Location: Windsor Locks,CT, USA
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Purpose of the job
Administer the chain of sales support to Ahlstrom internal and external customers by providing and ensuring exceptional customer service and maximizing customer satisfaction. Maintain understanding of the customer's needs and focus activities including, but not limited to the order fulfillment process and pre/post sales and business support transactions.
Main responsibility areas/Essential Functions
* Manage domestic order fulfillment requirements to ensure timely and accurate product delivery with proper documentation.
* Support of customers in 1-2 Business Units.
* Receive, coordinate, and process all sales orders based on the customer's requests (with accuracy and speed). Orders sourced from: email, phone, fax, EDI and other means.
* Ensure customer master data, account profile information, and customer product information is up to date.
* Interface with other Ahlstrom plants and suppliers domestically for processing orders sourced elsewhere
* Provide order status and resolve order inquiries.
* Ensure accounts are in compliance with corporate credit policies.
* Manage customs/logistics/delivery issues.
* Manage receivables and past due amounts as required.
* Order management of normal orders.
* Inventory Management.
* Serve as the customer's advocate by understanding customer requirements/expectations and act as a liaison between the customer and business representatives including credit, supply chain, technical support, product management, and sales.
* Get information from supply chain to notify appropriate sales personnel and customers as necessary of over/short / early/late or other problems related to assigned account shipments.
* Maintain close contact with the customer to ensure an exceptional customer experience including but not limited to: customer master information, detailed customer profiles, pricing/quote inquiries, dispute/claims resolution, product information and sample requests, invoicing, material returns and resolving complaints.
* Direct responsibility to manage and oversee a portfolio of customers.
Communication
(position's responsibility for communications both within and outside the organization)
Internally
Sales, Marketing, Production Planning, Converting, Shipping, Accounting, Traffic, Product Development, Purchasing and Quality.
Externally
Ahlstrom customers, freight forwarders, freight carriers, IT and external warehouses
Experience and education
(minimum level of knowledge and skills to fulfill one's responsibilities)
Work experience
* Bachelors' degree or equivalent experience.
* 2-5 years customer service or sales support experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
* Proficient PC skills (including strong keyboarding skills).
* Mathematical competency for calculating pricing and converting units of measure.
* Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, specifically Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel.
* Superior interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written, including the ability to communicate with confidence.
* Customer Service Oriented - outstanding communication and people skills; energetic and enthusiastic; takes initiative to effectively anticipate the needs, handle the issues, and resolve the problems of internal and external customers. Views complaints as opportunities; acts as a customer advocate building relationships and long-term mutual benefit.
* Performance focused - proactive self-starter biased to do things before being asked; attention to detail and excellent organization skills; creative insight into problem-solving; able to multi-task, manage time and balance multiple priorities. Able to work with minimal supervision.
* Team oriented - actively promote a cooperative / positive team spirit and respect the diverse contributions of teams, partners and networks; create and build value for the company and its stakeholders.
* Ability to travel domestically and internationally (Occasional