Job Title: Order to Invoice Analyst (North America)
No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #164631 - Del.Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico
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Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
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Job Summary Briefly summarizes the purpose and principal responsibilities of the job |
Manage the Order to Invoice process within CP Best Practice standards ( “Essentials”) and collaborate with local CDTs on effectively supporting order to invoice fulfilment. Responsible for total customer service management for assigned customer accounts: manages, and performs when necessary, all aspects of the order to invoice cycle while cultivating effective relationships with both customers and CP colleagues. Accountable for successful order management and monitoring all aspects of the customer service process to assure on-time deliveries to Customers. Manages the customer service relationship by serving as the primary contact point for communications related to orders and deliveries. Most customers will be internal customers, mostly CDO team which requires excellent communication skills The primary accountabilities of the role include building and maintaining customer service relations while managing the order to invoice process including the troubleshooting of difficult deliveries, processing of returns, and resolution of exceptions and claims within Colgate’s Selling Terms and Conditions. Responsible for supporting the achievement of all service goals for assigned customers. |
Responsibilities/Accountabilities Describes the key responsibilities/accountabilities as well as the degree of authority for the job |
1. Manage the Order to Invoice process within CP Best Practice standards (“Essentials”). |
2. Develop effective internal customer communications and relations to facilitate effective order to invoice fulfilment. |
3. Collaborate with local Customer Development Teams (CDTs) and Logistics to investigate and resolve order management and delivery issues. |
4. Highlight delivery and distribution issues to Logistics for follow-up and corrective action. Communicate any special internal customer requirements to Logistics. |
5. Support and enforce all sales policies (terms and conditions) with customers. |
6. Analyze and collaborate with local CDTs to determine the appropriate action to resolve issues relative to customer returns and refusals. Follow up Logistics execution of returns and refusals. |
7. Work with local CDTs and Logistics to eliminate supply chain inefficiencies and reduce costs in the order to invoice process (e.g. execution of plant direct shipments, pallet layer shipping efficiencies, elimination of out of territory shipments, order consolidations, etc.) |
8. Utilize SAP order processing and fulfilment applications to manage and efficiently execute the order to invoice process while minimizing manual intervention (“touches”). |
9. Accountable for the CS Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) analysis and results and taking corrective action when necessary to improve service or highlight supply chain issues. Operates within Customer Service guidelines and Distribution networks to optimize service and delivery costs. |
10. Prepare periodic (Weekly & Monthly) customer service and cost to serve updates for distribution to local and division CDTs and CS&L management. |
Responsibilities/accountabilities only associated with the upper part of the band should be italicized |
Range of Qualifications Describes the formal education, experience, technical skills required to successfully perform the job |
Level of Education: Business degree (Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Business Administration) |
Years of Experience: At leat 1 year of experience in Customer Service/ Order Fulfillment, Planning, Sales, Logistics or Supply Chain. |
Languages: English 100% |
Advanced Excel SAP experience and APO (desirable) |
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