What are the responsibilities and job description for the FT Retail Customer Service Specialist (Work From Home) position at Brooks?
As a Retail Runner Experience Specialist at Brooks, you will provide industry-leading customer service to retail partners and sales representatives. You will be a creative problem solver and provide key information to Sales to ensure a seamless experience for retail partners. By building relationships within your territory, you will help sales team and retail partners achieve success in a shared mission - helping more runners on their path to a better self with the best gear in the industry. You will provide professional support and a superior customer experience at every touchpoint and be part of the most renowned team in the business!
Responsibilities:- Communicate with internal and external customers via phone, email, and other communication channels, providing timely responses to questions and order requests and building relationships
- Provide product pricing and availability quotes
- Complete all facets of order management, including placing new orders, revising existing orders, processing returns, managing future product reservations, providing updates, and other tasks
- Access and combine information from multiple systems to provide order details and analyze problems when they occur
- Understand the science and technology behind Brooks performance gear to enable product conversations
- Manage time effectively by prioritizing and multi-tasking
- Use daily reporting to manage orders in your territory as needed
- Track and report recurring problems and act as a problem identifier and solver
- Monitor customer orders and provide Sales and retailers with the needed updates
- Work with Credit to resolve invoicing errors
- Associate degree or equivalent experience preferred
- 1 years customer service experience preferred
- Knowledge of athletic footwear, athletic apparel, and sports bras preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with adverse situations positively
- Computer proficiency: Word, Excel, Outlook, and Salesforce (preferred)
- Accuracy in typing, spelling and grammar
- Proven ability to work effectively independently as well as with a team
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive attitude
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating effective listening through concise, clear verbal and written communication
- Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company
- Keen attention to detail in planning, organization, and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all the pieces fit together and affect one another
- Ability to anticipate how a decision made can affect customers, partners, products, or other departments' operations and/or morale; 'connecting the dots'
- Demonstration of innovation and initiative - always looking at improving products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details and help wherever necessary
- Embraces and lives the Brooks values!