Job Description:

About Mars, Incorporated
Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $45 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, ROYAL CANIN®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

Job Purpose
Customer Service Coordinator's main task is to provide best in class customer service to Mars trade partners and to drive excellence in supply chain together with other functions in the market. Systematically work on building and enhancing existing internal and external relationships for accelerated value creation. Be curious and interested in the systems side of the role in order to work efficiently and be able to resolve problems swiftly. Finally, the success in the job is also determined by living the Mars company culture and being actively engaged not only in respective market unit but also in the broader regional community. The position is part of regional Customer Service team, having peers located across the whole region. The position reports to Customer Service Manager. This particular associate will be responsible for work with Mars distributors in Balkan markets.

What will be your key responsibilities?

Processing of all order types, customer claim resolutions, invoicing in timely manner and in accordance with defined procedures;​Provide service-oriented customer support on topics related to logistics product information;Provide necessary reports and confirmations that enable efficient execution of period-end and year-end processes;Timely and accurate maintenance of the active range of products for each market in order to avoid any losses during item changes;Align and execute the process of reserving stock for customers in case of planned quotas and ensure that the customers are informed about non-deliveries;Ownership or support with reporting to state authorities (e.g. Intrastat, Green Point Packaging report);Support warehouse, financial, quality and inventory audits;Address deviations from planned performance and KPIs with suitable deep-dives and action plans to improve unsatisfactory performance;Be prepared for quality handovers and efficient succession process;Report and inform internal key stakeholders (and external if needed) about Customer KPIs;Establish a customer collaboration plan for key customers across internal and external stakeholders with the objective to improve customer’s performance KPIs and its engagement;On team level secure a high level of engagement through active participation, positive behavior and personal development (living Mars Five principles);Plan and devote time and effort to build relationship with customers through physical and virtual meetings in order to improve processes and support each other’s KPIs;Actively participate in and support of regional customer service team meetings to engage knowledge transfer and best practice sharing;Act as a local SAP/Atlas User (testing, new process, solving issues).

What are we looking for?

Minimum a High School Diploma;Previous experience in similar role is preferable, at least 2 years;Good communication skills, customer oriented, problem solving, action oriented, strong planning and prioritizing skills;Team player, proactive, able to build and maintain relationships within team and outside.Experience using SAP / Atlas is preferable, as well as office productivity software (Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint etc.).Fluency in the English language.

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles;Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today;Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University;An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.