Customer Service Manager

WestRock Company • Aurora, IL • 1d ago

Career Opportunity:

As a Customer Service Manager (CSM), you will function as a critical liaison between the customer, sales, and production operations teams. As a Customer Service Manager (CSM), you will simultaneously provide support to the leadership team by coaching and guiding Customer Account Specialists, executing strategic initiatives for the plant and company, and partnering with internal customers and partners to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction. As a Smurfit Westrock employee, you will be empowered to develop yourself through a culture of training to give you the tools to accomplish your best work and satisfy the customer.

This position is located at the New Lenox, Illinois facility.

How you will impact Smurfit Westrock:

Manage customer accounts, as necessary.

Manage, coach, guide, and oversee the tactical execution of tasks by the Customer Account Specialist team.

Daily review of production backlog to understand planning, machine status, and shipping data to proactively communicate status to customers, sales teams, and plant leadership.

Review customer specifications and new items in the order processing system to ensure all elements are captured and supporting documentation is included for efficient processing and production.

Serve as an escalated point of contact for customer issues by supporting Customer Account Specialist with issue remediation and escalate to leadership as needed.

Continuously gather feedback, communicate with Customer Account Specialists, manufacturing partners, and sales to align with the current state and ensure operational efficiencies are achieved to meet customer needs.

Partner with production, shipping, maintenance, quality, and planning teams to review production performance to identify opportunities to optimize functional efficiencies.

Onboard and train Customer Account Specialists on specific topics or best practices to enhance their understanding and performance.

Works with the Customer Account Specialists to proactively track order activity and inventory levels and alert appropriate staff/customers of any potential issues.

Participate in projects supporting plant or companywide strategic initiatives (e.g., margin enhancement efforts, overall equipment effectiveness efforts) by providing critical customer service expertise and insight to inform decisions and recommendations. Communicate projects to Customer Service team.

Complete performance assessments of Customer Account Specialists based on their performance related to key objectives, initiatives, and goals.

What you need to succeed:

High School diploma or G.E.D. Required; Associate/Bachelor\u2019s degree, preferred.

Must have 3+ years of customer service leadership experience.

5+ years of customer service experience in the manufacturing industry and/or corrugated industry is preferred.

Proven record of accomplishment of building relationships, customer service, and negotiations

Ability to adapt communication and interpersonal style to engage and influence a variety of internal and external partners.

Inspire others to develop themselves and seek out continuous learning opportunities by serving as a coach, role model, trainer, and mentor.

Demonstrate a customer-oriented mindset and ability to operate with customers\u2019 best interests in mind.

Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to complete a task or achieve a common goal and ensure a great customer experience\u202Fwhile demonstrating empathy.

Demonstrates an interest, willingness, and drive to learn new things; seeks to understand concepts, processes, and ideas within area of functional expertise.

Ability to plan, monitor, and prioritize tasks to ensure achievement of desired results; establish a systematic course of action to accomplish objectives through multi-tasking and ability to forward-think.

Demonstrate organizational and time management skills to ensure achievement of desired results.\u202F

Work in a fast-paced, team environment and partner with internal departments to achieve goals and satisfy customers.\u202F

What we offer:

Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.

Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities

An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.

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