Customer Service Representative

Highmark Inc. is seeking a Customer Service Representative to support customers across a range of inquiries and concerns. The role is responsible for delivering positive customer experiences, resolving issues through various communication channels, applying product knowledge, and meeting service efficiency and timeliness expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Engages with customers in a confident and compelling manner, performing the full range of customer service duties and responsibilities, as assigned
• Strives to resolve customer concerns in a single interaction via telephone, written, or face to face communication
• Responds to a diverse set of customers with an equal level of confidence regardless of the issue at hand
• Works independently of support from a senior customer service representative, frequently utilizing the knowledge center, answering customer inquiries
• Routinely responds to customers with an in-depth product knowledge achieved through a continuously improving set of listening, analysis, quality focus, problem solving, and documentation skills
• Consistently exceeds results for internal adherence, efficiency, and inquiry timeliness
• Resolves standard and frequently non-routine, limited impact, customer inquiries, comments, and concerns with the most limited escalation consistent with company policies and processes
• Other duties as assigned or requested

Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED
• 1-3 years experience in customer service or call center environment
• Applies in-depth product knowledge obtained through ongoing cycles of working with routine and non-routine subject matter
• Regardless of recurring and routine customer inquiries, comments, and concerns, approaches each and every interaction with superior listening skills
• Multi-tasks with a high level of efficiency yet treats every customer as the most important during the interaction so as not to leave the customer with a hurried impression
• Ability to ask effective probing and/or open and closed ended questions that will help in issue resolution in a conversational manner with customers, using verbal clues and system tools to develop tailored recommendations for the customer
• Ability to master initial training competencies while demonstrating the ability to learn additional competencies through additional training
• Ability to de-escalate challenging customer inquiries, comments, and concerns while delivering necessary information consistent with Company policies and processes
• 0%  - 25%
• Office-based
• Physical Work Site Required No
• Lifting up to 10 pounds Rarely
• Lifting 10 to 25 pound Rarely
• Lifting 25 to 50 pounds Rarely