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Customer Service & Sales Support Associa

ACS Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 2 days
Location

Corby, Northamptonshire NN17 4AZ, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Corby-based client is seeking a Customer Service and Sales Support Associate for a permanent position, offering a salary between £26,000 and £28,000 per year.
  • The role involves order processing, customer service tasks, and providing sales support while liaising with various departments such as supply chain and logistics.
  • Candidates should have experience in customer service, excellent IT skills, particularly in Excel, and the ability to manage internal communications effectively.
  • The ideal applicant is self-motivated, a team player, and capable of handling multiple tasks under pressure while maintaining a positive attitude.
  • This position is full-time, requiring 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday, and is part of a supportive team environment.
Customer Service/Sales Support AssociateCorbyHours - Monday to Friday 40 hrs pwSalary £26-28kOur Corby based client is recruiting a Customer Service and Sales Support Associate role on a permanent basis to be responsible for all order processing, fulfilment and customer service tasks associated with customers and products. The role provides sales support to the team and demand planning support. This role needs to liaise with supply chain, logistics, operations, finance and customers to ensure prompt execution of customer orders.Duties:-Customer service & fulfilment
  • Order entry. 
  • Cancelling down out of stocks for distributors and creating new orders
  • Dealing with customer delivery queries
  • Dealing with pricing queries
  • Dealing with product queries 
  • Dealing with sales team queries 
  • Account administration.
  • Global Shop / WMS order completion
  • WMS pick list production
Logistics / fulfilment
  • Booking delivery slots & documentation
  • Fulfilling e-direct orders and documentation for healthcare 
  • Completing export documentation and manages the distributor fulfilment process (specific by distributor)
  • Completing dangerous goods documentation
  • Re-booking pickup and delivery slots when deliveries are refused.
  • Cost control
  • Samples and trial product administration (moving to tracking)
Demand planning and forecasting.
  • Updating commercial forecast file following alignment with customer / distributor forecasts.
  • Liaising with distributor demand planning.  Inventory checking and stock availability communication to NHS, customers and distributors.
  • Order chasing.
Commercial Sales Support Requirements
  • Tender response and collation of information
  • Distributor set up administration.
  • Pro-active order development (understanding product purchase trends and asking for orders)
  • Aged stock promotion. 
  • Meetings with NHS and distributor planning functions.
  • Change management (existing products specification changes and discontinuations communication)
  • New business (small opportunities)
  • Small distributor account management
  •  Sales support admin (Packaging forms, PDI set-up forms, NPD forms)
  • Supporting CRM opportunity tracking and data integrity.
  • Pricing administration
About you ...
  • Sees themselves as part of the branded team and part of the wider customer service team. A true team player
  • Is experienced with dealing with customers, considered to be personable and focused.
  • Is experienced with IT/systems use, with good Excel skills
  •  Has experience and capability of managing internal communications cross functionally.
  • Is looking to continuously improve and can demonstrate ability to remain calm under pressure.
  • Self-Management
  • Adheres to health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure safety and wellbeing self, other staff and visitors.
  • Is assertive, optimistic, resilient and welcomes change. 
  • Engages interest and participation of others.
  • Proactively contributes to the team. 
  • Is self-aware and has a collaborative approach to dealing with others.
  • Is self-motivated and able to work under pressure.
Knowledge, Skills and Attributes required...
  • Knowledge of customer service operations 
  • Knowledge of sales processes 
  • Knowledge in sales and business development
  • Knowledge in training and presenting
  • Knowledge of healthcare useful but not essential
Skills (way in which knowledge is used)
  • Results orientation
  • Idea generation – generating different approaches to issues
  • Active listening – listening to what other people are saying and asking questions for clarification 
  • Critical thinking – using logic and analysis to define different approaches
  • Sufficient understanding of product specifications to enable a detailed discussion with the customers
  • Learning agility – the ability to learn from situations and adjust behaviour for improved outcomes
  • Problem solving – keeping an open mind
Abilities
  • Organise daily tasks in order to optimise the time available
  • Effectively manage customer demands to prioritise tasks at times of high demand 
  • Use computer packages proficiently– so can communicate effectively and understand how to manipulate data
  • Prepare all work in an accurate and timely manner. 
  • Be flexible – in order to meet with customers, must be willing to adjust daily routine to facilitate responses
  • Be able to deal with a number of tasks at any one time, including the management of projects in a timely fashion.
  • Prepare reports as and when required – e.g. post visit reports.
  • Maintain diary planner and ensure effective use of time
On offer is a competitive salary up to £28k, and a support work environment working as part of a small team of 3.If interested, please apply here or call Kim Clayton to find out more.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.