Job Description

The Opportunity:

At Avantor, people are the most important part of our success because they drive our global performance. That’s why our Operations, Lab Services, Sales, and many other Avantor teams rely on our talent acquisition initiatives to attract, engage and hire the right talent. Avantor’s Customer Service vertical is a crucial part of this mix, enabling all our internal teams worldwide to grow beyond their limits.

This is 100% remote in Canada

What we’re looking for:

• Education: High School diploma is required
• Experience: 1-3 years’ applicable experience in customer service type role is preferred

Who you are:

• Bilingual French/English verbal and written required
• Intermediate PC skills required; must be able to work in multiple systems concurrently, utilizing multiple monitors
• SAP, C4C (SAP Cloud), or other CRM tool experience preferred.

How you will thrive and create an impact:

Customer Service Representative is responsible for processing customer purchase orders, resolving order-related issues, handling internal and external customer inquiries, cross-referencing products and offering substitutes to increase revenue, expediting shipments, and communication with suppliers, customers, and sales representatives. Customer Service Representatives serve as a liaison with all parties to enable sales growth.

Job Duties include:

• Maintains and attracts potential customers by handling inbound customer communication (calls/emails) relating to the processing, expediting, and troubleshooting of customer orders in both French and English.
• Owns the customer request and experience from initiation to conclusion.
• Processes, via computer, all customer requests. Utilize multiple and often complex systems, programs, on dual monitors in order to research information.
• Research and resolves customer issues, expedites back orders, handles returns and special requests. Resolves product or service problems by clarifying the customer's complaint; determining the cause of the problem; selecting and explaining the best solution to solve the problem; expediting correction or adjustment; following up to ensure resolution.
• Proactively interacts with outside sales force to ensure regular communication on pricing and other customer concerns. Provides high-level, quality service, closely aligned with sales, to enable sales growth.
• Accountable to performance metrics such as schedule adherence, productivity standards and quality standards
• Follows up with sales, suppliers, and customers on any outstanding issues.
• Looks for opportunities to provide solutions.
• Makes recommendations on areas for process improvement.
• Make decisions based on policies and past precedence, seeking guidance as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position is a backfill.

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Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

Pay Transparency:

The expected pre-tax pay for this position is

$44,000.00 - $71,300.00

Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:

By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.