Operations Support Associate

Xylem • Roseville, MN

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About The Position

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions. The Operations Support Associate will be responsible for completing standard and non-routine business processes to support sales and branch operations ensuring that customer contracts, billing, invoicing and issues of any administrative nature are resolved in a timely fashion. This role can support various and multiple business units and is critical to ensure proper documentation, payment and resolution of customer issues. This role will also: Able to perform non-routine tasks related customer issues and resolution Ability to document tasks into process flows Responsible for helping develop training material for customer processes and order entry Strong collaboration with internal and external customers May require on-site service center support based on service center team needs Exception reporting for customer orders when purchase orders are flagged for non-compliance Resolves issues from 3rd party processer of customers orders of limited complexity Assists branch in maintaining appropriate inventory, generates purchase orders Ability to create orders for quoted jobs or installation with multiple process in SAP of limited complexity but with unique job requirements May be required to handle contract renewals and contract maintenance or changes of simple configuration or change of purchase order Reviews autorenewals of contracts and supports contract additions identified by branch staff Submission of invoices through appropriate vendor portal ensuring the uploads of invoices are compatible with customer payable system May assist standard non-complex customer master data work flows

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent plus 2 years of applicable work experience or Bachelor’s degree with demonstrated capability in comparable work
• Intra-departmental communication for purpose of alignment/information sharing/guidance/leadership
• Able to executive tasks with high levels of autonomy; limited guidance required for complex tasks
• Able to collaborate with other disciplines
• Ability to understand concepts in execution, broader organizational impact, and strong organization skills
• Understanding of general business concepts
• Strong communication skills
• Solid User of standard Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong ERP fluency in relevant systems
• Strong understanding of typical IT business tools; adapt at learning new programs quickly (e.g. homegrown IT solutions but also new cutting-edge tools like Data Analytics)
• Fluency in a Field Service and CRM application like (MS Field Service or MS CRM)

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain safe working environment and culture within the organization
• Take care of internal and external customer needs and expectations
• Demonstrates high impact culture through innovation, accountability and empowerment
• Must be able to function in a team environment; usually works with direct supervision but can work independently
• Task execution for area of responsibility up to levels defined in Xylem’s DOA policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees