Customer Service Specialist

Customer Service Representative

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Under close supervision of the Customer Service Supervisor, is responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction by providing Cencora customers with courteous, professional and efficient service at all times. Generates outbound calls to specific low-volume accounts in order to provide excellent service and communication to accounts not currently called on by a field sales associate.

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Initiating a monthly service call to a specific number of low-volume accounts in the local geographic area
• Updating existing customers on any new programs, promotional activity, products and services as well as inquires and assisting with any current issues or unresolved problems
• Assisting with customer problems such as missed shipments, price adjustments and backorders; continually strives for prompt resolution
• Frequently working with field sales associates in coordinating special orders, accepting quotations, typing, and manufacturer calls
• Working with warehouse associates, customers and field sales associates to ensure that the order process runs smoothly
• Processing all phone, fax, mail, e-mail and verbal orders from customers
• Providing customers with accurate answers to questions and complaints regarding products and services; if unable to provide assistance, escalates customers to Customer Service Supervisor in a courteous manner
• Performing data entry for purposes such as processing orders, accessing previous orders and special orders, and providing customers with current prices; researches any other inquiries as requested
• Assisting customers with backorders by offering substitutions and alternatives whenever possible, contacting manufacturers for delivery information, changes in stock number, prices and availability, and maintaining current open order reports
• Communicating with all departments within the Distribution Center as well as field sales associates
• Serving as liaison between customers and field sales associates
• Making suggestions and recommendations to Supervisor in an effort to continually improve customer service operations
• Complying with all appropriate policies, procedures, safety rules and regulations

Required skills and qualifications include:

• Broad training in fields such as business administration, accountancy, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year Bachelor's Degree program, technical vocational training or equivalent combination of experience and education
• Less than one (1) year directly related experience
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good decision-making skills
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to resolve customer issues quickly and creatively in order to improve customer satisfaction
• Familiarity with Cencora products, services and pharmaceutical distribution operations
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and inventory management system

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform.