Job Details
- Position Job Title: Customer Service Specialist
- BG and BU: Amcor Flexibles Europe, Middle East & Africa (AFEMEA)
- Function: Operations
- Sub-Function: Customer Service
- Location: AF Ledbury - on site
- Line Manager’s Job Title: Customer Service Manager
- Contract: 12 months+
Job Purpose
The Customer Service Specialist is the central point of contact between our customers and Amcor and is therefore a central figure to deliver the best possible customer experience. This role is to be held by a person who has a very customer centric mindset (both with internal and external customers) and can work independently as part of a local and remote team. The role requires autonomy, a high level of self-organization and the ability to manage and communicate to various stakeholders at different levels by building relationships with internal and external customers. Continuous improvement is a critical part of the role: the right candidate is willing to continuously learn and apply new ways of working while working to improve our service to customer.
Job Dimensions & Scope
Internal & external relationships
- Plant neighbouring functions: quality, supply chain, planning, logistics, production, finance and more
- Central functions including sales, pricing, commercial, customer service, finance
- External customers
Principal Accountabilities
- Manage end to end order management, from order placement through to delivery in our Customer Relationship Management and ERP systems
- Works closely with the following functional areas to monitor customer requirements throughout the order fulfilment process, advising Customers and Sales of any significant delays and helping to provide alternatives to ensure customer expectations are fulfilled and identifying opportunities for value added services.
- Prepares for and leads the yearly, bi-yearly or quarterly performance reviews with customers and neighbouring functions
- Manage any customer request as applicable and shares all customers information including customer forecasts with colleagues from neighbouring functions
- Proactively manage customer finished goods levels and aged inventory in collaboration with neighbouring functions
- Acknowledge customers complaints, enter customer complaints with the data received and ensure the customer receives a prompt feedback
- Initiate return of goods where applicable
- Coordinate the expediting of rush shipments, where necessary and monitors their progress to delivery
- Initiate the request for credit and debit notes in collaboration with the finance function
Qualifications/Requirements
- Formal Qualifications and Experience
- Experience in a similar position, preferably in a packaging or manufacturing environment
- Strong Excel skills appreciated
- Fluent in English
- Experience of SAP and Salesforce.com preferred
- Full and preferably clean UK Driving License
- Ability to be flexible with working hours and job location
- Specific Skills
- Customer Focused
- Results Orientated
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to build collaborative relationships
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Ability to work as part of a multi structure team
- Self-motivated