Customer Service Consultant
Vontier
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Full understanding of international trade requirements especially within the Africa region
- Assessing and processing orders with factories and customers
- Evaluation of orders and get necessary approval like pricing, discount, shipping information, etc. before processing orders
- Logging of all orders and tracking details of shipments in Sales Force
- Co-ordinating with factories on production lead times and ensure order readiness
- Attend calls with all factories to understand production issues and discuss ways to improve delivery times
- Ensuring an appropriate order flow with the compliance to organizational policies
- Co-ordinating with the finance department to resolve invoice and pricing issues
- Monitoring and evaluation of all orders and sales processes as well as provide weekly reports to all customers
- Management of the communication with the sales department and customers
- Working with factory and customers for inspection processes to ensure smooth shipment
- Check the accuracy of the shipping documents and work pro-actively to avoid any issues during custom clearance
- File all documents on respective order folders and share the same with customers, sales, AR team when necessary
- Work with factory / customer on Letter of Credits and provide necessary inputs
- Co-ordinating with forwarders and customers on shipments deliveries
- Logging, monitoring and evaluation of all order issues
- Assistance to Sales teams in obtaining required proforma documents and related information as required
- As per Board-approved DOA and as necessary for functions outside the DOA.
- As delegated by the Managing Director, when necessary.
- Head of Departments
- Key Accounts Managers
- Regional Sales Managers
- Finance team
- Factories
- Suppliers
- Customers
- Freight agents
- Leading: Customer Retention, Customer Satisfaction
- Lagging: Revenue growth, On time response and delivery
- 5-year customer service experience
- Experience in Sales Management
- Experience in Logistics and Supply Chain
- Experience in International Trade
- Knowledge of import/export carriers and customs matters.
- Customer service experience in a similar industry
- Further studies to include Logistics and supply chain.
- Further knowledge to includeInternational Trade
- Experience on Sales Force an advantage
- Strong Excel dashboard and visual presentation skills
- Significant attention to detail
- Problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (Verbal & Written)
- Strong teamwork attitude
- Fuel Retail industry knowledge and experience
- Extensive knowledge of internal MRP processes and infrastructure
- English - Full Professional Proficiency
- French – Full Professional Proficiency
- Portuguese - Full Professional Proficiency
- Solicits voice of the customer and drives actions to improve customer experience
- Holds others accountable for meeting customer needs
- Addresses gaps in the team’s ability to meet emerging customer needs
- Continuously improves processes to be more aligned with the customers
- Thinks beyond the day-to-day, taking a long-term, big-picture view of the business.
- Clarifies the organization’s vision and strategy to the team, and ensures that efforts are prioritized to support them
- Leads the team to pursue possibilities that will create sustainable value
- Nurtures and develops promising ideas through prototyping and experimentation
- Challenges others to develop breakthrough solutions
- Ensures that varied perspectives are included in the process of innovation
- Encourages others to address challenges in new and better ways
- Builds energy and optimism in others in support of Our Shared Purpose
- Communicates the vision of the organization in a way that others can relate to and buy into
- Helps others envision a greater sense of what is possible for the organization’s future
- Ensures that others understand how their efforts and contributions make a positive difference
- Builds a cohesive team that drives the goals and success of the organization.
- Communicates clear goals and roles to team members
- Builds a team that has the right mix of skills and leverages the strengths of individual members
- Celebrates team accomplishments
- Coaches people on how to take a stand in the face of adversity when they believe in something
- Confronts tough organizational issues and disagreements
- Delivers difficult messages directly
- Demonstrates the courage to say “no” when necessary
- Sets high expectations and leads others to achieve results through VBS
- Leads others to persist despite setbacks or obstacles Creates a sense of urgency in the team to deliver on time, high quality results with an unwavering commitment to our values and standards of conduct
- Drives a track record of continuous improvement and sustainability
- Leads experimentation to find the best solution
- Shares lessons learned from both successes and failures
- Creates opportunities for self and others to try new things
- Applies the lessons from different experiences to new situations
- Establish VBS credibility through demonstrating the ability to leading Kaizen events
- Coaches leaders on how to use VBS to address business challenges and opportunities, including selecting the appropriate tool and how to apply to generate results
- Builds VBS expertise of the team, establishing and growing capable VBSL support and
- VBS Champion resources that can support the team
- Willing to seek out subject matter experts in VBS in order to build capability within the organization
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