Customer Service Manager
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Date: May 2, 2025
Location: Centralia, MO, US, 65240
Company: Hubbell Incorporated
Job Overview
Lead, mentor, and supervise the Transmission and Distribution Project Services Customer Service team as they satisfy, transact, communicate and resolve business solutions with our customers and sales organization. Be the subject matter expert as it relates to managing our Transmission and Distribution Project Services business including but not limited to: product, project management, quote and sales requirements; etc. Continuously elevate the overall value proposition of the Transmission and Distribution Project Services customer service organization.
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A Day In The Life
Improve the customers experience with HPS. Create engaged customers and help facilitate growth.
Manage and Monitor order entry process as defined in the company guidelines.
Ensure review of purchase orders with certain requirements are adequately defined and documented; differences are resolved prior to order entry and HPS has the capability to meet contractual requirements.
Discuss important quotations, significant purchase orders, returned goods requests and any other important transactions with Sales, and Product Groups.
Review customer's terms and conditions and resolve exceptions to the customer's and HPS's satisfaction.
Interact with customers and garner feedback of HPS services, products, and processes.
Improves customer service quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; establishing and communicating service metrics; monitoring and analyzing results; implementing changes.
Function as the primary training/coaching resource for the team and help to identify when additional training is required for members of the team. Evaluate individual and teamwork loads.
Approve Return Goods Authorizations, Warranties and Credits within established guidelines.
Monitor customer deductions/returns and ensure department cycle time goals are met.
Integrate proposals with construction project timelines to identify material prioritizations or potential adjustments
Ensure Free Trade Agreements and Country of Origin Requests are provided in a timely manner
What will help you thrive in this role?
Physical Requirements: Ability to travel on domestic and international business-related trips; ability to communicate; ability to work on a personal computer or other related equipment as required.
Recommended Educational Background: BA/BS in Business or Marketing related fields preferred. Minimum 5 years customer service experience and international customer service experience strongly preferred.
Level of Decision Making:
Price Authorization within Established Guidelines.
Commercial Risk Authorization Within Established Guidelines
Shared/recommend decisions concerning Customer Service procedures and policies
Initiates and controls the order entry process.
Shared/recommend decisions concerning quotation proposals.
Helps to identify areas of training need.
Monitors workflow and communicate issue.
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.
