New York, NY – Full Time – Job Title: Customer Service Analyst – Reports to: Manager, Customer Supply Chain – Location: New York, NY – Hybrid Office: this role is considered hybrid and employees are expected to work in the office 10 days per month.
Job Summary
The Customer Service Analyst works closely with Supply Chain, Planning, Finance, and Sales departments to support order-to-cash for a nationwide roster of retailers and distributors. The role delivers excellent customer service through fast and accurate processing of customer orders, coordinates activities with other internal departments, answers customer inquiries, and serves as the go‑to person for any problems that arise in the order fulfillment process. Additionally, the analyst analyzes data to identify trends and opportunities to improve overall delivery of the business, sharing findings regularly during Customer Collaboration reviews.
Job Responsibilities & Tasks
- Full ownership and responsibility of several key accounts, ensuring orders are correctly processed from order entry to invoicing and overseeing the fulfillment processes by our third‑party logistics provider.
- Work closely with the third‑party warehouse, Finance and IT to ensure seamless integration of all order processing activities.
- Day‑to‑day management of customer accounts and ensure these accounts’ requirements are understood and served with excellence.
- Maintain customer master data files, managing all customer interfaces, and the customer creation process.
- Improve customer service performance through evaluation and re‑design of business processes.
- Ensure timely and effective communications with customers regarding their shipments.
- Proactively communicate with the Manager, Customer Supply Chain regarding all customer issues.
- Advocate for customers, making their needs the primary focus of actions.
- Collaborate directly with Sales Team and Customers, leading efficiency projects to improve overall supply chain performance.
- Manage projects or internal initiatives partnering with other departments.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- On‑Time in Full
- Order Accuracy
- Invoice Accuracy
- Order Efficiency Metrics
Position Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Communications, or a related area (preferred).
Experience
- Minimum 1 year direct experience in Customer Service or Supply Chain (highly preferred).
- Experience in the CPG industry with major U.S. retail customers (highly preferred).
Skills
- Understanding of high‑touch customer service in a B2B environment.
- Promotes customer loyalty.
- Proactive and accountable.
- Enthusiastic self‑starter.
- Thrives in a collaborative, team‑based environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
- In‑depth knowledge of Customer Service principles and practices.
- Strong functional knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred).
- Experience managing EDI transactions (True Commerce preferred).
- Strong in MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel (analysis, pivots, reports, VLOOKUP).
- Excellent communication and coordination with internal departments.
- Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills, along with written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work well in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.
Physical & Travel Requirements
- Potential to flex hours start later/end later to support West Coast customers as needed.
- Must be able to work in normal office conditions.
- Must work a minimum of 8 hours per day.
Base Salary: $31.25–$36.00 per hour