Retention Sales Specialist - Bannockburn, IL
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Role Overview
Under manager supervision, this position is responsible for retaining customers that are 'at risk', have been identified as potential lost business, or have requested cancellation of service with WMHS.
This position supports cancellation/downgrade requests for individual accounts, "group" accounts or multi location customers that are part of our WMHS business.
Team members will attempt to determine customers' needs/requirements and negotiate an appropriate resolution by right sizing, re-pricing, and/or resolving service quality issues.
Team Members will resolve customer complaints and concerns through active listening, empathy, and professionalism.
Team Members will demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with customers.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Re-negotiate contracts in an effort to retain customer business, when necessary. Mediate customer’s requests while still maintaining a profitable level of revenue and leveraging higher level service programs.
• Utilize ‘Value Based Sales Skills’ to uncover client’s existing service issues and needs, explain contract obligations if any (i.e. liquidated damages), provide alternatives for consideration (i.e. fewer pick-ups, alternative pricing, etc.), sell the value of the recommended solution, and retain/up-sell revenue.
• Manage cases assigned to you within prescribed service level expectations and utilize effective sales skills to attain a minimum 100% of assigned revenue.
• Work with cross functional team members including transportation, billing, collections, sales, and customer experience departments to assist in providing satisfactory solutions from the customer perspective in order to retain business.
• Proactively contact customers who have been identified as “at risk” for cancelling services using approved sales tactics and strategies to retain potential lost business
• Exercise appropriate level of discretion for credits and approvals in accordance with departmental policies by utilizing the tools and technology provided.
• Effectively utilize technology based CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool for lead follow-up, sale cycle disposition, pipeline management, forecasting and lost opportunity tracking. Keep comprehensive and accurate notes in the system.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
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WM ( WM.com ) is North America's leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial, medical and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them pursue their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post‑consumer materials and is a leader in beneficial use of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most landfill gas‑to‑electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes more than 12,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy‑duty natural gas truck fleet in the industry in North America. Healthcare Solutions provides collection and disposal services of regulated medical waste, as well as secure information destruction services, in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com .
Equal Employment Opportunity
For United States: WM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
For Canada: WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation.
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