Virtual
Job Description
OEC provides software solutions to those who work in the automotive parts and repair industry. Our solutions make it easier for automotive industry professionals to buy and sell parts, conduct repair research & planning, optimize estimates, improve the parts supply chain, and more. OEC partners with many of the world’s largest manufacturers, dealers and suppliers, shops and repairers, and service providers, giving our customers access to a comprehensive network and a streamlined workflow.
Position Summary
Builds and maintains customer relationships within a defined territory to educate and drive awareness of OEC's solutions RepairLink, CollisionLink, TraxCollision, DMS Connect, and PSX Link. Provides post onboarding support to customers for the life of their contracts through renewal. Main responsibilities in this role will encompass Product Adoption, Optimization, Customer Engagement and Cancellation Mitigation. Responsible for achieving targeted levels of customer utilization of OEC solutions to ensure customer satisfaction and incremental parts sales.
Job Duties
- Provides post onboarding support to customers on our platforms RepairLink, CollisionLink, TraxCollision, DMS Connect, and PSX Link throughout the life of their contracts.
- Continues fluency in known product lines and focuses on a specific product when requested by Associate Manager or Manager in support of ongoing and changing business priorities; proactively learns new product information with the goal of becoming fluent in speaking all-OEC product language.
- Supports dealers, body shops, fleet accounts, tire distributors, or repair facilities and educates parts, service, or repair manager(s) to enhance product usage at facility (includes review of product functionality and completion of key configuration steps).
- Establishes desired outcomes, creating short term and long-term goals to drive product adoption. Provides meaningful data to coach dealer on marketing strategies, and performance feedback to achieve goals and improve time to value.
- Achieves targeted levels of customer utilization of OEC solutions to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Responds to incoming requests from customers for product information and support; resolves client issues via phone and e-mail. Utilizes available opportunities to provide influential information that could result in additional product sales or upgrades.
- Utilizes business intelligence tools to track usage activities; recognizes trends and makes consultative recommendations to the customer.
- Executes success plans appropriate for OEM, region and dealer business model to further accelerate and expand product use beyond initial launch.
- Utilizes the CRM to capture all customer interactions and maintains valid customer account information to help drive performance; engages with KnowledgeBase, providing reliable information of the solution.
- Establishes high level relationships with dealer management and department champions; drives customer engagement and increases overall parts sales through coaching.
- Works with Associate Manager to prioritize workload and leverage CRM to manage activities to ensure appropriate communication and engagement with customers.
- Identifies upsell opportunities for performance coaching, product upgrades or additional sales and communicates opportunities to Direct Sales team along with supporting information through CRM.
- Proactively manages customer’s desired outcome in context of using OEC applications.
- Contacts assigned accounts with a pending cancellation to obtain reason, re-establish desired outcomes, and identify opportunities to improve performance in an effort to mitigate their cancellation request and retain them as a customer.
- Increases overall parts sales through coaching of Dealer parts staff.
Education
Requires a diploma or GED degree or, in the absence of a degree, directly related job experience building business relationships and facilitating product usage.
Experience
At least one (1) year of prior experience in a Customer Success or Account Manager role. Candidates with automotive industry and SaaS customer success experience highly preferred. Additionally, we are looking for:
- Organizational skills and ability to prioritize high-impact tasks and deliverables
- Keen ability to develop and foster business relationships with customers
- Proven success working in customer facing roles
- Motivated critical thinkers who can work independently with little guidance
- Prior experience using Microsoft Dynamics CRM or preferred
- Prior or current experience utilizing OEC's parts ordering systems would be extremely helpful
- SaaS/Software and/or product experience highly preferred
- Ability to multi-task and pivot attention/resources as needed
Travel
Travel for this position is infrequent but may be required based on business/customer needs. Anticipated travel is <10%.
What makes working at OEC awesome? It varies from employee to employee. For some, it's the flexibility - whether it's remote work or a hybrid or in-person role, OEC takes our teams across multiple time zones and international communities. For others, it's the strong sense of camaraderie and community that celebrates both individuals and team-driven contributions. Or it could be the empowerment and how the team is encouraged to take risks, learn, and grow within a dynamic and supportive environment. But no matter what gets us out of bed in the morning, our whole global community is inspired to be forward thinking and drive innovative solutions for the automotive parts and repair industry.
OEConnection is subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations. In order to comply with these laws, we invite applicants and employees to voluntarily self-identify their gender, race and ethnicity. Submission of this information is strictly voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provision of applicable laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement. When reported, data will not identify any specific individual. This information will be maintained separately from your application for employment. If you do not wish to self-identify at this time, you may do so in the future by submitting this form. Failure to provide the following information will not subject you to any adverse action or treatment. OEConnection is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.
