Order Management specialist

Westcon-Comstor; Paris; Sur place; EUR 30 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Inclusive and supportive environment

Professional growth and development

Flexible working arrangements

Résumé du poste

Westcon-Comstor is seeking a Customer Service professional to manage pre- and post-invoice activities, validate orders, and resolve discrepancies in a busy global sales environment.

You will interact with internal teams and external customers, ensuring timely, accurate responses and maintaining strong relationships while coordinating with logistics, finance, and purchasing to support orders through to invoicing.

Qualifications

• Background with advanced Customer Service, Order Management or Sales environment.
• English professional level; Italian or Spanish language skills a plus.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Detail oriented with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure.
• Handles confidential financial and personal information appropriately.

Responsabilités

• Respond to customer's requests promptly in a professional, polite and friendly manner.
• Validate customer purchase orders and create internal sales orders.
• Manage order-related administration and keep customers updated on order status.
• Coordinate with internal departments (Training, Marketing, Business Development, Purchasing, Sales, Product Management).
• Establish productive vendor relations to ensure quality of service to customers.
• Own all order-related issues to the satisfaction of the customer and the business.
• Handle pre- and post-invoice customer service and incident resolution.

Connaissances

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Problem solving

Inter-personal skills

Excellent customer service

Ability to work under pressure

English proficiency

Outils

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Outlook

Description du poste

The role will be required to interact with customers both internal and external, also validating all customer purchase orders prior to the order entry process, resolving all discrepancies and moving customer orders through the ERP system to be shipped & invoiced.
The role will drive excellent pre and post invoice customer service by responding to requests and queries in a timely and professional manner. Working directly with Order Entry, Sales, Service Delivery, Finance, Purchasing and the warehouse representatives, and dealing directly with third party carriers, vendors and customers.
The role will require strong communication and problem-solving skills, have good attention to detail and be experienced in order processing validation and customer services. Strong proven experience of relationship building and understand the basics of excellent pre and post invoice Customer Service are essential.

Customer Service (Pre-Invoice)

• Respond to customer's requests promptly in a professional, polite and friendly manner
• Obtain and evaluate all relevant information to handle inquiries and complaints in a prioritized manner
• Build and maintain business relationship with customers, ensuring actions are processed promptly and accurately
• Dealing directly with customers either by telephone, electronically or face to face
• Direct requests and unresolved issues to the designated resource through the workflow tools
• Keep records of customer interactions, transactions, inquiries, comments and complaints
• Record details of actions taken, using workflow tools
• Manage order related administration
• Establish productive vendor relations to ensure quality of service to customers
• Own all order related issues to the satisfaction of the customer and the business
• Validate customer purchase orders & create internal sales orders, as required
• Keep customers up-to-date with the status of their orders
• Communicate and coordinate with internal departments such as Training, Marketing, Business Development, Purchasing, Sales, and Product Management to effectively support the customer
• Advise customers of delivery dates and product information, Liaise with Warehouse on dispatch issues and requests
• Follow up on customer interactions

Customer Service (Post-Invoice)

• Respond to customer's requests promptly in a professional, polite and friendly manner
• Obtain and evaluate all relevant information to handle inquiries and complaints in a prioritized manner
• Build and maintain business relationship with customers, ensuring actions are processed promptly and accurately
• Dealing directly with customers either by telephone, electronically or face to face
• Direct requests and unresolved issues to the designated resource through the workflow tools
• Keep records of customer interactions, transactions, inquiries, comments and complaints
• Record details of actions taken, using workflow tools
• Manage administration
• Establish productive vendor relations to ensure quality of service to customers
• Own all order related issues to the satisfaction of the customer and the business
• Keep customers up-to-date with the status of their query
• Communicate and coordinate with internal departments such as Training, Marketing, Business Development, Purchasing, Sales, and Product Management to effectively support the customer

Customer Service Activities

• Creating and Managing RMA's
• Finance queries and incident management/resolution with finance
• Resolving Delivery issues
• Providing product information ie Serial numbers, weights and dims

Order/Stock Management

• Managing and requesting releasing of holds - VAT, Credit Rejection, Wrong Shipping codes, Margin holds, Promotion holds
• Finance queries and incident management/resolution with finance
• Backlog review and management (including running backlog reports)
• Managing and requesting creation of missing promotions (SBA's)
• Chasing missing configuration files from customers (if applicable)
• Daily/weekly POS checks and updates

Knowledge

• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Detail oriented and works with a high degree of accuracy
• Ability to multitask
• Handles confidential financial and personal information appropriately
• Ability to tactfully handle stressful and difficult situations
• Possess strong problem solving skills
• Accurately captures customer information
• Good inter-personal skills
• Good Communication/Listening skills
• Willing to be flexible
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook
• Language skills: English professional level, a plus would be Italian or Spanish language skills

Values

Demonstrates and embraces Westcon-Comstor values of Excellence, Innovation, Partnership, Integrity and Empowerment

Qualifications

Background with advanced Customer Service, Order Management or Sales environment

Operating Environment

Busy Global Sales Environment

MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Responding to customers within set guidelines
• Meeting customer expectations: queries, issues, order resolution
• Ensuring revenue and margin of sales orders is transacted in a timely and accurate manner
• Accuracy on every transaction

Westcon-Comstor is a global technology distributor specialising in cybersecurity, networking, and hybrid cloud solutions. As Growth Architects of the channel, we empower IT partners, vendors, and end customers to seize opportunities, unlock potential, and achieve scalable success.

Our core values - ambition, integrity, partnership, and accountability - guide how we work and inspire everything we do. We believe diversity drives creativity and innovation, which is why we're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard, every perspective matters, and every team member can thrive.

Join us and be part of a team that's shaping the future of technology across the channel.

What we offer

• An inclusive and supportive work environment where diversity is celebrated.
• Opportunities for professional growth, learning, and career development.
• Flexible working arrangements and other benefits to support your wellbeing.
• A culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

Commitment to diversity & inclusion

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Equity is at the heart of all our departments and roles.

If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Join a growing global business
Westcon-Comstor is part of the US-based, multinational WestconGroup, a leading name in IT distribution with US$4.35 billion in global revenues. Our job is to link technology vendors to our distribution partners who resell software and solutions to business and other customers.
This is an exciting time to join our expanding UK and Ireland operation, which serves the EMEA region. We have ambitious plans and huge future potential - you will be ideally placed to grow your career in a dynamic yet supportive culture.