Customer Service Assistant

The Company

The employment
Customer Service Assistant (german or italian portfolio)

Job Description
As “unique” internal sales contact point, you will : 

• Manage customer orders (from entry till invoicing), requests, complaints, enquiries rapidly and efficiently through the organization.
• Ensure a proactive market approach by monitoring customer order patterns and contacting them on a regular basis to track missing orders. Control customer satisfaction.
• By developing understanding of customers, products and applications, and through a positive questioning attitude, ensure customers’ real needs are satisfied at best costs for the company. 
• Ensure proactive communication to customers versus specific issue regarding order fulfillment (delivery date, delays, quantity etc..) in coordination with relevant departments (Logistic Service, Sales).
• Contribute with the Logistics team to identify alternative delivery solutions from various stores in case of issue.
• Ensure the Front Office: management of direct contact with customers (phone, mail, email, fax, etc…) to answer their requests : information, documentation.
• Prepare & review monthly the orderbook with sales managers as owner of the orderbook (short-term sales forecast).
• Ensure the accurate order entry within the ERP’s (JDE and/or SAP) in compliance with the contract negotiated between the customer and the sales manager & provide support  to commercial teams to send price increase  letters to small customers of your market.
• Interface with credit controlling for the overdues management. Interface with Logistic Service & Sales to follow on freight quotes.
• Ensure the sending of general information & documentation mails to clients (change of products, site closing etc…).
• Ensure proper and periodic communication with the relevant sales manager about all major events, deviations, and development of critical topics with customers on her/his portfolio.
• Register and follow-up the customer complaints through a dedicated tool (CRM).
• Manage the administrative organization of files and archiving.
• Register and monitor the debit and credit notes.
• Ensure accurate and ontime invoicing of the customers.
• Coordinate Sample management with Back Office team & Sales Managers.
• Contribute with Sales Manager to the data collection for new customers follow the new customer approval process & ensure  correct set up of the new customers into ERP's following the required procedure.

Key Competencies & soft skills:

• Bilingual in English and French + fluent German or Italien (essential).
• IT Tools knowledge (optional) : ERP (SAP) ; Google workspace.
• Strong customer orientation and business/ commercial sense. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written, communication to customers, to customer service team and to other departments).
• Knowledge in international trade and incoterm.
• Rigorous compliance with procedures and processes 
• Analysis and judgment ability.
• Reactivity and stress management during peaks of activity.
• Team player and openness to multiculturalism.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to manage priorities.
• Agile and flexible, able to do back ups.

Educational & relevant experience: 

• Bachelor / BTS (Advanced Technician’s Certificate) in international business foreign language, sales assistance.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar function (or at least in the industrial field).

Conditions of employment: 

• Permanent contrat (CDI) to be filled on the Imerys site in Toulouse.
• Remote working 2 days a week. 

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