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Supervisor, Customer Service

Methode Electronics · Rolling Meadows, IL · $70,600–$95,000 a year · Full time

Posted Jul 16, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a customer complaint you investigated and resolved. Walk me through the steps.

What they are checking: Whether they find root causes and follow through rather than just apologizing.

Tell me about a time you had to coordinate several departments to solve a customer problem.

What they are checking: Whether they can drive cross-functional collaboration without formal authority.

How do you build a long-term partnership with a customer rather than just handling transactions?

What they are checking: Whether they think about relationship growth, which the posting emphasizes.

What would you do

A key customer needs parts earlier than the production schedule allows. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they work across production and planning to find options and give the customer an honest answer.

A customer is angry and wants to escalate to your boss. How do you handle the call?

What they are checking: Whether they can stay calm, take ownership and rebuild trust with a frustrated customer.

As a supervisor, how would you support a team member who keeps making order entry errors?

What they are checking: Whether they coach and fix process problems instead of only correcting mistakes.

About the work

How do you review a purchase order or contract to make sure we can meet it?

What they are checking: Whether they catch problems with pricing, quantities, dates or terms before orders are entered.

How have you used customer satisfaction surveys to make real changes?

What they are checking: Whether they turn survey data into action instead of just reporting scores.

How do you manage project activities for a customer program, like a new product launch?

What they are checking: Whether they have real project management habits for tracking timelines, owners and risks.

What customer service or ERP systems have you used for order entry and scheduling?

What they are checking: Whether they can work comfortably with the systems that track orders and schedules.

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The full job description

As published by Methode Electronics.

Position Responsibilities: • Serve as the primary point of contact for customer communication, ensuring timely and accurate information sharing. • Implement and oversee project management activities for assigned customer programs. • Coordinate internal communication and cross-functional collaboration to meet customer requirements. • Maintain existing customer relationships while developing and strengthening long-term business partnerships. • Lead customer satisfaction activities, including surveys, analysis, follow-up actions, and reporting. • Manage customer complaints by investigating issues, coordinating resolutions, and ensuring timely follow-up. • Review customer orders, address order-related issues, and monitor production plans and schedules to meet customer requirements. • Perform contract and purchase order (PO) reviews, process order entry, and maintain accurate order schedules. • Provide project management support for existing products and customer programs. • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor. Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree preferred. • Minimum of five (5) years of customer service experience, including demonstrated success in handling and resolving customer complaints. • Familiarity with customer service systems and processes. • Working knowledge of project management, order management, and production planning procedures. • Proficient in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Project, and other standard business software. • Strong communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills. • Strong English communication skills, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The base pay hiring rate expected for this position is: $70,600-$95,000. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must frequently do hand motions and repetitive tasks including computer use with typing, must occasionally carry and lift up to 15 pounds to perform various duties, occasionally reach and do overhead reaching, stand for short amounts of time, minimal squatting or bending to perform various duties, and extended sitting for long periods of time at a desk or workstation. Benefits and Perks Methode offers US employees Medical, Dental, Vision, Hearing, Life & Disability insurance, a wellness program, and time off benefits. Voluntary benefit plans include Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance. Methode provides an Employee Assistance Program, and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan which includes a company contribution. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Methode Electronics is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics per the EEO Poster available here . If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@methode.com or call (708) 867-6777 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Benefits and Perks Methode offers US employees Medical, Dental, Vision, Hearing, Life & Disability insurance, a wellness program, and time off benefits. Voluntary benefit plans include Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance. Methode provides an Employee Assistance Program, and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan which includes a company contribution. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Methode Electronics is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics per the EEO Poster available here . If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@methode.com or call (708) 867-6777 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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