Summary
As a Customer Service Representative, you are responsible for the close collaboration between our customers, internal stakeholders, and external partners in order to implement the order execution of our products, including highly innovative RLT products, in the best possible way. By successfully managing your tasks, you make an important contribution to our patients every day.
This position is part of the Customer Service team and reports directly to the Customer Service Team Lead.
About the Role
Job Summary
As a Customer Service Representative, you are responsible for the close collaboration between our customers, internal stakeholders, and external partners in order to implement the order execution of our products, including highly innovative RLT products, in the best possible way. By successfully managing your tasks, you make an important contribution to our patients every day.
This position is part of the Customer Service team and reports directly to the Customer Service Team Lead.
Duties Description
Major accountabilities:
* Order processing: punctual and proactive order management through the right system, carry out manual order entry for site-to-site material transfer orders
* Support to sales staff and channel partners in the processing of orders / returns; provides metrics and reporting to sales teams and HCPs
* Proactive customer communication and phone service, monitoring email inboxes to ensure timely and accurate responses to customer inquiries regarding order status, shipping dates, product availability and backorders
* Perform order confirmation and booking for manually placed orders in the system; tracking orders and providing status updates; updating customer order lists
* Check and issue credit notes and debit notes
* Monitor transport companies for delivery, check transport documents
* Act as a liaison to several departments throughout the company and be a reliable advisor to internal parties
* Record and analyze all the information to help better customer knowledge and enhance customer experience -Collaborate with Customer Experience Manager exchanging information as a development strategy of business and marketing. - Provide feedback on the efficiency of oriented processes to improve the customer experience - Be key contact line for the sales force with central, making an exhaustive monitoring of the consultations and / or incidents generated for a client
* Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt
* Maintain accurate and up to date working procedures, and customer masterdata in support systems
* Manage implementation of new projects and rollout of new tools
What you bring to the position:
* Completed training, Bachelor's degree preferred (e.g. in Management, Engineering, other areas also possible)
* Proven experience in similar role (health industry preferred)
* Excellent communication skills
* Strong organizational skills
* Service and solution-oriented
* Structured and independent way of working
* Eye for detail
* Team Player
* Good PC skills
* Fluent written and spoken Portuguese, Good knowledge of English
Key performance indicators:
* Customer satisfaction: survey result & multi rater feedback from stakeholders; - Full compliance with required standards and policies (NFCM controls) - Compliance with order management deadlines
Desirable:
* Experience in customer service and knowledge of common ordering systems and order management tools (SAP user)
* Experience in production operations, sales desirable
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?
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Division
Finance
Business Unit
Innovative Medicines
Location
Portugal
Site
Sintra
Company / Legal Entity
PT05 (FCRS = PT005) PT Pharma
Functional Area
Sales
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Temporary (Fixed Term)
Shift Work
No
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