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Work History
Education
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Teresa Mertl

Cleveland,GA

Summary

In today's customer service oriented society, timely, friendly, proactive service is sought to enhance future business growth. Customer loyalty is always impacted when you employ the right service professional to represent you when assisting your valued customers. My long-term experience in the service industry has taught me how to meet and exceed each customer's expectations with service that sells. I have assisted all types of customers in all types of settings. I realize that acquiring and maintaining loyal repeat business as well as spreading the word of your business through these loyal patrons is of the utmost importance in every company. Positioning a company for better exposure and greater marketability is a task that I have performed with success many times. Extremely dedicated and detail-oriented Customer Care Specialist with a stellar customer satisfaction record. Adept at conducting customer account research to fulfill requests and rectify data entry and billing errors. Flexible scheduling availability to include evenings, weekends and emergency situations. Driven professional with many years of experience providing information about services and products to customers. Skilled in assessing customer needs, generating leads, and handling customer complaints and concerns. Outstanding communicator offering strong phone etiquette and active listening skills. Empathetic Customer Care Specialist known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialize in conflict resolution, customer relationship management, and communication skills. Excel in active listening, problem-solving, and adaptability to ensure positive customer experiences and foster brand loyalty. Diligent professional brings top skills in customer service, data entry and conflict resolution. Recognized for resolving customer complaints with integrity and professionalism to maintain customer satisfaction and retention. Motivated team player committed to contributing to company success goals.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Independant Customer Care Specialist

Working Solutions Inc.
02.2012 - Current

Arbonne International Century Link

  • Answering questions about products, such as ingredients and their use. Providing technical support in navigating Arbonne.com.
  • Signing up new Consultants and walking them through various processes. Handling exchanges, returns, and other issues.
  • Responding to questions about becoming a Consultant.
  • Clarifying rules and regulations of sales plan.
  • Taking orders.

AT &T

  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge about ATT products and services. Respond to customer queries about ATT services, equipment, promotions, roaming and billings.
  • Enhance customer retention and satisfaction by providing outstanding and prompt customer services.
  • Take customer calls and complete service orders.
  • Understand customer needs and recommend appropriate products and rate plans.
  • Develop innovative ways to sell ATT products and services to customers.
  • Handle customer requests for payments, activations, upgrades and other services.
  • Address and resolve customer concerns promptly.
  • Handle large volume of customer calls efficiently.

Ambit Energy

  • Take escalated/question calls from Care Agents
  • Handle emails from Care Agents that are follow-up, research, and other activities to resolve customer issues
  • Work Care Action Case Queues
  • Handle incoming mail from customers, bank (lockbox), return mail, incoming faxes/emails Process of rewards and travel vouchers, change of ownerships, manual accounts Inbound/Outbound Escalated Calls
  • Work closely with other departments to help resolve customer issues
  • Responsible for fielding inbound calls from potential and existing customers
  • Selling Century Link products and services on every call
  • Performing credit reviews establishing accounts into billing system
  • Providing customer service and solutions to problems

Customer Care Specialist

Alpine Access
03.2009 - 10.2011



Cigna Dental Insurance

  • discuss with dental office or patient billing issues and resolutions
  • review insurance guidelines to validate payment of rendered bills


Turbo Tax

  • take over and fix customers issues with Turbo Tax software
  • credit double billed software
  • walk customer through tax filing issues



Executive Administrator

All Phase Residential Services
Cleveland, GA
04.2004 - 02.2009
  • Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
  • Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
  • Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and boards of directors.
  • Attend meetings to record minutes.
  • Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals.
  • Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.
  • Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
  • File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
  • Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.
  • Make travel arrangements for executives.
  • Maintain close supervision of daily functions of staff, ensuring productivity and checking quality of output.
  • Perform job interviews done according to the standards of the institution.
  • Orient, educate and train fresh employees, acquaint them with their specific responsibilities, communicate in clear terms what is expected from them, and introduce them to company’s vision and mission statement.
  • Manage payroll and ensure accurate, timely and efficient distribution of salaries.
  • Provide staff with room for improvement by providing continuous education and giving valuable feedback on their job.
  • Conduct assessment and evaluation on a continuous basis regarding performance of staff
  • Market and advertise services
  • Meet with key sources to discuss and implement procurement for the services of the company

Education

High School Diploma - General

Luther Preprtory
Orlando, FL, US
1979

Skills

  • Superior breadth of customer care experience
  • High proficiency with a variety of computer software and hardware components
  • Strong organizational and management skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Outstanding skills in training new customer care representatives
  • Results-oriented Sound ability to work effectively in a high-volume ACD environment
  • Organized
  • Independent
  • Disciplined
  • Flexible
  • Assertive
  • Focused
  • Effective Communication
  • Personable
  • Customer service excellence
  • [Product or service] support
  • Payment processing
  • Billing coordination
  • Custom order management
  • Email correspondence
  • Cataloging
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Punctuality and reliability
  • Technical troubleshooting
  • Customer relations
  • Time management
  • Email communication
  • Phone etiquette
  • Upselling techniques
  • Issue escalation
  • Order processing
  • Multitasking and organization
  • Empathy and patience
  • Product knowledge
  • Call handling
  • Active listening
  • Issue follow up
  • Data entry
  • Decision-making
  • Call center experience
  • Conflict mediation
  • Customer service
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Complaint handling
  • Point-of-sale system
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Problem resolution
  • Relationship building
  • Claims monitoring
  • Inbound customer service
  • First call resolution
  • Adaptability and flexibility

Accomplishments

  • Excellent customer service requires effective listening and communication skills. As a company's customer service representative I listen carefully to what the customer needs and ask the appropriate questions to assist the customer efficiently and properly.
  • I believe every call should be taken with a smile on your face and strongly believe in the use of empathy, appreciation and helpfulness on every call.

Affiliations

  • Gardening, Hiking, Horseback Riding and Reading
  • High School Diploma
  • Notary Republic license

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Independant Customer Care Specialist

Working Solutions Inc.
02.2012 - Current

Customer Care Specialist

Alpine Access
03.2009 - 10.2011

Executive Administrator

All Phase Residential Services
04.2004 - 02.2009

High School Diploma - General

Luther Preprtory
Teresa Mertl