Customer Service Representatives

Basic Job Description:

Interact with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve complaints.

Job Duties and Tasks for: “Customer Service Representative”

1) Confer with customers by telephone or in person in order to provide information about products and services, to take orders or cancel accounts, or to obtain details of complaints.

2) Keep records of customer interactions and transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, and comments, as well as actions taken.

3) Resolve customers’ service or billing complaints by performing activities such as exchanging merchandise, refunding money, and adjusting bills.

4) Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers’ problems.

5) Contact customers in order to respond to inquiries or to notify them of claim investigation results and any planned adjustments.

6) Refer unresolved customer grievances to designated departments for further investigation.

7) Determine charges for services requested, collect deposits or payments, and/or arrange for billing.

8) Complete contract forms, prepare change of address records, and issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.

9) Obtain and examine all relevant information in order to assess validity of complaints and to determine possible causes, such as extreme weather conditions that could increase utility bills.

10) Solicit sale of new or additional services or products.