Our client, in South Burlington VT is seeking technical support representatives to join their team. As a technical support representative you will be assisting customers with product issues, upsell warranties and extensions, collect data for improvement and deliver exceptional customer service. You are trained for the position. **Job Title: Technical Support Representative** **Location: South Burlington VT** **Pay Range: Base pay -17.50 an hour, plus weekly and monthly bonuses including attendance bonuses and commission off anything you sell.,** **What’s the Job?** **JOB SUMMARY:** The Technical Specialist I is an inbound and outbound contact center representative who is tasked with the specific responsibility to support customers in the field with technical questions and troubleshooting issues. **BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. + Three to six months customer service or mechanical experience and/or training; High School Diploma / GED or equivalent combination of education and experience. + Ability to do sales, upselling, returns, warrantee, and credits. + Basic computer skills and the ability to learn new software. + Ability and desire to learn all mechanical aspects of equipment. + Ability to regularly assemble/disassemble products and explain the process on the phone with customer. + Regular and prompt attendance is required in this position. + Must be able to fulfill scheduling needs of the call center. This includes but not limited to regular evening and weekend shifts. Overtime may be mandatory or optional + Ability to speak clearly with good vocabulary to customers, other employees, service shops, and engine manufacturers’ representatives. + Written skills as needed to operate MACS (service tracks, order comments, and order entry) needed. + Other written skills minimal (message taking, completion of existing forms, invoice requests, correspondence, and lost machine form). + This position is regularly exposed to credit card information, cost of goods, size of mailings, specific sales information, inventory levels, back orders, access to data base, and customer personal information. + This position uses design changes in course of daily activities. Other above information is used as an awareness tool of problems that they may be dealing with. + Ability to logically evaluate problems and formulate step by step solution or actions. + Must be able to communicate clearly, professionally and in a friendly welcoming manner. + Must be a positive and professional representative of Country Home Products. **PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:** + Theoretical engine mechanics and ability to describe some theoretical knowledge of all products. + Application of theoretical knowledge (machine/engine) in a systematic troubleshooting process. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** These are the current duties and responsibilities, which may be adjusted depending on priorities, staff time available and business needs. Other duties may be assigned as required. + Explain machine warranty and apply it in each unique customer situations. + Bring important technical information to a supervisors or leads attention. + Will upsell during each call where appropriate, and use salesmanship to maximize the revenue for each call. + Enter a thorough service track after each call. + Call independent power equipment shops all over the country in order to set up shop visits for the customer. + Actively listen and ask questions to understand customer need, proactively make part, service and sales suggestions based on the discovery of customer needs. + Use objectives established for call quality as reported through call monitoring. + Conform to the standards set for attendance and schedule adherence (breaks, lunches, trainings). + Conform to all call handling standards established for a contact center representative including but not limited to average call length, customer hold time, idle and wrap-up time. + Use inventory control and shipping software to process orders. + Provide accurate and up to date information on DR products, CHP catalog products and Neuton branded products. + Must respond with flexibility and receptivity to any and all corrective feedback provided by supervisors, leads and/or members of the training staff. + Respond with flexibility and receptivity to any and all corrective feedback provided by supervisors and/or member of the training staff. + Participate in outbound calling program trying to sell extended warranties and maintenance items. + Ability to relay accurate technical information to CHP customers in a professional and friendly manner in order to satisfactorily resolve (for the customer and CHP) their machine issue. + Conform to the contact center standards set forth for average call length, calls per hour, idle and wrap-up time. + Possess excellent verbal skill in order to build rapport with customers. + Possess solid working knowledge of CHP call center technologies. + Possess a thorough working knowledge of CHP policies and procedures. + Proactively pursues ongoing, consistent improvement in job performance. + Maintains an open and receptive attitude toward all coaching, training, monitoring and corrective feedback. + Ability to deliver exceptional sales results measured by but not limited to revenue per call, extended warranty upsell rate, and product related upsells. 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