Customer Service Representative

Job Description:

• Manage Wholesale order processing and inventory fulfillment.
• Accurately process customers orders.
• Proactively identify operational problems, suggest solutions, and independently resolve issues.
• Interact routinely (telephone and emails) with Sales Team and Warehouse.
• Process Return Merchandise Authorizations. Resolve shipping-errors, process warranty requests, and markdowns for the customers in the designated client group.
• Champion for and maintain a 95% On Time Shipping (OTS) metric for your account base. Will work with planning, sales, and management to make decisions in the best interest of the company and the customer.
• Accept, process, and track customer orders through EDI and non-EDI systems. Process sales and PO changes as required.
• Request customer specific pricing and new customer address book records as required.
• Work with vendor compliance to assure all customer (and order specific) value add requirements are met.
• Have an understanding of the customer scorecard metrics, and the value that you can bring toward driving positive results.
• Monitor customers order book and maintain established metrics for order fulfillment activities. Related actions include, but are not limited to:
• Daily, morning review of the Sales Order Exceptions Report (SOE) and any subsequent actions to ensure the timely flow of orders through to delivery, by 11a.m. deadline.
• Present at a weekly key account meeting, any necessary actions needed for critical and potentially late orders.
• When applicable, create a customer-specific PO tracker to complement your visibility of order integrity through the entire chain.
• Partner with demand planning to resolve supply delays as they arise.
• Service any drop-ship accounts which overlap with your key account base.
• Responsibilities include, but are not limited to item setups, pricing maintenance, communication, and follow-up on cancellations.
• Administration of these responsibilities may require the access and use of a customer's 3rd party drop-ship site.
• Host and/or attend any regularly scheduled or ad-hoc meetings with the customer, sales team and/or vendor compliance.
• Occasional travel to meet with sales reps and/or customers.
• Occasional involvement in routing & logistics, on an as-needed basis by the DC team, to assist during high volume periods.
• Continuing education and training to increase knowledge and take on more advanced responsibilities.
• May be required to perform additional duties, special projects and responsibilities as assigned by management.
• Must have the ability to work beyond the standard workday schedule to meet customer or business requirements, on an as-needed basis

Job Requirements:

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Fluent in Japanese and English (Japanese is a MUST as this role needs to communicate with Japanese customers)
• Extensive customer service, preferably in a business-to-business environment
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to perform research, demonstrate sound judgment, and resolve problems
• Capability to work independently, and promote a positive team environment
• Organizational and time management skills