<p><strong>Essential Functions / Duties</strong></p><ul><li>Lead, coach, develop, and manage the Customer Service team, including assigning workloads, supporting staffing needs, delivering training, managing performance, and maintaining accountability for service standards.</li><li>Oversee the full customer order lifecycle, including order entry, validation, pricing, allocations, credit holds, order changes, cancellations, shipment coordination, invoicing support, and exception resolution.</li><li>Ensure customer, distributor, and sales orders are processed accurately and within established service level expectations across all applicable channels and ordering methods.</li><li>Partner with Sales and Finance to ensure pricing, depletion allowances, discounts, promotions, samples, billbacks, and other customer-specific programs are accurately reflected in orders and supporting documentation.</li><li>Coordinate with Warehouse, Logistics, Production, and Inventory teams to address product availability, vintage or SKU transitions, allocations, backorders, substitutions, shipment timing, and delivery requirements.</li><li>Act as the primary escalation point for complex customer, distributor, and sales-related issues, ensuring timely resolution while balancing customer experience, policy compliance, commercial commitments, and financial controls.</li><li>Build and maintain strong relationships with distributors, key accounts, sales teams, brokers, carriers, and internal stakeholders, while proactively communicating order status, product availability, shipment issues, and service risks.</li><li>Establish, document, and continuously improve customer service procedures, internal controls, order management workflows, and service standards to enhance accuracy, efficiency, responsiveness, and scalability.</li><li>Monitor key customer service metrics, including order accuracy, fill rate, on-time processing, backorders, deductions, claims, response times, service issues, and recurring root causes, and implement corrective actions as needed.</li><li>Oversee month-end customer service activities and support accurate order, shipment, and invoicing close processes in partnership with Finance and Sales.</li><li>Prepare and analyze recurring and ad hoc reports, including sales by customer, salesperson, brand, SKU, channel, geography, and other business dimensions as requested.</li><li>Maintain accurate customer master data, ship-to information, ordering requirements, routing instructions, and other account-specific details in relevant systems.</li><li>Support new product launches, vintage transitions, pricing updates, promotional programs, chain authorizations, distributor changes, and other commercial initiatives requiring customer service coordination.</li><li>Coordinate delivery appointments and special shipping requirements with warehouses, carriers, distributors, and customers, as needed.</li><li>Participate in sales, operations, S&OP, and other cross-functional meetings, providing customer service insights, identifying risks, and recommending actions.</li><li>Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, record retention requirements, applicable alcohol beverage regulations, and customer-specific requirements within the scope of the role.</li><li>Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>Jeff Abrams is looking for a Client Services Manager to lead service operations and support a high standard of care for one of his clients. This role combines team leadership, process oversight, and operational execution to ensure advisors and clients receive timely, accurate, and efficient support. The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, a service-oriented mindset, and the ability to improve workflows in a regulated financial services environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead and develop the Client Service Associate team through recruiting, onboarding, coaching, and ongoing performance guidance.</p><p>• Create clear team expectations and structured workflows that promote accuracy, accountability, and responsive client support.</p><p>• Manage daily client service activity, ensuring smooth coordination of requests from advisors and clients.</p><p>• Oversee onboarding and account administration tasks such as new account setup, transfers, documentation processing, and ongoing maintenance.</p><p>• Act as the escalation point for complex service matters and drive timely, practical resolutions.</p><p>• Document and refine operational procedures across servicing, onboarding, and reporting functions to improve consistency and scalability.</p><p>• Partner with compliance stakeholders to align operational practices with applicable regulatory requirements and internal standards.</p><p>• Supervise key operational aspects of the firm's technology environment, including reporting tools and workflow automation platforms.</p><p>• Collaborate with leadership to strengthen system connectivity, increase automation, and introduce technology enhancements, including AI-enabled solutions where </p><p>appropriate.</p><p><br></p><p>If you are interested in this role, please reach out to Jeff Abrams via LinkedIn </p>
<p>We are looking for a IT Support Analyst to support employees with day-to-day technical issues in California. This IT Support Analyst contract opportunity has the potential to become permanent and is ideal for someone who enjoys combining hands-on desktop support with responsive service desk assistance across both remote and onsite environments. In this IT Support Analyst role, you will help maintain end-user systems, resolve incidents efficiently, and provide guidance on workplace technology and security best practices. This IT Support Analyst is on onsite role out of Pleasanton. </p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Deliver first- and second-level technical support for end users, resolving incidents through desk-side assistance as well as remote troubleshooting.</p><p>• Set up, deploy, maintain, and repair desktops, laptops, and related equipment for office and workstation use.</p><p>• Administer and support Windows 10 devices and provide limited assistance for iOS-based hardware.</p><p>• Troubleshoot hardware issues, software errors, and connectivity problems to restore user productivity quickly.</p><p>• Support core business applications and collaboration platforms, including Microsoft 365, Teams, Zoom, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.</p><p>• Install, configure, and maintain endpoint protection and backup tools across desktop and laptop environments.</p><p>• Assist with Active Directory tasks such as account setup, password resets, and basic user access support while helping monitor and triage incoming tickets.</p><p>• Configure new user devices and peripherals, including computers, printers, and remote access tools such as Citrix and related solutions.</p><p>• Track and update inventory records for IT assets as equipment is received, assigned, relocated, or replaced within the office.</p><p>• Provide end-user instruction on software usage, security awareness, and effective computing practices while following organizational safety and security standards.</p>