Specialist Account Operations
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
To deliver world class customer service, working in partnership with the sales organization and key departments across Europe in order to achieve the company strategic business plan.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with our internal and external partners
- Collaborate with our wholesale accounts and internal partners to ensure excellent order book management from order entry through to invoice
- Produce, analyse, and interpret data and reports in line with business requirements and external customer expectations
- Manage day to day customer service activities with the aim to fulfil customer requests, resolve queries and provide creative solutions
- Work with supply chain to ensure specific customer requirements are met
- Maximise additional business opportunities by working with sales managers and customers
- Follow agreed procedures and standards for your account base in line with portfolio assignment, ensuring all documentation is maintained for all new and existing processes
- Where appropriate, play an integral role in ensuring launch sensitive product is delivered on time, working cross functionally to track product and ensure key deadlines are met
- Where appropriate, look to create cost and time efficiencies by creating direct shipments to your customer base
- Provide your sales team with information required to support account management
- Support the implementation of key business initiatives and provide feedback for further development
- Help to induct new starters to the team also supporting your team and the wider team with system and process queries
- Collaborate with your sales contact to ensure you are up to date with key product and account campaigns
- Keep up to date with all business initiatives and updates in line with e-learning
Key Relationships:
- Sales
- Customers
- Demand Planning
- Wider customer service team
- Supply chain teams (local and European)
- European and local DC
- Finance
- External – 3rd Parties
- CTC – IT
Requisite Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- A strong Customer Service focus
- A high level of problem-solving ability
- Highly developed organisational and time management skills
- Superior attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to develop long lasting relationships with our key stakeholders
- Ability to contribute to a team environment where performance is measured
- Experience in working under pressure to meet deadlines and conflicting priorities
- Strong Microsoft Office skills are essential and experience using SAP is desirable
- A flexible and mature approach is imperative
Requisite Competencies:
- Communication
- Detail orientation
- Problem solving
- Collaboration Initiative
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- Commercial degree or equivalent
- At least 1 year experience in a role involving direct interaction with external or internal customers
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