Customer Support Representative
Tait Communications · Houston, TX · 3 wk ago
OTHRFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes purpose of role, scope of the role (list of duties), team member responsibilities, performance measurements, about us, diversity & inclusion statement, how to apply (but we need to remove application instructions). Also we need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to keep substantive info: purpose of role, scope (list of duties), team member responsibilities, performance measurements, about us, diversity & inclusion statement maybe? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Diversity & inclusion statement is not boilerplate? It's a statement about diversity; likely we keep it as part of About Us? Might be considered part of company info, but not required. The instruction says we can include sections only when posting has real specific content. Diversity & inclusion statement is specific content. Could be included under a heading like "About the company" or "Diversity & Inclusion". But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We cannot create other headings. So we must map content into those allowed headings. The posting does not have explicit Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not create those sections unless there is real specific content. There's no mention of benefits, pay, schedule. So we should not include those headings. We can include About the role (purpose of role). Responsibilities (scope of role duties). Possibly Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: none given. So we omit them. Also we could include a section like "About the company" but not allowed; maybe we can put About Us under About the role? But About the role is for role description; we could put About Us under a heading like "About the role"? Not appropriate. However instructions: "Use
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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes purpose of role, scope of the role (list of duties), team member responsibilities, performance measurements, about us, diversity & inclusion statement, how to apply (but we need to remove application instructions). Also we need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to keep substantive info: purpose of role, scope (list of duties), team member responsibilities, performance measurements, about us, diversity & inclusion statement maybe? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Diversity & inclusion statement is not boilerplate? It's a statement about diversity; likely we keep it as part of About Us? Might be considered part of company info, but not required. The instruction says we can include sections only when posting has real specific content. Diversity & inclusion statement is specific content. Could be included under a heading like "About the company" or "Diversity & Inclusion". But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We cannot create other headings. So we must map content into those allowed headings. The posting does not have explicit Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not create those sections unless there is real specific content. There's no mention of benefits, pay, schedule. So we should not include those headings. We can include About the role (purpose of role). Responsibilities (scope of role duties). Possibly Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: none given. So we omit them. Also we could include a section like "About the company" but not allowed; maybe we can put About Us under About the role? But About the role is for role description; we could put About Us under a heading like "About the role"? Not appropriate. However instructions: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., meaning those are examples; we could use other headings? It says "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect us to use those headings only. But we can also include other headings if needed? The instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are typical headings; we could still use others but they gave examples. Safer to stick to those. So we need to map content: About the role: purpose of role paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties from scope of the role, team member responsibilities maybe also responsibilities. Performance measurements could be under Responsibilities? Or maybe we could create a separate section like "Performance Measurements" but not in allowed list. Could we treat performance measurements as part of Responsibilities? Might be okay. But we need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot omit performance measurements. So we need a section for it. Since not in allowed list, maybe we can still use with a heading like "Performance Measurements". The instruction says "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. implies those are examples, not exclusive. So we can use other headings as needed. We'll include headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Performance Measurements, About the company (or About Us), Diversity & Inclusion (maybe). But we need to avoid boilerplate. Diversity & Inclusion statement is not boilerplate; it's specific. We'll include it.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "ORDER FULFILLMENT REPRESENTATIVE". We'll not put that.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We need to remove duplicated lines. There's some duplication: "We encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply." appears twice; we should keep only once.
We need to remove application instructions: "How To Apply ..." and "Only applications submitted through the official application process will be considered." etc. Remove those.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate: none seen.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's extract content.
Purpose of Role paragraph:
"We Go Beyond for A Safer World ORDER FULFILLMENT REPRESENTATIVE Purpose of Role The Order Fulfilment Representative (OFR) manages the day to day relationship with the customer/dealer, responding to their inquiries and providing prompt and accurate information regarding Tait product and services as well as processing standard sales and service orders, returns, credits, demonstration equipment, and all related invoicing. The OFR will manage the entire order cycle to enhance business development and ensure sustainability and customer satisfaction includes planning, coordinating and monitoring logistics operations such as warehousing, inventory, transportation. This is a key role working closely with customers to build trusting relationships and provide a high standard of service while ensuring smooth operations aiming for maximum efficiency. Communication skills are a must along with efficient record-keeping abilities and a customer-oriented approach."
We can keep that as prose under About the role.
Scope of the Role: a long list of duties, each sentence ends with period. We'll turn each into
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect us to use those headings only. But we can also include other headings if needed? The instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are typical headings; we could still use others but they gave examples. Safer to stick to those. So we need to map content: About the role: purpose of role paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties from scope of the role, team member responsibilities maybe also responsibilities. Performance measurements could be under Responsibilities? Or maybe we could create a separate section like "Performance Measurements" but not in allowed list. Could we treat performance measurements as part of Responsibilities? Might be okay. But we need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot omit performance measurements. So we need a section for it. Since not in allowed list, maybe we can still use with a heading like "Performance Measurements". The instruction says "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. implies those are examples, not exclusive. So we can use other headings as needed. We'll include headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Performance Measurements, About the company (or About Us), Diversity & Inclusion (maybe). But we need to avoid boilerplate. Diversity & Inclusion statement is not boilerplate; it's specific. We'll include it.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "ORDER FULFILLMENT REPRESENTATIVE". We'll not put that.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We need to remove duplicated lines. There's some duplication: "We encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply." appears twice; we should keep only once.
We need to remove application instructions: "How To Apply ..." and "Only applications submitted through the official application process will be considered." etc. Remove those.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate: none seen.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's extract content.
Purpose of Role paragraph:
"We Go Beyond for A Safer World ORDER FULFILLMENT REPRESENTATIVE Purpose of Role The Order Fulfilment Representative (OFR) manages the day to day relationship with the customer/dealer, responding to their inquiries and providing prompt and accurate information regarding Tait product and services as well as processing standard sales and service orders, returns, credits, demonstration equipment, and all related invoicing. The OFR will manage the entire order cycle to enhance business development and ensure sustainability and customer satisfaction includes planning, coordinating and monitoring logistics operations such as warehousing, inventory, transportation. This is a key role working closely with customers to build trusting relationships and provide a high standard of service while ensuring smooth operations aiming for maximum efficiency. Communication skills are a must along with efficient record-keeping abilities and a customer-oriented approach."
We can keep that as prose under About the role.
Scope of the Role: a long list of duties, each sentence ends with period. We'll turn each into
with a heading like "Performance Measurements". The instruction says "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. implies those are examples, not exclusive. So we can use other headings as needed. We'll include headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Performance Measurements, About the company (or About Us), Diversity & Inclusion (maybe). But we need to avoid boilerplate. Diversity & Inclusion statement is not boilerplate; it's specific. We'll include it.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "ORDER FULFILLMENT REPRESENTATIVE". We'll not put that.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We need to remove duplicated lines. There's some duplication: "We encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply." appears twice; we should keep only once.
We need to remove application instructions: "How To Apply ..." and "Only applications submitted through the official application process will be considered." etc. Remove those.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate: none seen.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's extract content.
Purpose of Role paragraph:
"We Go Beyond for A Safer World ORDER FULFILLMENT REPRESENTATIVE Purpose of Role The Order Fulfilment Representative (OFR) manages the day to day relationship with the customer/dealer, responding to their inquiries and providing prompt and accurate information regarding Tait product and services as well as processing standard sales and service orders, returns, credits, demonstration equipment, and all related invoicing. The OFR will manage the entire order cycle to enhance business development and ensure sustainability and customer satisfaction includes planning, coordinating and monitoring logistics operations such as warehousing, inventory, transportation. This is a key role working closely with customers to build trusting relationships and provide a high standard of service while ensuring smooth operations aiming for maximum efficiency. Communication skills are a must along with efficient record-keeping abilities and a customer-oriented approach."
We can keep that as prose under About the role.
Scope of the Role: a long list of duties, each sentence ends with period. We'll turn each into
- . Need to ensure we keep all.
Let's list them:
- Check orders for configurations, pricing/discounts, Incoterms, T&Cs, and delivery requirements.
- Process all customer orders in a timely manner in the ERP system using the appropriate order type.
- Ensure contract review (where required) is complete and that commercial team approval is sent.
- Check availability of Tait product and third party supplier, raising purchase orders where appropriate.
- Plan and coordinate orders, to ensure orders deliverables are met.
- Communicate any production delays and revise dates to customers and management.
- Provide information to management and other interested parties on order history and current orders.
- Confirm orders and delivery dates back to the customers.
- Coordinate ERP corrections with product/pricing teams.
- Maintain and update filing system for both outstanding and shipped orders.
- Resolve any shipment discrepancies, damages, or errors during the course of a delivery.
- Invoice customers in ERP and send invoices to appropriate party and copy finance team.
- Process credit and material returns with proper approvals in a timely manner.
- Provide regular progress reporting to both the sales team and management on status of orders.
- Provide support, follow up and backup (where required) to the sales team.
- Provide backup (as required) for receipting repairs upon arrival for store.
- Validate repair induction requests and initiate documents/updates.
- Manage and tracks repairs (customer and internal) through the repair cycle.
- Provide updates to the master repair tracking list with current status and issues.
- Manage ERP system to extract customer delivery dates for warranty requirements.
- Apprise repair team of issues/special requirements status and warranty entitlements.
- Resolve information deficiencies and updates system with data as appropriate.
- Create accurate and complete ERP quotations for billable repairs when required.
- Validate work completion for repair orders before closure and invoicing.
- Rectify problems such as damages, shortages and non-conformance to specifications.
- Monitor repair cycle time to meet performance metrics.
- Generate reports from company system, review data, and assist with monthly reports.
- Compile and distribute weekly serial number report to primary customers and answer any questions.
- Compile and distribute weekly order tracking report to customers and answer any questions.
- Manage demo equipment to ensure that the correct product meets requirements of evaluation.
- Assist standardizing work processes within ERP for logistics.
- Prepare expenditure requests for Tait and third party to fulfill customer service orders.
- Provide purchase orders to vendors along with Tait T&Cs.
- Receipt in goods/services to allow payables to process payments.
- Dispatching and Export Documentation Prepare required export documentation in accordance with the sales order requirements.
- Liaise with Stores Controller to ensure customer sales and service orders are dispatched in time, accurately and any special instructions are actioned.
- Negotiating with manufacturing to expedite orders (when required) to meet customer's deadlines.
- Organise shipments (when required) by processing pickings lists and liaising with dispatch.
- Work with freight companies to expedite & track shipments and resolve issues.
- Upload tracking information and proof of delivery to customer's tracking site (if required) and ERP.
- Daily purchase components required for repair from TL or Third party companies.
- Daily purchase safety stock converted through ERP requisitions.
Note: Some lines may be duplicated? Not obvious.
Then "Sales and Customer Support" paragraph: "First point of contact for all customer inquiries product availability, pricing, delivery, and repairs. Maintain a day to day contact with all relevant people in the appropriate sales regions.Investigate and solve customer and supplier problems. Update and maintain the CRM (if applicable) in an accurate manner as directed by your managerUpdate and maintain the ERP in an accurate manner for the customer's orders.Preparation of quotations and coordination of tender documents to ensure deadlines are met.Follow up with customers for any outstanding repair quotations and advise repair team.Follow-up with customer's order quotations to secure orders or establish reason why lost.Regular calls with customers for support and to encourage new sales.Work with accounts team to monitor customer payments.Opening/maintaining/closing electronic job files and records.Take an active role in looking for improvement opportunities in procedures and customer service."
We can include these as responsibilities as well.
Then "Team Member Responsibilities" bullet list:
- In consultation with your Manager: Establish the most appropriate work and project related goals for you personally.
- Ensure that these goals can be directly related to the team plan and our own development needs.
- Break these goals down into specific, measurable and achievable objectives for yourself.
- Demonstrate habit of making plans, taking action and learning from those plans and actions.
- Work with your Manager to annually produce your Personal Development Plan and review regularly.
- Accomplish assigned duties in accordance with ISO processes.
- Raise tickets in quality tool capturing customer issues and assist with corrective action as required.
We can include these under Responsibilities as well.
Then "Performance Measurements" list:
- Acknowledge customer orders within two (2) hours.
- Process customer's standard sales orders on ERP within eight (8) business hours and provide order confirmation to customer with planned delivery dates within sixteen (16) business hours (non-standard products or new packages measured separately.)
- Process customer's repair and return orders within four (4) business hours.
- Process orders with 99% accuracy for pricing and product.
- Sales orders delivered in full and on time (IFOT) with 99% accuracy.
- Repair orders delivered in full and on time (IFOT) with 98% accuracy.
- Invoice customers within eight (8) hours of availability to process.
We'll put these under a heading Performance Measurements.
Then "About Us" paragraph:
"For more than 50 years, Tait Communications has been designing, delivering, and supporting critical communications networks for public safety, transportation and utility customers around the world. Founded in Christchurch by Sir Angus Tait, we now have a network of customers and offices that spans the globe. Our employees value being part of a creative team committed to providing technological solutions that make a real difference to the communities we support. By joining Tait, you'll be joining a community of people with a wealth of knowledge and expertise, who care deeply about their work and the genuine impact it has for our customers, and who support each other to grow and develop."
We'll put under About the company maybe heading "About the company". But we only have allowed headings; we could use "About