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TEKsystems

HYBRID - Contact Center Associate

Spokane, WA · Remote

$20/hr

Contact Center Associate | Remote within Spokane area Immediate Openings | Remote (Within 60 Miles of Spokane, WA) | 5-Month Contract Looking for a customer-focused role with a company that makes a ...

Brownhealth

Call Center Contact Supervisor

Providence, RI · On-site

$50K - $83K/yr

Under the general supervision of the Contact Center Manager, coordinate the activities of the Call Center and supervise the Contact Center Associates and Clinic Schedulers. Participates in the ...

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Infographic showing various Contact Center Associate job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 79% Full Time, 17% Part Time, and 4% Contract. Highlights an 74% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 24% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $45,538 per year, or $21.9 per hour.

Part-Time Contact Center Associate

Columbus, OH • On-site

Kimball Midwest
Wholesale • 1 - 5K employees

6.5

Company rating: 6.5 out of 10

Based on 5 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

307th of 426 rated retail wholesalers

People enjoy working here

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Re-posted 28 days ago

Job description

Kimball Midwest, a national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation products, is searching for a Part-Time Contact Center Associate I for our Columbus, Ohio location.
As a Kimball Midwest associate, you will experience why we have been recognized as one of the Top Workplaces in Columbus Thirteen years in a row! Our sales revenue growth is dynamic, increasing from $1 million in 1983 to over $500 million today. Throughout all our growth we have kept the family owned and operated culture alive. At Kimball Midwest, you are a name and not a number and we pride ourselves on our unique culture.
Responsibilities
  • Responsible for providing excellent customer service for sales reps, customer, and internal staff
  • Adhere to company scripts, policies and quality standards.
  • Ability to handle high call volume and multitask
  • Provide accurate information regarding products, services, policies and procedures.
  • Resolve customer issues efficiently and escalate complex cases to appropriate departments when necessary
  • Responsible for the order entry of phoned in orders (subject to company parameters) and special-order entry projects assigned by management
  • Performs monthly call tracking
  • Performs quarterly time tracking
  • Responds same day to all voicemails, emails, and Teams messages received within working hours

Qualifications
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, AX, Excel, etc.)
  • The ability to communicate in a professional manner with management, sales representatives, customers, and co-workers in both written and verbal form
  • Previous call center, customer service experience is preferred
  • The ability to read and write small letters and numbers; the ability to make arithmetic calculations; and the ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions
  • The ability to work fully in the office in Columbus, OH- this is not a remote or hybrid role
  • The successful completion of a ninety (90) day orientation period

Additional Information
This role is Monday- Friday with the hours of 6:30am-10:30am.
***This role is onsite.
Kimball Midwest is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a program of recruitment of females, minority group members, individuals with disabilities, qualifying veterans and any other classification that is protected by federal, state, or local law.
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