Job Description

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS Duties include but are not limited to

•Check, validate & update/upload prospect registrations & contact details on ERP prior to creating new customer account (BR conversion to Account) and do the same prior to re-activating existing account; this based on received Customer Information Sheet (CIS) along with updated registrations certificates.

•Seek & follow-up submitted request for a credit check/insurance coverage of prospects/customers with the insurance providers updating all progress in the applicable ERP’s and recommends the credit facilities (if applicable) as per the Group Credit Policy (GCP) & Financial Credit Authority (FCA).

•Check regularly the Aging to identify & raise any change in the business behavior (trading growth & payment patterns or anticipated risk or credit deviation) proposing corrective measures to secure an adequate credit facilities and/or to maintain the collection of the receivables in a timely manner & lowest DSO; This in accordance with GCP & FCA.

•Chase Accounting Managers for a regular account reconciliation to ensure an updated Statement of Account (SOA) and Balance Account Confirmation (BAC) at all times.

•Recommends the necessary actions to bring payment within the agreed terms & to recover any outstanding and/or doubtful amount via applicable measures: Extension of payment; Insurance notification/claims; legal warning/action or write-off of irrecoverable receivables.

•Check, validate the request for By-Pass Sales Orders (BPSO) for production and/or invoicing - if account is systematically blocked either for uncollected dues or excess credit limit or registration & insurance discrepancy as per the Account Situation (A/S) – seeking deviation correction or management approval as per GCP and FCA terms & conditions.

•Report Expired Certifications or the needs to update information on any customer for immediate correction prior to accounts blocking.

•Report to Business Unit (BU)/Sales management coverage approval/rejection/partial or full suspension proposing the necessary actions to prevent & control a potential risk.

•Seek, allocate proportional coverage & optimize credit insurance coverage share for customers dealing with more than BU.

•Ensure the preparation of the monthly declaration report on executed shipments to insurance providers and coordinate coverage premium settlement and files grade & credit fees.

•Handle disputed irrevocable debt and seek from the related BU the preparation of a complete file for claim assessment prior to submittal either to Legal Dept. for legal action (warning/court case) or to insurance provider for coverage debt recovery/claim.

•Follow-up claims with insurance providers & Legal dept. until the cases are officially closed.

•Report to BU’s/Sales any expected/observed country or market/sector encountered risk as conveyed by the insurance or information provider or public news.

•Visiting customers premises whenever needed for auditing purpose in presence of diverse information or change in the collection behavior or business trade history.

•Seek credit check on new potential suppliers to assist the Buyer Central Unit (BUC) & Logistic Central Unit (LCD) when selecting a new supplier.

•Check & validate Supplier Information Sheet (SIS) & registration certificates for selected/adopted supplier to create new Vendor account in ERP & upload the SIS & all related registration documents.