Sales support and order processing
- Handle customer enquiries and prepare quotations, proforma invoices and price lists in coordination with the sales team.
- Process export orders from purchase order receipt through order confirmation - including lead time/delivery schedule after coordination with internal production and logistics teams
- Track open orders, pending payments and follow up on outstanding items.
- Support the sales team with customer data, sample requests and follow-ups on leads.
Export process and documentation
- Prepare and check export documents: commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, and shipping instructions.
- Apply correct Incoterms (FOB, CIF, CFR, EXW, DAP) when quoting and planning shipments.
Coordination with production and logistics
- Share confirmed order details with production and agree realistic delivery dates.
- Monitor production progress daily and flag delays early to sales and customers.
- Coordinate with logistics on container booking, vessel schedules, stuffing, and dispatch.
- Arrange pre-shipment inspections and quality checks when customers require them.
Customer communication
- Act as the main day-to-day contact for overseas customers by email, phone and video call.
- Send proactive updates on order status, production timelines, shipment dates and tracking.
- Handle complaints, claims and quality concerns professionally and drive them to resolution.
- Build long-term relationships that support repeat business.
Reporting in CRM/Excel
- Maintain order trackers, shipment schedules and customer databases in CRM?Excel.
- Prepare weekly and monthly reports on sales, order backlog, dispatches and receivables.
- Analyse data to highlight trends, delays and improvement opportunities for management.
Requirements
Skill area
What we expect
Microsoft Excel
Advanced
English communication
Excellent written and spoken English; writes clear, professional emails and speaks confidently with international customers
Export sales process
Working knowledge of the order-to-shipment cycle, Incoterms, export documentation, terms and payment methods
Coordination
Proven ability to follow up with production, logistics teams
Customer service
Patient, solution-focused approach to queries and complaints across time zones
Systems
Comfortable with MS Office/Excel , email tools and an CRM
Education: Graduate in Commerce, Business Administration or a related field. A diploma or certification in Export-Import Management or International Business is an advantage.
Experience: Min. 5 years in export sales support, export documentation, or customer service, preferably in a manufacturing company/export sales for a manufacturing company.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience dealing with customers in the US or Southeast Asia.
Personal attributes
- Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Proactive in follow-up; does not wait for problems to elevate.
- Calm under pressure and able to juggle several orders and deadlines.
- Team player who works well across sales, production, logistics and accounts.
- Flexible to occasionally take calls outside normal hours to match customer time zones.