Position Title: Customer Service Representative
Our client is a Swiss based MNC specializing in Freight Forwarding & Warehousing services, based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Job Purpose:
- Arrange and coordinate all import and export shipping matters according to clients’ requirements.
- Coordinate with various shipping and forwarding contractors and internal warehouse operations to support timely receipt and delivery of shipments to customers.
- Fulfil orders and generate reports using the Company’s in-house warehouse management system.
- Collaborate with finance department to ensure timely and accurate billing.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
Account Management:
- Attend to customer inquiries in coordination with the Commercial and Customer Service Manager and manage Customer's expectation.
- Trouble shooting/solving of daily operations issues.
- Escalate any customer’s complaints to the Team Leaders or Customer Service Manager.
- Timely and error free processing of customer’s instructions such as warranting, title transfer and warehouse receipt.
Planning and Co-ordination
- Prepare Work Order Instructions for on-site warehouse teams and follow up till completion of the job.
- To escalate any claims, disputes etc. to Team Leaders or Customer Service Manager.
- Assist on ad-hoc reporting matters or any other assigned task given by Team Leaders.
- Monitor closely to the progress of work orders and keep the customer informed on regular basis.
- To verify and check the logistics documents (such as draft BL or packing list) from LSP before forwarding to the customers.
Exchange Compliance
- To ensure parcels for warranting are in compliance with LME regulation. To liaise closely with Operations and Exchange Compliance Manager.
System Data and Inventory
- To update the Logistics system.
- To send inventory report to customers and banks on regular basis. Report to be checked by Team Leaders before sending to external parties.
Costing and Billing
- Timely and accurate billing to customer.
- To ensure job costing is completed in CLS8 and review job budget with consideration of additional charges.
- Engage with customer to ensure timely payments to AR invoices. Target to minimize ageing payments that are more than 30 days.
- To ensure Job Costing is up to date once the job is completed. Include provision in the job costing sheet if foresee unexpected charges.
- To inform customer timely for additional charges incurred.
- To clarify timely on the LSP invoices to ensure accurate AP payments from Finance department.
Job File Management
- Maintain accurate documentation and filing.
- To indicate/update the cover file with detail job information.
General
- Any other tasks or assignments as may be assigned from time to time.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain management.
- Relevant working experience preferred and fresh graduate is encouraged to apply.
- Experience in import/export procedure and documentation.
- Demonstrated warehousing and logistics operations expertise.
- Ability to work on cross-functional and multicultural teams.
- Meticulous, responsible and positive work attitude.
- Mature and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills
- Able to handle company information with confidentiality and discretion.
- Candidates with knowledge of freight forwarding and/or experience in shipping will be an added advantage.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office.
- Proficient in both spoken and written English and Mandarin (to liaise with Mandarin speaking clients & associates).
- Able to perform effectively in a high pressure and fast paced working environment