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Job Purpose:

Execution of the best-in-class service through effective Service s with customers to ensure customers’ business needs are fulfilled and sales targets are met in partnership with the Commercial organization

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Interact with customers (directly and via sales team members)

  • Orchestrate the service relationship, acting as primary contact for assigned customer accounts
  • Analyze account history, understand the region’s supply needs, help make decisions to optimize orders and product deliveries
  • Provide information on orders, supply availability, timing, updates on products, programs, etc.
  • Reach out to customers for missing Customer Master data information to process sales orders
  • Seek customer feedback to track satisfaction level and identify solutions to improve experience
  • SME – order flow & systems and reporting


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Resolve any immediately addressable customer requests

  • Receive requests from customers and sales team members via unstructured communication (phone, email, etc.)
  • Address any immediately resolvable requests (e.g. in order management - order entry, status check; in order fulfillment – scheduling, ad-hoc – product returns, delivery complaints, etc).
  • Manage research, resolution, documentation and communication for complaints & errors (incl. Delivery)
  • Involove CA for resolution of non-immediately resolvable requests (i.e, pricing)

Partner with Commercial /Supply Chain team

  • Influence product take and delivery timing to achieve financial targets
  • Provide overall business update and customer account info (e.g. availability dates, delivery forecast, targets, progress)
  • Monitor customer prioritization, delivery forecast targets and support product allocation management
  • Conduct training sessions and influence customers to adopt new processes, tools, and systems
  • Identify and implement improvements in operational efficiency, customer experience, etc.
  • Customer Master Data Management: Creation of new customer accounts on P4S and P08 – Aligning with master data team to ensure all required documents for customer account creation are sent. Further management of data with amendments or deletion of redundant accounts.
  • Reporting & Visibility (Analytical skills, driving action, proactive and taking initiative)
  • Participate and represent CS in S&OE meetings, etc.

Help onboard new colleagues, provide function-specific peer-to-peer training

  • Conduct training sessions and influence customers to adopt new processes, tools, and systems
  • Identify and implement improvements in operational efficiency, customer experience, etc.

Required Qualifications:

  • BS/BA in Agriculture, Agronomy, Business, Supply Chain Mgmt, or related fields
  • 3-5 years of operational experience in Customer Service, Commercial, Logistics, Administration
  • (Domain knowledge in agriculture and relevant products)
  • Key competencies: customer focus, results orientation, communication, collaboration, agility, relationship and conflict management, decision making
  • Knowledge of IT systems and tools, e.g. ERP, SalesForce, EDI preferred
  • SAP preferred
  • Communication with empathy, organizer, coach, customer relationship management skills
  • Fluent in English and country - relevant language(s)


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