Center Point Energy is looking for an Associate Customer Service Representative to join our Team, located in Shreveport or Lake Charles LA.
You will have the ability to: This position receives and responds to customer inquiries, complaints or sales/promotional opportunities for CenterPoint customers in a fast paced, high call-volume environment.
Essential Functions
- Responds to all questions relating to all Company customer service inquiries via verbal and/or written communication with a focus on one call resolution.
- Performs direct customer contact through various channels including phone, email and chat.
- Completes administrative functions and data entry.
- Issues orders to establish or discontinue gas service or to establish Electric Service Identifier (ESID) number to create meter sets.
- Resolves billing inquiries, performs account adjustments, negotiates payment arrangements and deposit amounts, processes online customer service and electronic billing inquiries, and follows-up on customer accounts.
- Solicits customer feedback on service provided and initiates action based on customer feedback. Receives and appropriately prioritizes trouble calls.
- Interacts with Competitive Retail providers (CRs) to discuss readings, billing dates, order receipts, etc.
- Ensures proper electric and gas permitting is in place by interacting with internal permitting department or other entities as needed.
- Considers each customer contact as an opportunity to sell or promote additional value-added products or services offered by the company (i.e. IVR, Web, etc.).
- Interacts with other departments to resolve customer inquiries and achieve customer satisfaction. These departments include Transmission and Distribution, Field Activities, Field Services, Revenue Accounting and others when necessary.
Education Description
- Requires a high school diploma or GED.
Experience
- Requires a minimum of 1 year customer interaction experience, preferably one year in a high-volume call center environment, with a proven history of professionally and effectively resolving customer concerns.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Louisiana St
Houston
Texas United States
www.centerpointenergy.com