Service Advisor

Overview

The Service Advisor is responsible for educating the customer on the full range of services and benefits available at the dealership, resulting in incremental revenue. The person in this position is responsible for providing exceptional customer service, proactive communication and status updates to the customer throughout the service process.

Blanchard Machinery Company is committed to fostering a high-performance work culture with challenging work opportunities that inspire high quality results. Some of the benefits of joining our team are:

• Competitive Pay.
• Benefits:
  Medical, dental, vision, 401K, profit sharing, generous PTO and paid holidays, uniforms, and much more.
• Exposure to world-class CAT training and development.
• A friendly and supportive work environment.
• Continuous exposure to learning and new technologies.
• Opportunities for advancement.

• Contributes to a positive work environment and promotes the vision, mission and values of BMC.
• Completes all job responsibilities in a safe manner, promotes and champions a safe and healthy work environment.
• Act as the main point of contact and intake for all retail customer service opportunities. Interacts with all customers in a friendly, knowledgeable and professional manner and provides consistent, accurate and timely communication to set proper service expectations and execution on commitments. Demonstrates our commitment to exceptional customer service.
• Champions coordination of customer needs and expectations internally with the Shop Supervisor and others as appropriate. Creates service tickets and is responsible for the accurate and timely updates of systems documentation in Service Link and Modern, to ensure that all are informed and synchronized on tickets/work to be performed and that all customer interaction documentation is visible to the Service team.
• Identifies customer needs to discover and capture additional service revenue opportunities. Makes appropriate recommendations for additional services that will increase machine uptime and extend the life of the machine. Uses knowledge of equipment and understanding of customer applications to recommend added value attachments and other equipment options.
• Research service history on customer accounts, identifies parts and pricing for service work orders and provides the framework for quotes to the Shop Supervisor for review and completion.
• Proactively contact customers to provide updates on service progress, CAT inspect or troubleshooting findings, impacts/changes to service quotes and promised completion dates using the appropriate method (phone, text, email) and determined frequency
• Set expectations for final invoice amounts and emails customer a copy of the invoice for review in advance of machine pick-up. Is responsible for taking and processing customer payments.
• Manage all customer complaints and concerns and ensures satisfactory resolution of the same to increase customer retention.
• Contribute to a positive work environment and promotes the vision, mission and values of BMC.
• Complete all job responsibilities in a safe manner, promotes and champions a safe and healthy work environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma required, AS or BS degree in business related field preferred.
• Experience in the diesel or construction equipment field preferred.
• Ability to work with all levels of employees, management and customers in a positive, professional and effective way.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities; meets deadlines and works well under pressure.
• Must possess a customer centric mindset along with the ability to build strong relationships.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and self-starter. Able…