Key Responsibilities :
- Perform order management tasks for specific customers / accounts, handling the entire order life cycle (order entry, modification, invoicing, credits / debits, logistics documentation).
- Provide consultative support to customers regarding lead time, availability, minor technical support, and policy.
- Act as a single point of contact for customer inquiries and escalations, managing them to closure.
- Demonstrate customer support excellence in all communications and interactions.
- Liaise with internal production, planning, and materials teams to ensure prompt, accurate, and timely order throughput, including achieving financial targets.
- Communicate with sales, warehouse, and logistics staff to confirm order status and resolve customer queries.
- Support departmental goals and initiatives to become a more proactive customer-centric organization.
- Develop, document, and enhance standard administrative practices related to customer communication and order throughput processes.
- Identify and develop proactive communications for assigned customers regarding processes, policy, and best practices.
- Support customer visits and participate in continuous improvement projects.
- Lead a team of 5+ Order Management Representatives / Specialists.
- Plan, prioritize, and schedule team activities for efficiency.
- Review progress and evaluate results for continuous improvement.
- Ensure customer support excellence in all interactions.
- Utilize departmental tools, systems, and processes effectively.
- Monitor team performance and adapt procedures for improvement.
- Lead cross-functional problem-resolution initiatives.
- Address complex inquiries promptly and accurately.
- Liaise with other departments to integrate activities.
- Analyze customer inquiries and recommend process improvements.
- Develop problem-solving guidelines and materials.
- Own departmental metrics, reporting, and analysis.
- Coordinate team input for proactive customer communications.
- Lead local and participate in global continuous improvement projects.
External Qualifications and Competencies
Qualifications :
Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.Competencies :
Collaborates : Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.Communicates effectively : Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.Customer focus : Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.Drives results : Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.Manages complexity : Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.Self-development : Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.Customer Support : Demonstrates how proactive customer support interactions are required at each phase of the order life cycle to ensure customer satisfaction.Order Life Cycle : Demonstrates the phases of the end-to-end order life cycle, terminology, and functional collaboration that enable customer orders to be fulfilled.Order Life Cycle Systems Knowledge : Demonstrates the steps within each system screen to process customer orders, order modifications, and respond to customer queries.Order Processing : Demonstrates the steps necessary to manage the processing of customer orders through order receipt, exception identification, and resolution.Values differences : Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.Additional Responsibilities Unique to this Position
Experience :
8+ years of experience in Supply Chain / Customer Order Management, including people management.Experience in managing a team of 5+ employees preferred.Experience in high-impact continuous improvement or Six Sigma projects preferred.Intermediate level of relevant work experience, preferably in consulting or GCC / shared services industry, working with APAC or EMEA region.Skills :
Strong team management skills.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Ownership and self-drive for value addition.Analytical and problem-solving abilities.Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced environment.Ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders.Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and presentation skills.Work Conditions :
Ready to work in shifts (APAC shift : 6 : 30 AM to 3 : 30 PM IST or EMEA shift : 12 : 30 PM to 9 : 30 PM IST).2 days work from home and 3 days work from office with free transport facility for both shifts.Role : Operations - Other
Industry Type : Industrial Equipment / Machinery
Department : Customer Success , Service & Operations
Employment Type : Full Time, Permanent
Role Category : Operations
Education
UG : Any Graduate
PG : Any Postgraduate
Skills Required
Team Management, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement