Scheduling / Customer Service Specialist

4 weeks ago

Syracuse, United States Rollins Full time

** Scheduling / Customer Service Specialist**

**Job Category****:** Customer Service **Requisition Number****:** SCHED025424 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**At Orkin, our purpose is to help protect the world where we live, work, and play.**

Our **Customer Service Specialists** are committed to this purpose.

Our **Customer Service Specialists** are full-time with benefits, fully paid training, competitive wages and the opportunity for career growth. At Orkin, we provide the most accurate, comprehensive, and efficient pest management services for both residential and commercial customers. **This position is ideal for the candidate that wants to be a part of a rock-solid company providing a valuable service to our customers while growing your career**

**The Successful Customer Service Specialist Will . . .**

Demonstrate a strong work ethic and capacity to handle high work volume in a great teamwork environment and:

* Contact customers to schedule and confirm service appointment

* Monitors reoccurring routes

* Manages reoccurring service intervals

* Prepares efficient and effective daily route plan(s) utilizing an electronic routing system and independent judgment

* Applies knowledge of customer needs and route managers classification to assign the appropriate route manager

* Communicates late arrivals to branch manager and service managers

* Resolves scheduling concerns that require immediate attention

* Monitor daily route execution and communicate with branch manager should route deviations occur

* Update route plans when route deviations occur

* Schedule appointments for technicians to minimize drive time and/or distance as needed, and suggest alternative routes when appropriate

* Schedule & communicate with Service Technicians to meet customer requirements

* Perform outbound calls to customers to follow-up on service received

* Perform outbound calls to customers regarding outstanding account balances

* Receive payments from past due customers

* Proficiently navigate a Windows-based & Web-based system to track routes and optimize current & future schedules

* Reschedule unserviced accounts within 24 hours

* Answer inbound customer service calls with an open, friendly greeting

* Utilize strong listening skills and probing questions to identify the customers concern and evaluate their needs

* Use strong communication skills to communicate/empathize with customers

* Work well within a team

* Participate in quality assurance processes/programs/initiatives as requested

*If you are organized, efficient, accurate and accountable with a strong ability to multi-task, then consider this key role as a part of the branch team*

**We Offer**

* Competitive hourly pay

* Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, maternity & life insurance

* 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan

* Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave

* Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, dependent scholarship awards

* **Quality, comprehensive training programs**

* Founded in 1901, Orkin is a global residential and business service provider who provides the most accurate, comprehensive, and efficient pest management services for both residential and commercial customers

* As the industry leader, we value PEOPLE, PROGRESS and PROFESSIONALISM

* The Pest Management Industry is growing and is a recession resistant line of business

* Orkin is financially stable and growing as the largest subsidiary of , (NYSE: ROL), headquartered in Atlanta, GA

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**Requirements:** We require the ability to pass a drug screen. Candidates must meet the job requirements and perform job duties with or without accommodations.

**Keywords:** customer service, office, administrative assistant, representative, data entry, customer retention, self-starter, communication, scheduler, accounts payable, accounts receivable

**Skills**

**Preferred**

**Self-Management** *Advanced* **Communication** *Advanced* **Customer Focus** *Advanced* **Customer Service** *Advanced* **Influencing Others** *Intermediate* **Problem Solving Ability** *Intermediate* **Dedicated****:** Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity **Ability to Make an Impact****:** Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization **Goal Completion****:** Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks **Education**

**Experience**

**Required**

**2 years:** Proven customer service experience

**1 year:** Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word and Excel

**Preferred**

**3-4 years:** Scheduling or dispatch experience in a service industry a plus

**Less than 1 year:** Scheduling or dispatch experience in a service industry a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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