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With a legacy of innovation and a commitment to quality, Binks serves industries including automotive, industrial manufacturing, and refinishing. Our Shoreview, MN location is a hub for engineering excellence and customer-focused solutions.\nJob Summary\nThe Customer Service II Specialist plays a critical role in optimizing how Binks serves its customers by turning data and business systems into action. This role combines data analysis, process improvement, and supply chain/retail compliance monitoring to strengthen the customer journey from onboarding through fulfillment. You will be a power user and administrator across our ERP, CRM, ticket management, and customer portal platforms, tracking key performance indicators and identifying trends and root causes in service and order data. 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continuously improve the ticket management system, including workflow rules, escalation paths, and reporting, to drive faster and more consistent case resolution.\nManage and enhance the customer portal experience, ensuring customers can self-serve for order status, account information, and support requests, and troubleshooting portal issues as they arise.\nEvaluate and recommend new process technology and system enhancements (automation, integrations, self-service tools) that improve operational efficiency and the customer experience.\nMonitor supply chain and retail compliance requirements (e.g., routing guides, EDI, vendor scorecards, chargebacks) and work cross-functionally to resolve compliance gaps.\nSupport customer onboarding and implementation by coordinating account setup, system and portal configuration, and process documentation for new and existing accounts.\nConduct root-cause analysis on recurring issues and drive corrective actions with internal stakeholders.\nMaintain 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