Job Responsibilities / Key accountabilities
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Manage the day-to-day enquiries from a specific range of customers, achieving an effective workload.
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Establish and maintain customer specification files.
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Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures for customer communication.
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Contribute to achieving individual account and departmental objectives.
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Verify the application of correct customer prices to orders and dealing with price issues and price requests.
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Assist in the updating of order information post-production, as part of the team responsibility to ensure the accuracy of product specifications.
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Develop and maintain professional customer relationships to improve the flow of communication, understanding and increase loyalty to the business.
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Communicating any re-dates, shortages, quality issues, technical checks in a timely manner to the customer as well as any changes to orders relating to order quantity or delivery date.
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Assist in the provision of accurate monthly performance reports as required by customers.
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Assist in the monthly KPI reporting.
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All Data requests should be dealt with in a timely manner.
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Assisting stock checks and /or queries.
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Ensuring that there is a level of general system housekeeping, e.g. closing down jobs.
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Keeping on top of obsolete items / destructions.
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Checking Proofing, Artwork or pdf requests.
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Input ideas and help to implement specific projects including cost saving and margin improvement initiatives, within the appropriate area of influence.
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Support team resource needs during holiday periods, showing flexibility to assist with other accounts.
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Support colleagues in training and continuous improvement activities.
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Stock allocation maintaining a last in first out process.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
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Customer Service / account handling.
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Experience of networking across a multi-site organisation.
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Confident communication / presentation skills.
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Team working experience.
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Negotiation skills.
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Good knowledge of a packaging business / manufacturing process desirable.
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IT literate to intermediate level on Excel, Word, Outlook.