Manager - Customer Service

About the Role

The Customer Service Manager leads the branch Customer Service team, delivering a high level of customer service while supporting accurate and timely order execution. This role serves as the primary escalation point for complex customer issues and works closely with Sales, Operations, Fabrication, Warehouse, Inventory Control, Credit, Purchasing, and Shipping to ensure customer needs are effectively coordinated and resolved. The position also identifies opportunities to improve service, processes, efficiency, and overall branch performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, train, and develop Customer Service Representatives while fostering an accountable, collaborative, and customer-focused team environment.
• Manage department staffing, workload distribution, scheduling, performance management, employee development, and day-to-day team priorities.
• Oversee customer account activities, including orders, quotations, pricing, returns, credits, shipping information, billing adjustments, and other customer requests.
• Serve as the management escalation point for complex customer and order-related issues, ensuring concerns are investigated, communicated, and resolved through completion.
• Monitor open orders, backorders, quotations, returns, claims, credits, and pricing discrepancies to ensure timely follow-up and resolution.
• Oversee the establishment and maintenance of customer contract pricing and approve credits and adjustments within established authority.
• Partner closely with Sales, Operations, Fabrication, Warehouse, Inventory Control, Credit, Purchasing, and Shipping to coordinate customer requirements and meet customer commitments.
• Support Sales and customer relationships through quotations, pricing, account requirements, and issue resolution.
• Monitor customer service performance, workload, service levels, and department results and provide reporting to branch and regional leadership.
• Identify recurring service or operational issues and implement process improvements that enhance customer satisfaction, order accuracy, productivity, efficiency, and profitability.
• Ensure the team follows established company policies, procedures, approval requirements, and customer-service standards.
• Support implementation of new systems, processes, policies, products, and company initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.