Customer Service Representative

Posted Friday, February 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Join the California Dairies, Inc. (CDI) team, a farmer-owned cooperative dedicated to sustainably producing the highest quality dairy products while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. CDI products are delivered locally and around the world. Our corporate function serves as the central hub for the CDI enterprise, driving strategic decision-making, innovation, overall business support, and growth across our diverse portfolio of dairy products and brands.

We encourage you to be part of our team that's shaping the future of dairy, right from the heart of California!

Our commitment to CDI employees:

We believe in valuing our team with a total rewards package that goes beyond the basics. You'll find we offer
competitive pay
and
incentive programs
designed to recognize and reward your contributions.
Competitive medical,dental, and vision benefits
,
generous paid time off, sick days & holidays
,
retirement plans
designed to secure your future. We don't stop there. We've also cultivated a variety of valuable programs focused on your
personal well-being and professional growth
, ensuring you have the support you need to both inside and outside of work.

The role works to provide support for sales, addressing inquiries and resolving concerns, generally providing a high level of customer support. This role supports the e xecution of orders from inception of contracts through final product and documentation distribution.

It is the responsibility of this role to engage with the external customers to provide the needed support and communication while maintaining quality customer relations within the organization to include planning, sales teams, and logistics personnel. Must have the ability to get along with co-workers, management personnel, customers, vendors, and employees in accordance with the company policies and working rules while ensuring a harmonious and conducive work environment.

• Create contract confirmations, Proforma invoices, or any other documents required to execute a contract.
• Process all contracts and Sales Orders for related shipments for small to medium volume domestic and export customers.
• Communicate any changes to customers and appropriate parties (I.e., production, plant, sales etc.)
• Allocate product to orders.
• Review purchase orders, shipping instructions and any associated templates received from customer or sales and obtain any missing/necessary information.
• Create and process documentation for each contracted shipment (i.e., Necessary Government certificates)
• Scan, make copies and prepare courier packages to send documents to customers.
• File AES through ACE Secure Data Portal for necessary contracts (U.S. Customs and Border Protection).
• Print, sign, stamp and send out documentation to customers as necessary.
• Partner with designated team member to review drafted LC for compliance.
• Prepare documentation to LC guidelines to present to the bank for payment.
• Prepare and review shipping instruction details for necessary documents.
• Review Ocean BOL’s for vessel shipments as necessary
• Handle dispatching of load to appropriate carriers
• Request Rate for spot loads with Logistics Coordinator as needed.
• Review shipping logs from carriers to confirm loads are shipped accordingly.
• Provide weekly contract/shipment status updates to assigned customer contracts.
• Share and communicate booking information with customers. Address any concerns that may arise regarding shipping information with the Logistics Team.
• Ensure that pricing information is captured accurately on all contracts that are processed.
• Prepare credits and/or rebills as necessary for (i.e. split shipments, damage bags etc.)
• Assist in gathering information for Technical Services Team on claims, damages or credits.
• Partner with Technical Services team to process customer complaints.
• Promptly manage all customer communications, including issues and complaints, by responding to emails within 24 hours of receipt and answering phone calls in a timely manner.
• Work with accounting team regarding prepayments of shipments.
• Other job duties assigned.

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