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Customer Service Officer - Supply Chain

BASF

BASF

Customer Service, Operations
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Posted 6+ months ago

Job Scope:

  • Take full ownership/responsibility and ensure that all back office processes from customer order receipt to payment receipt.

  • Ensure a customer focused business environment, taking BASF’s business interests into account.

  • Customer contact person.

  • Adherence to and compliance with all BASF guidelines and procedures.

Strategic and Operational Responsibilities:

  • Order processing of all transaction type orders and order confirmations to customers.
  • Coordination with sales for Order Backlog Management.

  • Proactive order monitoring and keeping customers updated with regular information pertaining to orders and shipments.

  • Preparation and organization of any kind of necessary license and registration documents to have the orders released.

  • Receivables Management: Monitoring customer over dues, resolving account

  • Follow up of the transport phases from the system and also with the local agencies of the carriers and keeping the customers updated

  • Follow up of the documentation and managing the corrections if needed

  • Posting of the docs to the customer as per the payment term

  • Process Non Conformances (NCM) as agreed with the related Sales Dept.

  • Regular information exchange with sales departments

  • Files all relevant documents

  • Consolidation of monthly forecasts for BCT region

  • Update of APO system

  • Monthly reports prepared for sales

  • Reporting extraordinary situations

  • Acting as the back-up of sales executives

  • Preparation of price offers, documentation in relevant systems, follow-up and update of dealer/customer price lists, preparation of necessary documents for tender

  • Follow-up of samples’ results (business potential)

  • Creation of new customer data, world account registrations, coface limit applications of new customers

  • Preparation and organization of annual import & export license and registration documents (Health certificates, CEP, DMF, etc)

  • Coordination of departmental exhibition/customer events, internal events, promotional and PR related activities

  • Coordination of customer surveys

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor Degree or equivalent qualification

  • 3-5 years of working experience in Supply Chain or Logistics.

  • Excellent IT Literacy level. (SAP User)

  • Fluent English (written and oral)

  • Strong interpersonal/organizational skills

General Responsibilities:

  • Communication with the customers / colleagues in order to maintain and sustain good relations
  • Active representation of BASF’s interests.

  • Setting an example and communicating to corporate values and principles of the BASF Group.

  • Contribution to maintaining the long-term competitiveness of the BASF Group.

EHS and Information protection:

  • Live and promote "we never compromise on safety". Follow all environment, health and safety related precautions

  • Business related information and documents should be protected against misuse or loss by appropriate Information protection measures

Compliance and Code of Conduct:

  • Actively represent BASF Group interests and act as a role model with regards to Compliance and Code of conduct, ensure adherence to legal regulations and the company’s internal guidelines as well CORE values and principles.

Strategy related focus:

  • Be aware and support the implementation of the company strategies (both Global and Regional level) within one’s scope of responsibility