, and complimentary items designed to make their jobs easier and more profitable.
• Collaborates with team members and utilizes all company resources to sell Horizon's value and give customers the best service and experience possible.
• Prepares sales orders and assists customers in selecting and loading merchandise.
• Makes follow-up calls to potential and existing customers to introduce opportunities and solicit additional business.
• Solves customer complaints professionally and in a timely manner.
• Maintains a clean, well-organized, well-stocked sales center.
• Affords assistance in receiving, shipping, and general warehouse duties.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Strong customer-service attitude.
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented personality.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment focused on serving business owners with urgent needs.
• Understands information and communicates clearly through spoken and written words, asks questions as appropriate, and thinks critically to identify solutions to problems.
• A cooperative, dependable team player.
• Good computer and record-keeping skills, and aptitude to learn ever-evolving systems, programs, handheld technology and processes.
• Ability to frequently lift and move items that weigh up to 20 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds.
• Possess or obtain forklift certification.
• Must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
• Irrigation experience is a huge plus and knowledge in other landscape products is helpful.

Skills

• Customer service skills.
• Product knowledge.
• Communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Organizational skills.

Benefits

• Group medical, prescription, dental, vision and life insurance.
• 401(k) – offered currently with a company match.
• An employee stock purchase program.
• Seasonal sales and rewards programs.
• An Employee Assistance Program.
• Exclusive vendor discounts offered to POOLCORP / Horizon employees.

Pay

$20.50/hour and up to $2,500 through our performance bonuses in the summer.

Schedule

Monday-Friday 5:30am-1:30pm or 7:30am-4:00 pm