Job Description Sales and Sales Support Supports and initiates follow-up actions by contacting customers (first and second line) and informing them about products in order to contribute to the realization of effective customer communication.
Answers questions about product assortment and applications, production based on standard product, quoting prices and delivery times.
(Re)negotiates contracts with customers for renewals regarding price, specifications and delivery within defined parameters and standards set by Sales, in order to continue the relationships with customers meeting volume, quality and price requirements.
Order Processing and Data Management Handles incoming orders, in order to realize a timely and proper delivery of orders to customers.
This includes monitoring, replenishing and entering order data into automated system for further order processing, tracking of orders being processed, identifying (potential) problems and ensuring timely and correct delivery of relevant information to the administration, purchasing and forwarding. Updates product data in the relevant systems, giving an up-to-date insight in products, prices and other relevant information, including processing of price indexations and adjustments and/or entering prices for new products and introducing new products in the system, possibly adding to customer assortment. Customer Relationship Management Manages records and handles all customer requests and incoming orders in line with company policies and procedures, in order to effectively and timely deal with all customer encounters. Registers, administers and updates all customer information, contracts, requests, order data, complaints and/or signals in the relevant systems in order to timely, accurately and completely have insight in the type and status of customers, contracts, requests, complaints and/or signals, and orders can be processed correctly. Customer Satisfaction Logs and resolves all customer problems/requests within prescribed timescales to maintain customer confidence, if possible by actively solving problems/complaints.
Provides support to customers on the most common standard problems, questions, complaints, etc., so that they are resolved and customers are appeased.
This includes properly recording the problem or the complaint, determining the nature and cause of the problem/complaint and translating the message into a problem description, according to procedures; escalate complex problems/complaints.
Monitors progress of delegated or escalated problems/complaints and keeps the customer informed about the status of reporting, administrative consolidation of the notification, and recording in the system.
Continuous Improvement Signals bottlenecks in (work) processes, procedures and/or systems and contributes to the change/optimization of the department. Communication / Coordination Communicates with clients and informs them about solutions to problems/complaints.
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