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Job Description:
Owns relationships with End Customer by understanding, anticipating,
identifying and delivering their service needs and continuously improving the same. Be a single point of
contact (SPOC) in 3M India for all service needs related to orders, schedules, complaints and other needs.
Will be responsible for achievement of high levels of customer satisfaction scores and drive continuous
improvement in service levels. Will have continuous internal interaction with the Relevant Business
team, Key Account Managers, Supply and Demand Planners in all matters concerning service to
customers. He/she will be an individual performer with no direct reports.
Key Areas of Operations
1. Customer relationship management
2. Order Processing
3. Order Management and Fulfillment
4. Upselling and obtaining regular schedule orders
5. Internal alignment / coordination for delivery schedules, changes
6. Customer complaint management
7. Customer satisfaction / rating
8. Regular customer contact through visits
9. Key Account Support, target attainment
10. Customer service data analytics
11. Driving process improvement to enhance key account service levels
12. Own key performance metrics
Roles and Responsibilities
Follows a variety of generally defined procedures under general guidance within customer service areas,
such as customer inquiries, claims and complaints, customer training, Portal Management, invoicing and order management, etc. Works independently and output is occasionally reviewed while in progress. The supervisor is consulted for assistance in problem areas.
1. Customer Relationship Management: Establishes and owns the relationships with the
accounts to understand / anticipate their product and service requirements and improve customer
satisfaction by delivering & exceeding on them. Develops regular reports on performance and
regularly presents summary data to Supervisor
2. Order Fulfillment & Delivery Performance: Drives Customer Order fulfillment and invoicing process
for all the Customers in assigned /Business model and/or Business Division/ geography. Strives for
OTIF and Right-first-time stock delivery through regular monitoring and removing of hurdles, if any.
Coordinates with other stakeholders / functions (viz.OM, Planning, Warehousing & Distribution, Sales,
and Finance) as appropriate. Analyses the OTIF performance to identify & drive improvement
initiatives. Ensures complete Ownership of Order entry, both on timeliness and accuracy. Comply with
Order entry SOP and ensure any deviations are approved basis the Deviation approval process
3. Customer Visits/Interactions: Understand customer needs and schedule changes, gather competitive
intelligence, understand service gaps, improvement opportunities and channelizes the same to
relevant function / team in 3M. Uses this intangible knowledge & experience to improve his/her own
performance as CSR
5. Customer Issues Resolution: Accountable for ensuring Customer queries and complaints are resolved
satisfactorily in prescribed time. Exercises discretion and independent judgment in determining and
recommending to customers in resolving complaints and handling adjustments / returns. May need to
interact with other functions for timely issue resolutions
6. Continuous Improvement: Identifies patterns of problems to improve customer service and
satisfaction levels. Regularly conducts the Benchmarking of 3M performance against competitors or
Best-in-Class and identifies the areas to improvement. Recognizes barriers and develops alternatives
that lead to satisfactory solutions of customer complaints and complex problems, including vendor
managed systems-related matters. Uses Lean Six Sigma methodologies (Lean in Transaction & Service,
root cause analysis, DMAIC etc.) to solve complex problems
7. Strategic initiatives & Inputs: Participates in the development of functional strategies, as
needed/guided by Supervisor. Will drive/support strategic initiatives viz. Productivity improvement,
EDI/EOC implementations, IT system implementation etc. in respective area of operation.
9. Compliance & Audits: Actively participates in relevant corporate programs/initiatives, complies with
professional and quality standards, complies with corporate policies, procedures & SOPs, and acts in
a manner consistent with 3M’s values and ethical standards. Will participate in functional audits and
support the same, as guided by Supervisor
Key Performance Indicators
eLines, Loop, Schedule Adherence ,Customer Ratings, CCRT (Customer Complaint Resolution Time), Customer Contact Time- Service Automation, Customer Satisfaction Score.
Internal and External Contacts
Internal: Primary contacts are typically supervisor, co-workers in Customer Service and other Business
Services functions and cross-functional (Business, Production Planning, Inventory Planning, Distribution,
Sales, Marketing, and Finance).
External: Interactions with AOEM/ Tier Customers that involve explaining and discussing information,
establishing rapport, exercising patience and gaining understanding. Additionally, he/she will interact with
Transporters, logistics service providers on need basis.
Complexities of Duties
Structure/Variation of Work: This job involves operations that are not always combined in the same order and requires judgment to deal with several variations in conditions or operations.
Problem Solving/Analysis: The job encounters varied problems. Solving them requires assembling and
examining facts, identifying a number of solutions and basing the choice of solutions on reviewing prior
practices and/or experiences in similar situations.
Innovation and Creativity: The job primarily requires the application of individual reasoning to the solution of problems in deviating from standard techniques and practices. Employees are expected to offer suggestions for improvements to methods or processes.
Restricted Information, maintaining confidentiality: The employee regularly works with restricted
information. Contacts both inside and outside 3M provide frequent opportunities for disclosure of
restricted information in a business setting. Disclosure of restricted information would damage both
strategic and tactical objectives in the short term and would cause customer dissatisfaction or give an
advantage to a competitor.
Reports to: Customer Service Lead, Direct Accounts, 3M India.
Location: Bangalore
Travel: Requires local & some outstation travel for customer visits to the extent of 30 % of total time.
Qualification
· Education / Knowledge:
o Graduate from college / university,
o Domain expertise in Customer Service operations
· Work Experiences
o 5-7 years of work experience
o At least 5 years in Customer Service roles
· Personality
- Customer orientation
- Very strong service mentality
- Strong Analytics – Power BI (Usage ) , Data analytics to derive Solutions, productivity.
- Comfortable with team work, collaboration to deliver objectives
- Manage complex, pressure situations with patience, even temper
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to communicate with multiple internal
stakeholders across functions
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