Customer Service Representatives – Sales & Community Sales

Website eqexcoop Equal Exchange

Small Farmers. Big Change.

Equal Exchange is a fair trade organization and coffee roaster headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA. Founded in 1986, our mission is to create more fair trade relationships between farmers and consumers. We bypass the conventional marketing system by cutting out middlemen and buying directly from farmer cooperatives.

Job Description
> Employment Status: Full-time, regular, non-exempt position on worker-owner track
> Hours: 40 hrs per week
> Starting Salary: TBD
> Benefits: Health/dental/vision insurance coverage, vacations, holidays, sick days, eligibility for worker ownership
> Department: Customer Service
> Report to: Customer Service Manager and or Work Flow Supervisor
> Location: West Bridgewater, MA (Note: this position will be in Canton, MA until Oct 1st)
> Responsible for: Sales customer service tasks and order taking, support to regional offices and Sales and/or Interfaith customers as needed, and other roles as determined by supervisor

Qualifications

> Ability to communicate well with customers, team members, and staff
> Ability to effectively problem solve with customers and team members and staff
> Ability to manage time and responsibilities
> Ability to fill orders effectively and accurately
> Ability to be flexible & manage several tasks at once
> Good computer skills
> Exceptional attention to details
> Previous customer service experience preferred
> Experience in progressive organization preferred
> Interest in Equal Exchange’s mission and customer education

Responsibilities

Order Fulfillment & Customer Service (approx. 85 – 90%)
> Primary phone contact for sales orders, inquiries, and service questions
> Effectively answer phones, take accurate orders, and respond to questions and concerns
> Build customer confidence in our ability to care for them
> Understand customer needs
> Communicate Equal Exchange’s mission
> Communicate product/equipment knowledge
> Communicate promotional deals with customers
> Problem solve with customers and team members
> Process credit memos and call tags, track customer orders (UPS)
> Process distributor/broker, wholesale, and consumer orders (web & mail order)
> Flexibility in performing other tasks, such as packing and shipping orders when necessary
> Maintain account information electronically
> Learn about, and be comfortable discussing, EE product line
Communicate with all departments (especially Operations and Finance)
> Respond to general customer inquiries
> Specific project management as determined with supervisor

Program Support/Education & Outreach (as determined with supervisor) (up to approx. 5%)
> Support Customer Service Manager on systems and project work as assigned.
> Participation in Sales events, cupping(s), demos, etc.
> Project coordination and/or committee work

Fair Trade & Worker Ownership Development (approx. 10%)
> Participate in staff, department and educational (Exchange Time) meetings.
> Understand our producer partners and trading policies and the Fair Trade movement.
> Understand and participate effectively in our worker cooperative model.

To Apply

Please send your resume, cover letter, list of 3 references, and completed answers to the questions below to eecshiring@gmail.com or mail to: Equal Exchange Inc. 15 Campanelli Circle Canton, MA 02021 C/O CS Dept.

Deadline for applications is Friday, May 3rd, 2019

Application Questions:
1. How do you think U.S. consumers think about and understand fair trade? What should Equal Exchange’s role be in the current fair trade market?
2. A customer service representative’s goal is to help our Sales Department build and increase our sales through growth of existing accounts. How would you go about reaching this goal?
3. Why should we feel confident that you can reach this goal?
4. Define great customer service?
5. What interests you most about this type of work?

Equal Exchange supports equal employment opportunity for all classes of individuals, regardless of age, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, economic status, veteran status.

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