Customer Support & Inside Sales Specialist

Customer Support & Inside Sales Specialist

The primary duty of an Inside Sales & Customer Support Specialist is to sell additional services to existing and former customers by phone. They will also provide administrative support to service centers by answering phones, scheduling services, and managing payment data. This position requires exceptional customer service and is also required to meet daily call volume standards.

Essential functions include:

• Comply with all state and federal regulations, company policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Answer multi-line telephone
• Sell pest control services by phone, per company guidelines to existing customers
• Use our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software system to keep records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, or comments, as well as actions taken
• Generate digital service agreements for new services
• Contact former customers to regain their business
• Schedule appointments for outside sales professionals with existing customers
• Issue certificates and for gift cards, and thank you cards, for customer referrals
• Provide administration and phone support to service centers for their inbound calls
• Schedule services, managing payment data, escalate and resolve customer grievances
• Contribute toward departmental and team objectives and goals
• Maintain timesheets within company policy
• Complete sales and activity reports as requested by your manager
• Attend and complete training and meetings as required
• Perform other duties as required by management

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include:

• Customer Service knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service. This includes active listening, assessing customer needs, and meeting quality standards for services.
• English Language knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Clerical knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, fax, phones, copying machine, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Computers and Electronics using computer systems and software to transact your daily activities. Basic proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and multi-line phone

Minimum qualifications include:

• Previous customer service experience, preferred
• Excellent telephone skills
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to pass and maintain any state regulatory agency-required licensing/certification exams
• Able to pass internal technical exams
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Able to work a 40-hour (minimum) workweek

Physical demands include:

• Requires sitting for long periods (approximately 80%) of time
• Requires frequent use of telephone, telephone headset, and computer

Environmental factors include:

• Work indoors in climate-controlled shared office setting
• Call volume may be high at times

About Arrow Exterminators

We have been a family-owned and operated business since our start in 1964. Over the years, we have grown rapidly, and we now have the privilege of servicing 12 states. To ensure the quality and satisfaction of our customers, we have several offices in each state we are in to offer a more personalized approach to our communities. Ranked by revenue, Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators is the sixth-largest pest and termite control company in the United States! We instill family values in the company culture to create a welcoming work environment and a successful company. We attribute our success to passionate, highly trained team members who are committed to protecting everyone's quality of life.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. Arrow Exterminators is a Drug-Free Workplace and performs Pre-employment Drug Screens and Background Checks on all employees.