Sales Assistant

Lubrizol Corporation; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Lubrizol Corporation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, seeks a proactive Sales Support specialist to assist the sales and commercial teams with routine account activities and admin tasks. You will coordinate internal processes, support invoices, and maintain accurate records for customer accounts.

You will build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders, support forecasts and open orders analysis, and help prepare regular sales and performance reports.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in chemical/ mechanical engineering or chemistry.
• Graduate with 3–4 years in technical, sales support, customer service or sales admin.
• Arabic language skills are compulsory.

Responsibilities

• Support all customer accounts with routine operational and administrative activities.
• Maintain regular communication with customers and assist with invoices and statements.
• Escalate commercial or service issues to senior sales team members as required.
• Build relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Manage smaller customers to develop account management skills.
• Develop product knowledge, technical understanding and applications.
• Support continuous improvement in customer service and internal processes.
• Assist in preparing regular sales and customer performance reports.
• Support analysis of sales trends, forecasts and open orders.
• Maintain accurate customer sales data and documentation.
• Facilitate renewing licenses, manage office vendor relations, equipment, and translation tasks.

Skills

Arabic language

SAP

ERP systems

Education

Chemical/Mechanical Engineering or Chemistry degree

Job description

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This role supports the sales and commercial team in managing customer accounts by handling routine account related, coordinating internal processes, and maintaining accurate records.

The role focuses on day‑to‑day account coordination and customer support including payment follow-ups. This position will also be responsible for managing all office administration-related activities.

Responsibilities / Accountabilities -

1. Customer Account Support

• Support all customer accounts with routine operational and administrative activities.
• Maintain regular communication with customers to ensure timely information flow and issue follow‑up, supporting with invoices and statements of accounts for payment‑related activities.
• Escalate commercial or service‑related issues to senior sales team members as required.

2. Relationship & Learning Focus

• Build strong working relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Manage smaller customers to develop account management skills.
• Develop product knowledge, technical understanding and applications, etc.
• Support continuous improvement in customer service and internal processes.
• Assist in preparing regular sales and customer performance reports.
• Support analysis of sales trends, forecasts, and open orders for assigned customers.
• Maintain accurate customer sales data and documentation.

4. Forecasting Support

• Support collection of customer forecast information and maintain shared forecast files.
• Assist in preparing FC vs Actual vs Open Orders reports.
• Support forecast uploads and system updates as instructed.

5. SAP Master Data Support

• Assist with SAP master data maintenance for customers, including Ship‑To / Sold‑To records.
• Support material extensions and basic master data queries.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of customer data.

6. Office Administration -

• Facilitate renewing of office Government licenses, other registered documents, and office insurance
• Vendor management (office supplies, water supply, plant maintenance, cleaning service,)
• Equipment management/maintenance, and courier services.
• Translation of Arabic documents to support any requirement for local and global support.

Requirements (education, experience, competencies and specific job requirements):

• Degree or Diploma in Chemical/Mechanical Engineering or Chemistry Qualification.
• Graduate/ 3-4 years working experience with Technical, Sales support, customer service, sales administration, or commercial operations. Exposure to customer‑facing roles or account support is an advantage.
• Arabic language skills are compulsory.

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