- Company Name
- Peters Surgical
- Job Title
- Export Customer Service Manager
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Export Customer Service Manager
**Role Summary:**
Leads and oversees the export customer service team, ensuring effective order processing, invoicing, and payment collection for international customers. Optimises processes, maintains accurate monthly sales/forecast alignment, and manages administrative and financial export requirements. Acts as a liaison across sales, logistics, finance, quality, and production to deliver consistent customer satisfaction globally.
**Expectations:**
- Consistently meet or exceed key performance indicators: order accuracy, on‑time invoicing, days sales outstanding, and customer satisfaction scores.
- Showcase strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills in a multilingual, cross‑functional environment.
- Demonstrate proactive process improvement, risk mitigation, and resolution of sensitive customer issues.
- Maintain professional fluency in English; French, German, or other languages considered an advantage.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Direct, coach, and motivate a geographically distributed export customer service team.
- Allocate workload fairly across export agents and ensure coverage of all customer support zones.
- Streamline and document customer service processes, eliminating redundancies and boosting efficiency.
- Oversee the entire order cycle: from receipt to invoicing, ensuring alignment with monthly sales forecasts.
- Manage administrative/financial aspects: payment follow‑up, credit limits, and collection strategies.
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Logistics, Finance, Quality, and Production units to resolve cross‑functional matters.
- Monitor and report on service metrics, providing actionable insights to senior management.
- Act as a point of escalation for complex or sensitive customer cases, ensuring timely resolution.
**Required Skills:**
- Proven experience in export customer service / order management (ADV) with team‑leadership experience.
- Deep understanding of international order processing, invoicing, sales tracking, and export finance (payments, credit control).
- Strong organisational and project‑management abilities; adept at process optimisation.
- Excellent written and oral communication in English; additional EU languages preferred.
- Ability to manage sensitive situations, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Collaborative mindset; comfortable working cross‑functionally in a multinational setting.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree (Bac+3) in International Business, Trade, Management, or equivalent.
- Master’s (Bac+5) or higher preferred for advanced roles.
- No specific professional certifications required, but knowledge of export‑finance or customer service management courses is advantageous.
Boulogne-billancourt, France
Hybrid
12-02-2026