Weekend Strategic Partnership Specialist (Customer Care)

<meta><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><u><b><strong style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">What we need:</strong></b></u></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This position is a customer and hauling partner</span><s><span style="text-decoration:line-through;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></s><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> approach, excelling not only in the delivery of outstanding client support to both internal and external clients but also in actively executing functions related to account management, procurement, and processing service requests within our customer's processes. Your pivotal role involves managing the entire customer life cycle to ensure business retention. The team oversees a book of business, aiming to establish long-term partnerships and improve profit margins for both customers and vendors. Leveraging strategic thinking, the team maximizes operational efficiencies internally and externally by analyzing data to implement predictive solutions for our customers. The overarching goal is to enhance sustainability while elevating the overall customer and vendor experience.</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><u><b><strong style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Schedule Requirement</strong></b></u><br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This role follows a </span><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Friday to Monday schedule, working 10 hours per day from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">, and provides three consecutive days off each week (Tuesday to Thursday). Flexibility and consistency in this schedule are important to support both customer and operational needs.</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This position is remote and available to candidates residing in the following states: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">  </span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><u><b><strong style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">What People say about You:</strong></b></u></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You excel at independently solving problems within a team environment, ensuring a high-quality experience for both customers and vendors. Your flexibility and openness to change are crucial as our business expands, and your willingness to contribute innovative thoughts and ideas will significantly influence both internal teams and external customers. Given the unique nature of this position, you are adaptable, allowing you to cultivate and enhance your skills across various domains, particularly in account management, procurement, and client support. </span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">  </span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><u><b><strong style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">What you will be doing:</strong></b></u><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Effectively Manage and grow Book of Business in the Strategic Partnership Team.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Ensuring retention metrics and customers remain under long-term contracts.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Generating new opportunities within existing customer network for new sites, adding new services for existing customers.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Attending sales meetings and conducting business reviews with Key Accounts regularly.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Ensure daily use of CRM for customer activities and sales pipeline management. </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Using customer and prospect CRM management software and updating relevant information held in these systems daily. </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Monitor customer activity and proactively make recommendations for service changes or other solutions to better meet their needs. </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Guide customers as an industry expert on waste and recycling technology, diversion opportunities, city by laws and other regulations to set and meet waste and recycling goals. </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Work in conjunction with the Sustainability department to assist customers with complex needs around waste auditing, diversion reporting, and other services as required.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Attending and presenting at client meetings as well as at other company functions, networking events or as necessary to perform duties and manage customer portfolio.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Executing service requests directly with hauling partners, including but not limited to extra pickups, temporary bins, roll-off haul requests.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Other duties or projects as requested. </span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">  </span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><u><b><strong style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Is this you?</strong></b></u><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><i><em style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Must Have” Skills/Experience:</em></i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2+ years experience in Account Management, procurement negotiations, and/or customer success. </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Bachelor degree or equivalent</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to provide excellent project execution via strong task prioritization and multi-tasking ability with minimal supervision</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Demonstrates a willingness to not only ensure the job is done, but also accept responsibility for the results</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Self-driven with the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to work in a team environment, while delivering independent results</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">High degree of knowledge of service industry is preferred</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience working in robust Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system such as Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, SAP or Netsuite.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><i><em style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> “Nice to Have” Skills/Experience:</em></i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Previous experience in business analysis or waste, diversion and recycling industry is an asset </span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Fluency in other languages an asset </span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><u><b><strong style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Why join RTS:</strong></b></u></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">At RTS, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Short-Term Disability. Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Days. Please note that benefits may vary by job and offer. Additional Educational opportunities and training may be available at the approval of management.  </span><br><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><u><b><strong style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">What to Expect</strong></b></u><u><span style="text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">:</span></u></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">We believe the recruiting process is a two-way street, this isn’t just about us getting to know you. We encourage you to ask questions about the company, work culture and the role. As you interview with RTS, we hope the growth and challenge excites you.  </span></p><ol data-pattern="deciLoAlphaLoRom" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:decimal;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You will chat with our talent acquisition team.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Meet with the hiring manager and potential team.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Meet with one of our leaders and learn more about your career at RTS.</span></li></ol><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">RTS is an equal opportunity employer who embraces and values diversity in age, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and physical/mental ability. RTS’ team members are encouraged to be their whole authentic selves. People of diverse backgrounds and cultures are encouraged to apply.</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p>

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