Customer Service Representative - Fluid Power
About the role
Assist customers with needed parts, interacting extensively to clarify their needs, research and recommend parts, provide quotes, and take orders. Actively create new and add-on sales and generate leads for Outside Sales.
Responsibilities
- Process customer telephone orders, assist walk-in customers, price, and delivery inquiries, quoting of products and quoting on hydraulic power units and other fluid power components.
- Meet or exceed monthly sales and gross profit quotas, and build on existing sales accounts.
- Takes orders by phone, and mail, purchasing and receiving a specific product line, checking availability of stock, back order status, vendor schedules, and shipping dates; quoting prices; and writing and processing orders.
- Works from worksheets, inventory lists, part number files and related information in order to assist customers. Gather information as to costs, discounts, stock availability.
- Expedite order inquiries, checking the status of orders, following up on back orders, and lost orders. Will investigate defects, damages, and incorrect shipments. Follow-up on status of in-house repairs. Monitors customer returns as required, including investigating the cause and recommending or approving reshipment or credit, and processing necessary paperwork.
- Able to efficiently and professionally service sales accounts and maintain a history profile of what was discussed with the customer.
- Will maintain and develop good customer relationships. Continuously strive to develop and maintain customer rapport and satisfaction.
Qualifications
- Must have High School Diploma or equivalent
- Three years' experience in industrial or fluid power environment
- Ability to learn and apply new information quickly
- Assertive team player with positive attitude, high energy level, and ability to establish rapport and build relationships with current and potential customers.
- Good negotiation and closing skills to drive sales.
- Solid organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
- Good problem-solving and reasoning skills.
Benefits
Founded in 1923, Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) is a leading value-added distributor and technical solutions provider of industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation technologies, and related maintenance supplies. Our leading brands, specialized services, and comprehensive knowledge serve MRO and OEM end users in virtually all industrial markets through our multi-channel capabilities that provide choice, convenience, and expertise.
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Company Information
Founded in 1923, Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) is a leading value-added distributor and technical solutions provider of industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation technologies, and related maintenance supplies. Our leading brands, specialized services, and comprehensive knowledge serve MRO and OEM end users in virtually all industrial markets through our multi-channel capabilities that provide choice, convenience, and expertise.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, color, national origin, genetics, religion, gender, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. Applied Industrial Technologies is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to a workforce in which we enforce fair treatment and provide growth opportunities for everyone.