Customer Service Specialist (Korean Bilingual)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Point-of-care diagnostics is a growing and dynamic industry helping to improve clinical and economic outcomes globally. Abbott brings a variety of expert viewpoints on new innovations, insights, and impacts that are shaping the future of diagnostics around the world.

Global Business Services (GBS) is a transactional excellence group within the Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Division. GBS has a global accountability to deliver an exceptional customer experience and create business value through compliance, standardization and data analytics. The GBS group fosters a collaborative, team focused and winning environment where employees are accountable and encouraged to develop themselves.

The Customer Service Specialist is responsible for a variety of sales and customer support activities – including; accepting and processing Customer orders, arranging domestic and international shipments, preparing commercial invoices, handling customs clearance, monitoring inventory levels at warehouses and operating in a compliant and process driven way.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for all areas of Customer order fulfillment, including order processing, open order management, order reporting, service issues and resolution
• Manage and process all inquiries and orders from all receipt methods
• Work with Quality, Master Data, Warehousing/Supply Chain and Finance personnel as needed to ensure specific customer requirements are met
• Manage the organization of Domestic and International shipments as per Inco terms
• Prepare and send relevant shipping documentation that meets appropriate export regulatory compliance
• Coordinate shipments to and from factory, supplier, site, port and international locations
• Coordinate and communicate with respective brokers to ensure shipments for Private Label products (made to order) in order to reach the final destination
• Maintain ongoing relationship with commercial teams; flag order and customer issues, understand upcoming orders, changes in customer requirement and collaborate on shipping priorities at month and quarter end
• Review and maintain customer’s open orders on a daily basis, in order to progress orders daily and to resolve any blocks (Delivery blocks, Billing blocks etc)
• Adherence and awareness of compliance and regulatory guidelines in customer set up and support
• Resolve e-mail, fax and phone issues with customers regarding pricing, inventory availability, terms, delivery, etc.
• Investigate and process Credits & Return Goods Authorizations and Debits
• Communicate proactively with internal and external customers regarding order status
• Route customer contact inquiries to appropriate resources
• Work cross-functionally to ensure that accurate information is maintained in SAP
• Keep up-to-date on products, inventory levels, productions on allocation, promotions, etc. that are necessary to provide customers with impeccable customer service
• Cross functional collaboration to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are informed of all changes, issues and potential concerns of all customer accounts
• Complete all SAP transactions and Order status updates in a structured, accurate and compliant way in order to ensure accurate and consistent reporting that can be cascaded across the wider organization.
• Investigate and resolve service issues reported by customers or as requested by Abbott
• Responsible for executing applicable Quality Management System (QMS) processes, monitoring the success of service provided, and delivering an excellent customer experience.
• Creating process documents in line with our Quality Management System
• Other duties as assigned

Key Position Competencies

• Functional Technical skills
• Self-Starter – ability to work on their own initiative
• Problem Solving skills
• Drive for Results
• Confident, can-do attitude.
• Dealing with ambiguity
• Dealing with complex tasks – where issues can have consequences across multiple departments.
• Proven record of multi-tasking
• Time Management
• Written Communications
• Customer Focus

Minimum Qualifications

• Previous customer service experience required (in the healthcare industry preferred but not essential)
• Must be proficient in MS Office including Excel, Word and Outlook
• Proficiency in an ERP System (preferably SAP)
• Experience handling tasks where attention to detail is critical to success
• Experience of shipping, domestic and export traffic terms, documentation and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of Customs regulations and Export controls
• Knowledge and understanding of compliance and regulatory guidelines for setting up export customers
• Experience auditing documents and project requirements.
• Knowledge and comprehension of basic contract terms and conditions
• Must be able to communicate professionally, verbally and in writing
• Must be able to work independently and on a team
• Must be able to react to situations with a strong sense of urgency
• Must be willing to work night shift

Education & Experience

• Must possess at least College/Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum two years of working experience in the related field required
• Knowledge of SAP or ERP applications required
• Proficiency in the Korean Language

The base pay for this position is

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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