Work Location: Oregon, IL

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Job Overview:

Are you strong, resilient, sharp?

Apply your skills to support the Customer Operations team of a global manufacturing company. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience within the customer operations field and gain general knowledge about how a manufacturing company operates. This role will support the team in-office as a customer service generalist at the Woods Equipment Company facility in Oregon, IL.

This exciting opportunity is a paid full-time internship, targeted to start one week after your spring term ends and conclude one week before fall term begins. Target pay rate is $15.00 - $16.50 per hour, dependent upon education level/skill/experience.

As a Customer Operations Intern, you may:

• Act as a Customer Service Representative communicating with internal and external customers
• Gain valuable on-the-job customer service and supply chain experience and training
• Interact with the logistics team and gain an understanding of the freight costs and importance to customers
• Learn how a distribution center focused on same day shipments operates
• Gain an understanding of processing customer return transactions
• Experience the satisfaction of resolving a customer problem in one transaction
• Sharpen your listening skills to become a customer advocate

Requirements:

• A junior or senior level college student who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business, communications or related field. We will also consider a second-year community college student working toward an Associates
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task, work in a team-oriented environment, make good decisions, and adapt to changing priorities
• Relationship-building aptitude and outstanding communication skills
• Must answer the phone “with a smile”
• Attention to detail and strong organizational details
• Must take direction well and be a motivated self-starter
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and possess the ability and desire to learn new programs
• As part of our ongoing commitment to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all our Team Members, Oregon Tool is requiring that all new hires (including interns working 100% remote) have started their vaccination process or are already fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their first day of work

How to Apply:

Interested students should apply on our career’s website at oregontool.com/careers and by clicking on the red "Apply Now" button. Each application must include a cover letter outlining your interest in this internship and a resume. Applications received without both attachments will not be reviewed.

Featured Benefits:

• Meaningful work while gaining real-life experience
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits available on day one (no waiting period)
• Paid holidays
• 401k matching (100% of first 3%, 50% of next 3% = 4.5% match on 6% contribution)
• Global company with small company feel
• Casual work attire

Woods Equipment an Oregon Tool Brand

At Woods Equipment Company, we are a passionate group of people dedicated to a spirit of innovation and outside the box thinking in order to create the world’s most efficient agriculture products and attachments. We believe in inspiring, listening, learning, and rolling up our sleeves to “get after it” together. We serve a higher purpose than the products we make and are devoted to positively impacting people, communities, and landscapes around the world. We are built on a pioneering spirit, leading with humility, global stewardship, and owning it day in and day out. We know what it takes to get the job done, and we know our people is the way it happens. We’ve been getting after it for over 75 years. Come join our team!

To learn more about our products please visit our website at www.woodsequipment.com

At Oregon Tool it is our responsibility to help maintain the health and safety of our team members and the communities we operate within. We’re taking a people first approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, and by following best practice guidelines we’re in the process of thoughtfully operating each of our locations.

Oregon Tool will only employ those who are legally authorized to work. Any offer of employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. It is the policy of Oregon Tool to provide equal employment to all qualified persons without discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other status protected under law.

During the application process we will not ask for or collect any confidential, proprietary or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g., date of birth; driver’s license number; or credit card, bank account or other financial information) (collectively, “Sensitive Information”). If you submit any Sensitive Information, you do so at your own risk, and we will not be liable to you or responsible for consequences of your submission. This notice should not be construed as an offer of employment or creating any terms of employment.

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