The purpose of the customer service job is to provide assistance and support to customers for Shiseido Arabia in KSA before, during, and after their purchase or interaction with a company's products or services. Here are some key aspects of its purpose :
- Customer Satisfaction : Ensuring customers have a positive experience by addressing their needs, concerns, or questions promptly and effectively.
- Problem Resolution : Helping customers resolve issues they encounter with products or services, aiming to turn potentially negative experiences into positive ones.
- Relationship Building : Building rapport and trust with customers to encourage repeat business and loyalty to the brand.
- Product Knowledge : Being knowledgeable about the company's offerings to provide accurate information and guidance to customers.
- Feedback Collection : Gathering feedback from customers to improve products, services, and overall customer experience.
- Brand Ambassadorship : Representing the company in a positive light, reflecting its values and commitment to customer satisfaction.
Overall, customer service jobs play a crucial role in ensuring that customers feel valued, heard, and supported throughout their interactions with a company.
Functional Responsibilities :
- Optimises output for customer order fulfilment.
- Escalates operational bottlenecks or other issues as necessary.
- Manage large amounts of incoming calls and emails.
- Identify and assess customers’ needs to achieve satisfaction
- Build sustainable relationships and trust with customer accounts through open and interactive communication.
- Provide accurate, valid, and complete information by using the right methods / tools
- Handle customer complaints, provide appropriate solutions and alternatives within the time limits; follow up to ensure resolution.
- Keep records of customer interactions, process customer accounts, and file documents
- Follow communication procedures, guidelines, and policies.
Leadership Responsibilities :
- Functionally) leads assigned operational duties and responsibility as customer service executive.
- Communicating in a transparent and constructive manner.
- Enabling to realize his or her own potential and advance within the organization.
III. Dimension / Key figures
3PL Key Performance Indicators (responsible)
Customer Claims management
Supply Chain Process & Control in SAP B1 (responsible)
Rush orders (customer request)
OTIF (dispatched)
OTIF (delivered)
IV. Detailed tasks
Customer Service Operations
- Administer the order from the customers by providing good customer service and assisting customers with their orders and inquiries including scheduled delivery dates.
- Process POSM orders & special orders from Marketing team, related to PR requirements and marketing campaign.
- Providing outstanding customer service by sending updated order forms to the customers.
- Manage the sales operational flow using SAP B1 system from entering the sales order till invoicing the customer.
- Monitor 3PL activity for order preparation for its priority and to maintain customer delivery lead-time.
- Maintain tracker for 3PL weekly issue to monitor and observe counter and preventive measure if applicable prior to the raise issue.
- Track customer orders which is currently out of stocks for further discussion to the supply & demand planning team.
- Manage sales return process from creation of return request, approval till monitoring to 3PL prior to release credit notes.
- Expedited constant communication with the Logistics & Customer Service Manager and Supply Chain Director to highlight major issue which affecting the sales order operation.
- Responsible for gathering new customer information and inform concern team to update the system data base for successfully maintaining accurate documentation and records.
- Run daily reports to check which shipments have left the regional DC Warehouse and place the date in the operations tracker.
- Update tracker with shipping-related information.
- Track shipment arrival, and provide inbound and outbound customs clearance documents to freight forwarder
- Track outbound order deliveries to customers to ensure it is in line with sales estimate targets
- Follow up and follow through on inbound and outbound transportation and clearance to ensure any issues and gaps are resolved quickly and meet lead time KPI.
- Coordinate with sales / Marketing team on office orders
2. Claims
- Manage customer delivery and shipment claims for shorts and damage deliveries and perform further necessary action to release credit notes to the customer.
- Ensure all prices are up to add and coordinate with the Sales / Marketing / Finance team to update SAP B1.
V. Profile / Requirements
- Degree in Business / Finance or Supply Chain or equivalent professional qualification
- Past experience in Supply Chain within FMCG / Beauty / Luxury industries in Middle East region
- Past experience in working with the logistics and freight forwarding
- You are process driven, you have excellent organization skills and strong attention to details
- Alignment with the Shiseido Trust8 working principles : Think Big, Take Risks, Hands on, Collaborate, Be Open, Act with Integrity, Be Accountable, Applaud Success
- Proven customer support experience or experience as a client service representative
- Customer orientation and ability to adapt / respond to different types of characters
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively
Schedule Work : from Sunday to Thursday to cover Saudi Arabia business