Customer Service Representative

Overview

Find your future at National Beef!

National Beef of Kansas City, Missouri, is seeking to hire a friendly professional to fill a position as Customer Service Representative.  With competitive pay and benefits, stable work, and an environment that is caring and supportive, National Beef could become your next career move! 

Competitive wages and benefits:

• Family-friendly benefits including Health, Dental, and Vision
• 401 (k) with Company match
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement

Hours for this position: Monday to Friday, 7 am to 4 pm

Responsibilities

Customer Service Representative responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Provide support and service to our customers and sales staff while coordinating and tracking order activity from the inception of an order through delivery of the product

• Work closely with customers, sales staff, carriers, drivers, loading docks, transportation, logistics, scheduling, and customer purchasing and receiving departments

• Track trucks and deliveries, communicate with carriers, monitor shipment status, resolve transportation or delivery issues, and provide timely updates to customers and internal teams

• Serve as information provider and general problem solver for order and delivery activity, provide an enhanced level of assistance to account managers, and deliver dependable service and support to their customers

• Other duties as assigned

This is an on-site position.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates for the Customer Service Representative position should possess the following:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to effectively organize, prioritize, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

• Strong multitasking skills and the ability to shift priorities quickly in a fast-paced customer service and transportation environment

• Ability to work in stressful circumstances and communicate professionally with all types of personalities and levels of authority

• Ability to manage a high volume of emails and respond quickly, accurately, and professionally

• Ability to track shipments while communicating effectively with carriers and customers

• Previous experience in carrier operations, transportation, trucking, logistics, freight operations, or a related environment is strongly preferred

• Working knowledge of DOT rules and regulations related to commercial transportation and drivers is preferred

• Must be driven, goal-oriented, self-disciplined, resourceful, and dependable

• Ability to work with little or no supervision

Must Have:         

• Minimum high school education or equivalent

• 3+ years of customer service experience

• General office skills and computer experience, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel

• Strong Outlook and email-management skills

• Previous experience with heavy phone work

• Strong reasoning and problem-solving ability

• Ability to work efficiently in a high-volume environment where transportation issues, emails, phone calls, and customer requests must often be handled simultaneously

• Professional appearance and attitude

• Good work ethic

Qualified candidates for this position will be required to successfully complete the background check.

Must be at least 18 years of age or older.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Company Overview

National Beef is a leader in producing fresh, chilled and further processed beef products for customers in the U.S. and worldwide. We offer a variety of employment opportunities in our production, packaging, and hide tanning facilities that stretch from the western plains to the east coast. We strive to be the preferred employer in every one of those communities, whether it’s measured by the number of people employed or the good we do in the area. We invite you to join our family, wherever you call home.

National Beef is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, natural origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, or status as a disabled individual.

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