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Summary
Applies subject matter expertise and technical subject matter expertise to the customer service back office functions in order to ensure gold standard customer service is delivered to both institution and home patient customers / patients.
The incumbent serves as first point of customer contact regarding such matters as order management, product complaints, service complaints, adverse events, and general inquiries.
Responsible for initial intake, documentation, and distribution of customer need as required. Provides independent resolution to moderately complex inquiries and responsible for investigation of problems related to shipment of products, returns, credits and orders.
Essential Duties
Major Responsibilities / Activities
- Provides first point of contact for order entry for both institution and Home Patient.
- Thoroughly documents all inquiries in adherence with company procedures.
- Redirects complex or specialized concerns to appropriate team for follow up (e.g. medical inquiries, technical product support) when applicable
- Expedites customer orders as required.
- May provide guidance and training to department new hires
- Investigates and resolves problems related to shipment of products, returns, credits, and orders.
- Handle processing and issuing credits for returns.
- Sets-up new patients as per key requirements, maintains other records, and prepares customer required reports
- Patent management for inbound and international travel requirements
- Supports resolution of errors within GFax and EDI transactions
- Manages cycler deployment process
- Manage sample export and input order
- Prepares key customer / patient metric reports and resolves
- Resolves customer questions, and handles requests, where judgment and initiative are required to resolve and / or make recommendations.
- Perform initial data collection for product complaints and adverse events which may include :
- Evaluate complaint for need to investigate and coordinate sample retrieval
- Provide complainants resolutions (written or verbal) communication for known issues
- Notification to third parties of product complaint
Job Requirements
Education Level
Required :
High school diploma
Preferred :
Bachelor’s degree preferred in life science, health science, or related discipline.
Type of Education
Required :Preferred :
- Health Sciences
- Technical
Type of Experience
Required :
Customer Service experience
Preferred :
- Health Care Industry
- Basic knowledge of broad supply chain activities
Years of Experience
Required :
Minimum of 2 years experience in customer service and administrative tasks.
Preferred :
5 years of customer service experience and administrative tasks.
Additional Skills / Special Training / Technical Skills
Required :
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to thrive in a very fast paced environment
- Analytical and business problem solving skills
- Ability to facilitate and manage change
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to ask the right questions and lead conversations.
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of professionals (RNs, patients, other medical professionals).
- Strong ability to multi-task.
- Strong orientation for metrics
Preferred :
- Proficient level of Baxter product and therapy knowledge.
- Bilingual in French and English, Written and Verbal