Commercial Assistant / Receptionist Job At Givaudan

Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of fragrances and flavours. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer goods and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over.
With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Commercial Assistant / Receptionist – Nigeria

Req ID: 15723
Location: Lagos

Job Description
The Fragrances division is seeking an experienced and customer focused individual to support the
commercial operations at our newly established regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.
You will be joining a highly paced, passionate and diverse team whose main objective is to grow our existing business presence in West Africa.
In this role you will be challenged with managing the daily administration of the Fragrances office in Lagos, acting as the contact point between the Sales team, Customers, Marketing and the Technical teams both in Johannesburg – South Africa and Dubai – United Arab Emirates.
Core responsibility will include customer service, pre- and post-sales support and general office operations coordination.
In this position, you will have the opportunity to:
Manage an office
Interact and develop professional relations with customers
Understanding/meeting customer expectations
Cross functional coordination at various departmental levels
Key Responsibilities
Act as an active and effective link between various departments managed overseas and our different-sized customers
Responsible for compiling sales statistics and market intelligence data
Collect and interpret local / regional consumer understanding data
Assist with all other activities to improve Sales and Marketing performance
Entering & updating projects using internal computer database
Working with commercial tools and systems
Office administration and front-facing reception duties; expense / petty cash management, coordination of suppliers and service providers
Sales order management: Follow up on orders, Filing the orders/invoices including documentations
Pricing: Quotation according to Sales instructions, Liaising with Pricing in South Africa and Dubai
Samples management
Maintain customer database
Responsible for obtaining all relevant information for questionnaires and product information as requested by customers
Required Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Degree/Diploma in Business or Commerce with 3-4 years’ experience in a customer services environment
Fluent in English (Written and Spoken), French would be an added advantage
Customer focused.
Ability to work on his/her own due to nature of the job
Active team player
Highly organized
Open minded and pleased to share the feeling of sense, smell and taste
Be able to drive and preferably have own transport.
PC user literacy (Lotus Notes/Excel/Word/PowerPoint)
Keen attention to details / Strong filling capacity
Ability to deal with, analyze and interpret numerical and business information.
Strong communication skills – verbal and written
Self-motivated and able to use your initiative

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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