The Administrative Support Specialist provides operational and administrative support to the Inside Sales team, helping ensure seamless customer experience and efficient order processing. This role serves as a key point of coordination between customers and internal departments, supporting customer onboarding, account administration, document management, and order preparation activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Customer Support & Account Administration
- Serve as an initial support contact for customers and assist with general inquiries.
- Coordinate customer onboarding activities, including account setup requirements and documentation.
- Support customer account creation and migration activities in collaboration with internal teams.
- Communicate business processes, requirements, and administrative updates to customers.
Sales & Administrative Coordination
- Manage and triage incoming customer communications, ensuring timely routing and follow-up.
- Coordinate requests between customers and internal teams, including Sales, Engineering, Accounting, and Operations.
Documentation & Information Management
- Provide customers with product documentation, certificates, specifications, catalogs, and supporting materials.
- Gather and organize required application, operating, and product information from customers to support quotation and order activities.
- Ensure customer documentation is complete and available for internal processing.
Order & Process Support
- Review purchase orders against quotations and identify missing information or documentation.
- Support the preparation and handoff of orders to operational and project teams.
- Assist with maintaining accurate customer and product information within company systems.
- Create and maintain part numbers and related system records as required.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Inside Sales, Engineering, Accounting, and Operations to facilitate efficient customer service and order processing.
- Support continuous improvement of administrative processes and customer-facing workflows.
- Assist in maintaining business continuity during customer transitions and process changes.
Qualifications
- Previous experience in an administrative support role.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with ERP systems, CRM platforms, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to customer service.
Preferred Attributes
- Experience supporting technical products or industrial customers.
- Ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments.
- Strong problem-solving and customer relationship skills.
- Comfortable learning new systems and business processes.