Careers at SunCulture Kenya Ltd

About the Role

Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager with a dotted reporting line to the Fleet Operations Manager, the Service Center Associates will manage our Service Centers.  The key role will be good customer service to all customers that come to the service center, sales conversion, stock management, troubleshooting, and escalating all aftersale issues reported by the customers through the service centers. 50% of the role expectation is highly centered around sales with overall support for the shop operations and general management.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Service

• Maintaining a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude towards customers at all times.
• High-level knowledge of all SunCulture products with the ability to address all questions asked by customers
• Acknowledging and resolving customer complaints within stipulated SLAs.
• Communicating with customers through various channels and responding promptly to customer inquiries.
• Analyze trends to create solutions to ensure customer service needs, business goals, and objectives are met or exceeded.
• Ensure service center operational standards are adhered to.
• Be the lead in monitoring and maintaining the required stock levels at the service center by conducting regular stock takes and ensuring a majority of components needed by the team/customers are available at the service centers.
• Promote the SunCulture brand by ensuring the service center is kept clean and tidy at all times noting the operation hours of the Sales and Service Centers are 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 12pm on Saturday.
• Assist in sales/after sales requests placed by various customers and team members.
• Follow up on customer issues to resolution by following the stipulated aftersales escalation process.

Aftersale

• Ensure all aftersale issues are raised via a ticket and track records of customer interactions, comments, complaints, and aftersale issues.
• Providing feedback to all customers in reference to their queries and aftersale issues.
• Troubleshoot all aftersale issues, resolve non-technical issues, and escalate to the aftersale product team any issue not resolved at the service center level.
• Ensure all spare parts are available in the service center and proper inventory management.
• Generate all reports in reference to service center activities and stock level.

Sales

• Work closely with the Regional Sales Manager in developing and establishing clear sales KPIs (that is sales targets, lead generation and sales call logs to be achieved daily and Quality Assurance [QA] 90% score). The assigned sales targets and corresponding commission is as guided by our commission structure.
• Achieve lead generation targets and ensure constant follow-up on leads in order to convert them to sales.
• Initiate selling tactics that will ensure leads are converted I.e conducting demos, sourcing to market activities and customer referral programs.

Does this sound like you?

• A Diploma or Degree in Business Administration (Sales and Marketing option), our Customer service will be an added advantage.
• At least 2 years of proven experience in sales or customer service.
• Proven track record of successfully meeting sales targets.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to interact freely with customers.
• Ability to think and properly plan the day-to-day work, proper inventory management, and tackle customer complaints.
• High EQ with the ability to work under pressure, and meet deadlines, and targets set.
• Passion for customer service, the industry, and current trends adaptable for SunCulture.
• Independent thinker with proactive decision-making capabilities.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment.
• Be organized and be an expert in time management- both at personal and team levels.

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About the role

The Customer Service Representative will handle a high volume of incoming phone calls and assist customers with a variety of issues or inquiries and may be responsible for answering customer questions, resolving problems, and providing information about products or services. Additionally, Customer Service Representative will be responsible for tracking customer interactions, providing feedback to management, and achieving performance goals set by the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Answering a high volume of incoming phone calls and assisting customers with their inquiries or concerns.
• Resolving customer complaints or issues in a timely and efficient manner.
• Providing information to customers about products or services.
• Documenting customer interactions and transactions in a call center software or CRM system.
• Meeting or exceeding performance goals, such as call handling time or customer satisfaction.
• Keeping current with company and industry-related information to ensure accurate information is provided to customers.
• Identifying and escalating complex customer issues to a supervisor or manager as needed.
• Following up with customers to ensure their needs were met.
• Participating in training and development programs to improve skills and performance.

Does This Sound Like You?

• A diploma in Communication, Customer Relations, Public relations, or any relevant field
• At least 2 years experience in working in a call center as Customer Service Representative;
• Knowledge of call center terminology, applications, and metrics
• Hands-on, detail-oriented, and strong execution skills.
• Good communication skills both Written and Spoken with the ability to interact freely with customers.
• Passion for irrigation and proactive in decision making
• Independent thinkers who are able to thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Have the ability to handle pressure, meet deadlines
• Be organized and be an expert in time management
• Basic computer skills.