Associate, Field Accounts (CS)
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:
Responsible for delivering a best-in-class customer service experience to adidas wholesale field accounts, ensuring efficient order management, strong stakeholder collaboration, and adherence to operational timelines and standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage Wholesale Field Accounts to ensure seamless service delivery
- Respond to incoming phone and email requests within specified timeframes, handling inquiries efficiently and professionally
- Create and upload pre-orders and contracts in line with pre-order timelines
- Perform maintenance and updates on pre-orders as required
- Cleanse contracts and orders in accordance with Rules of Engagement
- Process contract call-offs in season within specified timelines for pre-orders and refills
- Maintain and manage the order book on an ongoing basis
- Liaise and communicate regularly with the sales team
- Provide product information, resolve pricing queries, and process orders in the system
- Follow up on customer requests, issues, and complaints through to resolution
- Achieve agreed departmental KPIs to support superior service delivery
- Develop a strong understanding of the company’s product range
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and team targets
- Participate in SAP system testing as required
KPI’s:
- Achievement of customer service SLAs including response and resolution times
- Order accuracy and processing timeliness
- Order book management and data quality
- Customer satisfaction and issue resolution rates
- Contribution to team performance and continuous improvement initiatives
Key Relationships:
- Sales Team
- Supply Chain including Purchasing and Order Fulfilment
- Finance including Credit Team
- IT
- Merchandising Team
- Warehouse
- External Freight Companies
- External Customers
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong customer service orientation
- High level of problem-solving ability
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build long-lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to work effectively in a performance-driven team environment
- Proven ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities
- Strong Microsoft Office skills with SAP experience desirable
- Flexible, proactive, and mature approach
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree or equivalent
- Relevant experience in customer service, order management, or a similar role preferred
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