Customer Service Associate

Job Title: Customer Service Associate
Location: Ogden, UT 84404
Pay: $67,000 - $101,000
Zip Code: 84404
Start Date: ASAP
1st Shift: Days

Description:
Core Responsibilities:

Serve as the central point of contact for customer inquiries. Provide customer with updated order and delivery status.
Assists Contracts/Customer Service Manager in various contractual and legal matters of the division, including reviewing and drafting legal agreements; communicating with various departments on contractual issues; resolving routine and legal administrative issues and questions; drafting correspondence for internal purposes or customers as necessary.
Creation, review and analysis of legal and business contractual documents (including but not limited to sales agreements (LOI, LTA, Nominations, PO), order acknowledgements, nondisclosures) to ensure compliance with company guidelines.
Follows contract processes to ensure compliance to Corporate and Division polices (including Price Policy) and contract terms and conditions. Assists the Contracts Manager on establishing the proper direction and guidance to functional areas to ensure proper administration of contract requirements.
Make recommendations related to business risk, strategy and account management.
Captures contractual documents, distributes copies to appropriate parties and retains them in accordance with internal and/or customer retention requirements.
Responsible for inputting and maintain data in various business systems, ensuring data is current, accurate and complete.
Responsible for the accurate and timely management of contract activity.
Ensure all ERP data is accurate and complete in order to maintain backlog integrity including quantities, schedule and associated dollars.
Review of solicitations (including FAR and DFARS) and customer request for quotes. Coordinates with sales team and functional areas on new opportunities. Responsible for inputting data (RFQ, pricing, status, etc.) into the proposal tracking system and ensuring data is accurate and complete.
Perform EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) transaction conversions to the ERP system, verify accuracy.
Coordinates with finance to set up new customer including payment terms and conditions.
Support Account Receivable initiatives by resolving discrepancies, collection efforts, working with customer on payment terms.
Responsible for raising export compliance concerns to the Division Export Compliance Administrator (DECA) when required. May act as backup to the DECA if appointed.
Other projects/responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:

Working knowledge of legal language, contract constructs and terms and conditions commonly used in business contracts and in bid documents including Government FAR and DFARS and export compliance regulations (EAR and ITAR). Preferred
Able to handle and resolve customer complaints and problems and escalate to Contracts Manager when required.
Excellent communication skills, (written and oral) with attention to detail.
Willing and able to develop long-term relationships internally and externally.
Good mathematical/quantitative and analytical orientation.
Position requires tact and high degree of diplomacy; proven negotiation skills
Strong computer skills. PC aptitude in a Windows environment (MS Office: Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint) and ability to learn other software packages. ERP System experience (Syteline a plus).
Proven success interacting with peers, senior management and other functional areas.
Ability to work independently, to multi-task handling simultaneous work assignments and projects, and drive 'Lean' process improvements.
Education Requirements:

Bachelor"s degree in Business or related field preferred.

Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract/temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments in the engineering, IT, and professional fields. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a team-driven Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.belcan.com.EOE/F/M/Disability/Veterans