The role of a Customer Service Representative is to help customers understand the products and services being offered by a company. They answer inquiries by phone, e-mail, web chat, or social media. A Customer Service Representative also handles concerns, complaints, or other issues. Their job is to help ensure customer satisfaction.
JOB DUTIES
- Handle customer complaints by providing solutions, often within a time limit to ensure the customer is satisfied.
- Learn to identify customer needs or desires in order to recommend the appropriate product or service.
- Learn the software systems used by the company to be able to communicate effectively with incoming inquiries.
- Keep a record of incoming inquiries to be able to reference at a later date.
- Be able to process orders, forms, applications, or requests.
- Work with colleagues when necessary to resolve customer complaints.
- Provide feedback to other departments to help improve sales, marketing, and business processes.
- Learn about the products inside and out to be able to answer any questions from customers.