Job Description
OTC Order Management Assoc. Specialist
Our Business Service Center (BSC), operating across three regions (Americas, Europe, and Asia), is responsible for the timely and efficient delivery of standardized, global financial processes. The BSC – Americas, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, manages the execution and delivery of a broad range of financial services and processes across our business divisions and markets within the Americas region.
The Order Management Analyst will play a key role in executing order management activities within the Order to Cash (OtC) process, with a strong focus on contact center operations and order management. This role involves managing customer interactions via phone, processing sales orders and credit/debit notes, resolving claims, and ensuring compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) and internal controls.
Primary Responsibilities:
Manage high-volume external customer interactions via phone and other communication channels, demonstrating strong communication and negotiation skills.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Dropship orders process lifecycle.
Analyze and work towards issues troubleshooting, root cause fix analysis.
Conduct detailed analysis of customer claims related to credit/debit processing.
Ensure compliance with OtC processes for the Americas markets, adhering to company policies, quality standards, and internal/external controls, including SOX requirements.
Timely resolution of customer queries related to shortages, overages, lost product claims, and call tags.
Prioritize tasks effectively, apply strategic thinking, and follow up thoroughly on customer requests. Maintain full knowledge of terms and conditions, product information, contacts and processes to ensure issue resolution.
Achieve all defined KPIs and SLAs, including metrics such as abandoned calls, talk time, wrap-up coding rate, and email resolution.
Perform month end activities and/or reports for individual and team activities as needed.
Perform other duties & projects as assigned.
Support Service Center activities, be a team player and a strong liaison with third parties.
Main Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting or Finance (Or career in progress)
Intermediate to Advanced PC skills (MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
A minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in Call center environments.
Good Business Level fluency (oral and written) in Spanish and English languages
Problem solving and analytical skills with a proactive management style to implement
Team player with a focus on collaboration
Strong communication, interpersonal, and organization skills required
Customer service skills, Ownership and accountability, Change Catalyst, D&I, networking and partnership
Execution excellence, innovation, Motivation and inspiration, Emotional intelligence
Preferred requirements:
Experience in a finance or accounting department within a multinational company
SAP experience
1 year of experience in order to cash processes (order management, order entry, billing, credit, order release, cash application, collections or reporting)
Accounting/Finance background
Pharmaceutical Industry experience
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
No relocationVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
No Travel RequiredFlexible Work Arrangements:
HybridShift:
Not IndicatedValid Driving License:
NoHazardous Material(s):
noRequired Skills:
Accounting, Adaptability, Business Support, Communications Support, Credit Management, Customer Technical Support, Financial Accounting Controls, Financial Operations, Human Resources (HR) Shared Services Advisory, Invoice Processing, IT Infrastructure Support, Management Process, Payment Handling, Preparation of Financial Reports, Process Improvements, Productivity Improvements, Project Risk Assessments, Quantitative AnalyticsPreferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date:
08/12/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID:R360791