Customer Services Representative
Company details
Company details
Ahlers is an international logistics company with headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium.
Ahlers employs 650 people in 35 locations across Europe, Asia, Russia and the CIS and offers innovative and highly efficient logistic services in four distinct business units: Project cargo, trading facilitation and after sales activities, sustainable supply chain solutions and high value cargo logistics.
Our goal is making the supply chain better, more efficient and to add value. The company, founded in 1909, has a track record of successfully adapting to a changing economic and political environment. An updated strategic plan was finalized at the end of 2018 and is the basis for further growth in the selected business areas. Our credo is: “solutions beyond logistics”.
The annual turnover of the Ahlers Group in 2018 was 165 million euro.
Ahlers is a family-owned company, governed by a board of Directors which is preceded by Mr. Christian Leysen as chairman and member of the founding family. He is also shareholder and investor in IT & Automation companies Xylos, Bagaar and Agidens.
Job Details
Function
Function
Ahlers is looking for an enthusiastic hands-on and solution-oriented customer service specialist at his HQ in Antwerp.
In your role you will be the single point of contact towards customers and subcontractors upon coordinating and organizing transport orders from A to Z.
The coordination includes pre-carriage, on-carriage, customs instructions towards customs agent for ocean, rail, road and air shipments. In your function, you will be handling both import and export shipments.
You will report to the customer service team leader.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform day to day customer service representative activities
- Fixation of transportation data in the Transport Management System.
- Ensure orders are handled compliant with internal processes and procedures. (ISO9001:2015)
- Participate in the continuous improvement culture of Ahlers
- Full support and execution of documentation.
- Follow-up of incidents
- Approval of supplier invoices and creation of customer invoices according to buying and selling rates controlled by the procurement and sales department.
Profile
Your profile:
- You are enthusiastic and self-motivated
- You are able to work independently
- You are a team player
- You are eager to develop new skills and are flexible within the job responsibilities.
- You are able to analyse the customer order, to understand the requirements and to set priorities.
- You are able to analyse tariffs and pricing components.
- Knowledge of incoterms
- Knowledge of Dutch, English and French
- Knowledge of MS Office applications.
We offer:
- A personal development plan with respect to your career, nationally and internationally
- A fixed contract
- A competitive salary.
- Placed on:Fri 6 March 2020
- Location: Antwerpen
Ahlers Belgium
Noorderlaan 139 - 9e verdieping
2030 Antwerpen
Belgium