Order Management Specialist

About this job

NielsenIQ is seeking a talented Order Management Specialist to play a key role in enabling sellers to be more efficient stay focused on winning business and ensure a smooth customer experience upon close of contract. Reporting to the Order Management Team Leader this role will work with cross functional teams (Sales Finance Customer Success) to identify and manage processes to move opportunities to recognized revenue faster. An ideal candidate is a proactive deadline driven task manager with an eye for process improvement. You are motivated by making an impact on your workplace and thrive on recognizing a challenge implementing a solution monitoring success and continuously thinking outside the box to optimize new or existing processes. Must be passionate about ensuring a positive customer experience and use data driven analysis to remove bottlenecks in latestage sales cycle phases. The ideal candidate is detail oriented with excellent communication active listening and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage daytoday tasks to ensure opportunities progress to revenue as quickly as possible including assisting with order processing in our CRM tool coach sellers on the gatekeeper checklist collaborate on best practices & lead all PO Mgmt & Tracking activities
• Daytoday tasks consist of reviewing/approving opportunities in gatekeeper que for accuracy & completeness ensuring a smooth handoff of opportunities to finance counterparts requesting client creation/modifications or adjusting block/unblock status processing new material code requests
• Help spotlight deficiencies in the quote to invoice cycle; includes evaluating the integration of CRM and Finance platforms and assisting with training support of our selling teams to ensure their firsttime right success rate moves towards 100%
• Partner closely with major business functions across the quote to cash life cycle including Finance and Sales to resolve order questions and process orders within defined service level agreements and without error
• Drive compliance with company policies business rules and rev rec principles.
• Effectively manage numerous requests concurrently and on deadline; includes managing expectations and escalating delays to leader in timely manner.
• Build and utilize deal tracking and status reports with a sharp focus on details to identify bottlenecks in the quote to invoice cycle and alert sellers to stale opportunities to help maximize revenue.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the order process resolve inconsistencies & give insightful feedback to cross functional stakeholders to improve efficiency in the order cycle
• Support Internal finance teams during audits (CAS statutory etc.) based on predefined way of work according to Global/Regional COE standards.

Qualifications :

A little about you

Do you have the necessary skill set to be successful in this role

Does the idea of working for an established company with a startup culture excite you Is being on a diverse team with a focus on work life balance important to you Are you a selfstarter anxious to make a name for yourself in a fastgrowing company that rewards good ideas If you answered yes to these questions NielsenIQ may be the company for you.  

• 12 years of related work experience in Quote to Cash Order Management Sales Operations or Deal Desk
• Bachelors degree preferred
• SAP/ERP and MSD experience a bonus
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically through identification of problems and implement successful tactical solutions
• Selfmotivated with a strong attention to detail and keen ability to prioritize tasks to ensure business critical objectives are met
• Skilled at building strong working relationships with team members in varying departments and/or levels of management
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
• Understanding of the quote to invoice cycle and common pain points sellers encounter with a desire to drive improvements
• Experience building and/or using sales performance reporting in a CRM Power BI or similar software
• Excellent English written verbal and communication skills
• Prior exposure to SaaS technology
• Ability to drive productivity working in a remote fast paced environment

Additional Information :

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• EmployeeAssistanceProgram (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the worlds leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insightsdelivered with advanced analytics through stateoftheart platformsNIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90% of the worlds population.

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