Key Account Specialist

CommScope; Lisle (IL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Incentive plan

Eleven paid holidays

Job summary

CommScope, an AMPHENOL company, is hiring a Key Account Specialist in Lisle, IL, a hybrid role with four days on site and one day from home. You will manage strategic accounts, process POs, and coordinate order fulfillment.

The ideal candidate has 3-5 years in customer service, experience with ERP and EDI, and strong communication. You will collaborate across purchasing, planning, and sales to ensure customer satisfaction. Salary ranges from $65,000 to $80,000 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 3–5 years of customer service experience.
• Experience with ERP and EDI for order entry and maintenance.
• Computer proficient with Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with strategic accounts.
• Strong customer focus and relationship building.
• Structured, organized, and detailed oriented; multitask in fast-paced environment.
• Independent yet able to work in a team; take ownership of strategic accounts.
• Identify problems, propose solutions, escalate when needed.
• Experience in components, electronics, fiber optics.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of the customer account related to order fulfillment.
• Proactively assess, clarify, and validate customer needs; monitor reports.
• Liaise between the customer and all company departments; drive escalation and improvements.
• Provide day-to-day customer service from order entry through delivery.
• Maintain Customer Service Excellence with responsive inquiries and proactive communication.
• Enter manual POs and update via EDI; adjust manufacturing location as needed.
• Track delivery performance and review lead times with planning.
• Monitor sales activities; build relationships to drive revenue.
• Support pricing, forecasting, and delivery; identify trends to improve service.
• Identify risks to meet demand; resolve or escalate.
• Collaborate with lab staff and test engineers.

Skills

Customer service experience

ERP experience

EDI experience

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Organized and detail oriented

Independent and self-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems

EDI systems

MS Office

Job description

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Key Account Specialist

Location: Lisle, Illinois, United States

In our ‘always on’ world, we believe it’s essential to have a genuine connection with the work you do.

CommScope, an AMPHENOL company is hiring a Key Account Specialist, this is a Hybrid role working 4 days a week on site and 1 day from Home, ideal candidate will be based in the Downers Grove, Lisle Illinois Area.

General Summary

The Strategic Account Specialist manages all aspects of customer service account management, including PO processing and order management, expediting and escalating, credit issues, pricing management, reporting, and assist with demand planning activities with operations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinates all aspects of the customer account related to order fulfillment.
• Guardian of Customer Experience: Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates customer needs on an ongoing basis. Regularly monitors customer reports and collaborates with appropriate internal teams to support.
• Acting as liaison between the customer and all company departments, driving escalation, solution development and continuous improvement in processes. Communicates business relevant information and provides structured feedback to Management.
• Provides superior day-to-day customer service from order entry through expediting, backlog monitoring, delivery coordination to complaint resolution.
• Responsible for maintaining and driving Customer Service Excellence, including high responsiveness to inquiries and basic technical support via email or phone, and accuracy and comprehensive responses and proactive communication to ensure customer is well informed.
• Responsible for order entry of manual PO’s and accessing PO’s via EDI to update header and manufacturing location. Tasked with updating orders to change manufacturing location as directed by planning team.
• Accountable for material delivery performance, gathering lead time expectations and forecast information for review by planning, analyzing potential recurring delivery delays, initiate discussions with Sales, Management, Supply Chain and Product Management.
• Tracks sales activities and projects and develop relationships within the customer account to drive revenue, collaborate with the Sales team and Industry Segment
• Support sales related to pricing, forecasting, operational support and delivery; identifying trends to improve service quality, and drive corrective actions as needed.
• Identify risk regarding ability to meet customer demand; take appropriate steps to a resolution and elevate situation. responsibilities.
• Collaboration with current lab staff which includes other test engineers and technicians in team oriented environment.
• Familiarity with a range of fiber optic products or equivalent.

Accountability / Impact

This role focuses on a few key accounts and will a be working cross functionally with purchasing, planning, warehouse, sales, and manufacturing to advocate for customer needs.

Key Competencies

• 6. Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• 24. Persuades: Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others
• 12. Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• 21. Builds Networks: Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• 8. Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• 25. Plans and Aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Required Qualifications for Consideration

• Bachelors degree with 3-5 years of experience in customer service with increasing responsibility to manage more complex accounts.
• Experience with ERP and EDI for order entry and maintenance.
• Computer proficient with Excel (pivot, charts, formulas), Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint (MS Office)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strategic accounts, focusing on proactive and timely communication.
• Able to provide positive professional service through all levels of communication, also in challenging situations and escalations/ Strong customer focus and relationship building skills.
• Structured, organized, and detailed oriented with the ability to multitask on large projects simultaneously, work simultaneously on many priorities, in a fast-paced environment
• Independent and self-driven, while working in a team environment/ Able to take ownership of strategic accounts and take initiative to drive improvements.
• Ability to identify problems that need resolution, propose solutions, and elevate/ adapt, support strategic accounts, and fast company growth.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience in components, electronics, fiber optics.

Our salary ranges consider a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to benchmarking by independent third-party consultants, skill sets, years of experience, training, education, geography, and other business needs. Depending on experience, the range can be higher for candidates with exceptional experience and a demonstrated history of successful performance. The expected salary range for this position is $65,000.00 -$80,000.00 USD based on hired level and experience. The candidate will be rewarded with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, life and accidental death insurance, a 401(k) plan, and participation in the Company’s Incentive Plan. Candidates starting with the Company will be eligible for eleven paid holidays in a full calendar year, paid vacation (prorated based on start date), as well as other leave options.

Why CommScope:

CommScope is on a quest to deliver connectivity that empowers how we live, work, and learn.

Our employees push the boundaries of communications technology that enables game-changing discoveries like 5G, the Internet of Things, and gigabit speeds for everyone, everywhere.

With our unmatched expertise in copper, fiber, and wireless infrastructure, our global clients rely on us to outperform today and be ready for the needs of tomorrow.

If you want to grow your career alongside bright, passionate, and caring people who strive to create what's next…come connect to your future at CommScope.

CommScope is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO), including people with disabilities and veterans.

If you are seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process, please contact us to submit your request at [e-mail]. You can also learn more about CommScope’s accommodation process and EEO policy at https://jobs.commscope.com/eeo.