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Customer Service Representative

AT Merck
Merck

Customer Service Representative

Austin, TX

Job Description

The Customer Service Management (CSM) team has responsibility to drive, manage and implement remote two-way customer service engagements. The CSM team manages customer, consumer and employee service interactions across communication channels such as digital, social, chat, phone and mail for all our Company products/vaccines and company information requests. The CSM team also serves as the designated point of contact for the intake of adverse events, and product quality complaints for the U.S. market.

The Customer Service Representative position is a customer facing role which has primary responsibility for the resolution of inquiries to the Promotional Contact Center from Consumers and Healthcare Professionals. The Promotional Contact Center manages inquiries from all our Company's advertising where an 800# is provided (e.g. Direct to Consumer advertising). This center also provides technical/Q&A support for our Company's Portal and Clinical Trials. The Customer Service Representative will also manage calls to our Company's Switchboard.

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Primary Activities:

  • Resolve questions and concerns effectively and efficiently by actively listening, communicating clearly, and assuring understanding of the question/issue. Respond to Promotional Contact Center calls leveraging scripts
  • Provide support for our Company's Portal and Clinical Trial inquiries using approved response documents
  • Direct Switchboard calls to the appropriate our Company's employee phone number
  • Document interactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, comments and actions taken, to include intake of Adverse Events
  • Manage fulfillment of outgoing letters and Product Quality Complaint product retrievals

Education Minimum Requirement:

  • High School Diploma/GED

Required Experience and Skills:

  • Customer service/ experience or aptitude
  • Strong communication; written & verbal
  • Customer centric focus
  • Attention to detail
  • Good typing/computer skills
  • Must pass certification upon the completion of training to demonstrate proficiency in role
  • Ability to work 10 am - 6 pm, CST Monday - Friday shift

Preferred Experience and Skills:

  • Customer Care/Service Experience
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
n/a

Job Posting End Date:
01/6/2025
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID:R328083

Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX, USA
Job ID: Merck-732120766
Employment Type: Full Time