Who are we?
United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) Canada is the leading distributor of natural, organic, and specialty foods! We transform the world of food for our associates, customers, and the families we serve everyday! Our mission is to provide healthier food choices to people everywhere. Better Food, Better Future!
As part of our Customer Service team, you'll get to help #MoveFoodForward through administration, data entry, and providing exceptional service to our customers! Read on to learn more!
Position: Customer Service & Data Entry Associate
Job Type: Full Time Permanent
Schedule: Sunday - Thursday 9:00 am-5:30 pm EST
Location: Position supports the UNFI - Vaughan, ON facility remotely.
Working Conditions: Due to COVID-19, the position is work from home.
PURPOSE:
Responsible for providing excellent customer care and maintaining strong professional customer relationships via the phone and other media methods. Assist customers with new orders, advise status of orders, furnishes information on new products. Communicate changes in customer delivery schedules and routing, including order deadline and delivery status. Courteously and promptly resolves customer questions and problems or properly refers them to appropriate personnel. Remain in compliance with established performance metrics that support the desired Customer Experience and assisting in populating data into the Customer Care Relationship Management (CRM). Complete related records, reports, and documentation.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assumes responsibility for the accurate entry of customer orders received orders by phone, fax, electronically and by email, confirming that the order meets the minimum dollar amount.
- Maintaining customer account information utilizing business systems (WBS, UBS, CRM) and other established department systems, tools, and documents.
- Processes orders for order deadline, including data entry and remain available in the call queue to answer inbound calls.
- Responsible for call card processing and ensuring that account minimums are met and possible duplicate orders addressed.
- Acknowledges all orders.
- Assumes responsibility for effectively performing miscellaneous customer care functions.
- Review customer order deadline and deliveries to provide customer updates with current ETA’s.
- Works occasional overtime as required to meet deadlines communicating late route calls, product recalls, and other call campaigns.
- Processes orders in a timely fashion, meeting all deadlines.
- Supports decisions made by the manager that could affect productivity of the department.
- Assumes responsibility for establishing and maintaining professional working relations with customers and coworkers.
- Resolves questions, requests, and problems promptly and courteously utilizing the company CRM tool for issue tracking and resolution reporting.
- Provides superior customer care to support the company desired customer experience.
- Coordinates with the Accounting Department regarding customer credit status.
- Keeps management informed of area activities and of any significant problems.
- Performs other job duties as required.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Education/ Certifications: (Required & Preferred)
Experience:
- 1 -2 years customer service experience or other related business experience
- Call Center experience preferred
Knowledge:
- Willingness to acquire knowledge of company products and sales policies and procedures
- Proficient in Microsoft Applications including Excel, Word and Outlook
- System Implementation preferred
Skills & Abilities:
- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
- Able to work in a fast paced environment
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Pleasant phone manner
- Flexible with the ability to adjust to change
- Attention to detail
- Ability to multitask to complete projects with multiple deadlines in an accurate and timely manner
- Ability to type 40 wpm+
- Baseline ability to 10-key by touch (industry standard minimum key strokes requirement)
Reasons to Apply to UNFI Canada:
- Our Culture and our Values: We believe in #FuelingtheFuture and #FeedingthePlanet. We deliver together to provide #BetterFood for a #BetterFuture and win big!
- Flexible schedule!
- Health & Dental Benefits package offered on your first day!
- Retirement Savings Plan available after 6 months of service
- Discounts on Organic Food!
- Work remotely from home!
- A friendly and helpful team!
OUR COMMITMENT:
UNFI believes in a diverse and accommodating workplace. UNFI encourages and promotes applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability or otherwise. UNFI is committed to providing full accommodation for persons with disabilities in all active processes and procedures including but not limited to the recruitment process. To request any accommodation you may require to participate in the recruitment process (including alternative formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please contact the main recruiting contact for the position or Human Resources to discuss your specific needs.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: $35,000.00-$40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Flextime
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Store discount
- Vision care
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
UNFI Canada is a company critical to the needs of everyday people. As an essential service, we are committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates with enforced health & safety measures and required PPE to perform work safely.
Application question(s):
- Are you able to work the required shift/schedule for this job?: Sunday-Thursday 9:00 AM-5:30 PM? Type Yes or No:
Experience:
- Customer Service: 1 year (required)
- Data Entry and/or Office Administration: 2 years (required)
