Customer Experience (CX) Specialist


Customer Experience (CX) Specialist – Thomasville, GA (On-site)
Schedule: Full -Time | Mon. – Fri. 8:00 am – 5:00pm
 


Position Overview:
The Customer Experience (CX) Specialist is a front-line role responsible for owning the day-to-day experience of Centek’s customers. This position focuses on inbound customer interactions, communication, and clean hand-offs into our internal systems, rather than traditional “order entry” keying.
This will be a new role that utilizes multiple tools at your disposal (CRM, ERP) to provide a “Wow!” experience to our customers. Your primary goal is to make it easy to do business with Centek, that encourages repeat business.
We are building a 2-person CX team that is fully cross-trained so each team member can support the other during breaks and peak seasons.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Front-Line Customer Experience
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for:
    • Customers.
 
  • Handle inbound phone calls, emails, and web form submissions, ensuring:
    • Professional, friendly, and technically aware communication.
  • Use Processes and decision matrices to:
    • Classify caller type (Customer, Vendor, etc).
    • Identify need type (pricing/availability, order status, documentation, complaint, basic technical question). Decide what can be resolved directly in CX vs. what should be escalated.
 
2. CRM Ticket & Workflow Management
  • Log all customer interactions as tickets in CRM, consistently capturing:
    • Contact and company details.
    • Caller/need type, priority, and relevant product lines.
    • Notes, internal comments, and tasks.
 
  • Work from HubSpot queues/tasks/workflows to manage daily priorities.
  • Use templates and snippets for consistent, high-quality email responses.
  • Ensure tickets are updated through their full life cycle until resolution and closure.
 
 
3. Assist/Participate in Process Improvements
  • Collect and validate all information required for order-readiness, including:
    • Correct customer and ship-to information.
    • Part numbers, quantities, and basic pricing information as guided.
    • Lead times, requested dates, and special instructions.
 
  • Confirm completeness and clarity of data in CRM before triggering automation.
  • Trigger and monitor the order-entry automation (ERP) according to defined procedures:
    • Address any data-related warnings or exceptions.
    • Confirm successful order creation and capture ERP order numbers and key dates in CRM.
 
  • Communicate order confirmations and updates back to the customer once automation is successful.
 
4. Expectation Management & Status Updates
 
  • Provide proactive status updates to customers:
    • Order confirmations.
    • Schedule/lead-time changes.
    • Shipping/tracking information.
 
  • Translate internal constraints or changes into clear, honest expectations.
  • Escalate issues appropriately when timing, quality, or scope is at risk.
 
5. Cross-Functional Communication
  • Collaboration with Sales, Engineering, and Operations to:
    • Clarify priorities and customer commitments.
    • Improve hand-offs and reduce rework.
 
6. Continuous Improvement & Metrics
  • Contribute to refining CX scripts, checklists, and standard operating procedures.
  • Help monitor and improve key CX metrics, such as:
    • First response time.
    • Time to resolution.
    • % of inquiries resolved within CX.
    • CX-related order errors and automation exceptions.
 
  • Participate in regular CX team and/or Sales check-ins to review wins, issues, and process changes.
 
 
 
 

Qualifications
Required
  • Core Values:
    • People First.
    • Tackles Challenges Head-on.
    • Pursues Excellence.
 
Preferred
  • 2+ years of experience in one or more of the following:
    • Customer service, inside sales, or customer support.
    • Order management, logistics coordination, or similar operational role.
 
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills:
    • Comfortable talking to both technical and non-technical customers.
    • Able to explain timelines, constraints, and next steps clearly and calmly.
 
  • High attention to detail and accuracy with customer and order information.
  • Comfortable using business software and learning new tools:
    • CRM or ticketing systems (HubSpot/Salesforce experience is a plus).
    • Basic familiarity with ERP or order management concepts (Epicor experience is a plus).
    • Microsoft 365
 
  • Demonstrated ability to:
    • Manage multiple requests at once.
    • Follow structured processes while using judgment when needed.
 
  • Experience in manufacturing, marine, industrial, or technical products.
  • Experience working closely with operations, sales engineering, or technical support teams.

  How to Apply:
 Please email us at careers@centekmarine.com, Include your resume focusing on your experience    
related to the position. Put your name and CX as the subject of your email.