Manager / Team Leader Licensing & Control EMEA

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  • Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland
  • Vast
  • Voltijds
  • 20 dagen geleden
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  • Accomplish department objectives by managing team; planning and evaluating department activities.
  • Maintain a team by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
  • Develop personal growth opportunities for team and stakeholder teams.
  • Accomplish team results by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
  • Coaches and counsels' teams through proactive performance management and feedback.
  • Develops, coordinates, and enforces systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
Reporting, advisory and stakeholder alignment
  • Be the first point of contact for internal stakeholders regarding Sales Operations planning and practices inquiries applicable to the assigned market.
  • The Manager Licensing Control will report on a regular basis on the workload, SLA's and quality of the licenses processed, aligning with the various stakeholders.
  • Workload management: Consistently review volume and complexity to ensure priorities are met, customer and stakeholder expectations are met. This will require discussions and alignment with stakeholders.
  • Tender Management: Hands on support on tender procedures around the EMEA region. Manage and improve the tendering workflow.
  • Regular alignment with key internal stakeholder departments.
Quality Management and Continuous Improvement
  • Support the Legal Department by preparing case and issue summaries to facilitate swift resolution.
  • Interact with other team members and be first point of interaction within LC to address complex questions with respect to contract issues.
  • Establish actions to achieve departments objectives by gathering pertinent business, service, and operations information.
  • Maintains quality service by enforcing quality and customer service standards, analyzing, and resolving quality and customer service problems, and recommending system and workflow improvement.
  • Project management of key continuous improvement activities in the Contracting department.
World class customer service support
  • Ensure First Time Right (FTR) and turn-around-time (TAT) standards / targets are met.
  • Analyze customer feedback in line with Springer Nature customer satisfaction goals and coordinating with the team and stakeholders to meet them on a steady basis through continuous improvement actions.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
  • Deciding and initiating action
  • Presenting and Communicating Information
  • Planning and Organizing
  • Leading and Supervising
  • Adapting and responding to Change
  • Adhering to ethics, principles, and values
  • Persuading and Influencing
  • Bachelor's or master's Degree Legal or equivalent.
  • Fluent in English (both written and oral) and local languages (regional requirements) are a must.
  • Proficient in using multiple business systems.
  • Experience in commercial processes, including legal alignment, sales cycle, and customer engagement activities.
  • Good computer skills, Proficiency with MS-Office-Suite
  • Knowledge of CRM (customer relationship management) & contracting system
  • Salesforce (required)
  • Time and Project management experience #LI-EP1
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