Busines Support Advisor & Food Mandatory Certification Auditor

Posting Date:  3 Apr 2025
City:  Taranto
Location: 

Taranto, IT, 74121

Contract Type:  Permanent
Division:  Mediterranean & Africa Certification
Level of experience: 

RINA is currently recruiting for a Busines Support Advisor & Food Mandatory Certification Auditor to join its office in Taranto, Italy, within the Mediterranean & Africa Certification Division.

Mission

A Business Support Advisor & Auditor with a focus on both managing administrative tasks and leading audits within the food industries. #LI-GZ1

Key Accountabilities

  • Customer Data Management
    - Create and maintain accurate customer records in the database
    - Ensure that customer information is up-to-date and complete
    - Handle customer inquiries related to account information and updates
  • Contract and Customer Order Processing:
    - Manage and update contract, ensuring accuracy and completeness
    - Receive and process customer orders, ensuring accuracy and completeness
    - Coordinate with relevant departments to fulfill orders in a timely manner
    - Update customers on order status and expected delivery dates
  • Invoicing (if needed):
    - Generate and issue invoices to customers based on sales orders or service agreements
    - Verify the accuracy of invoice details, including pricing and quantities
    - Handle invoice-related inquiries and discrepancies
  • Timesheet Management (if needed):
    - Remind technical staff to submit accurate and timely timesheets for each project
    - Ensure timesheets are completed in accordance with company policies and client requirements
  • Customer Communication:
    - Communicate with customers to provide information about products, services, and order status
    - Respond to customer inquiries and resolve issues promptly and professionally
    - Send out communication regarding invoices, payment reminders, and other relevant updates
  • Compliance and Documentation:
    - Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures in customer interactions
    - Maintain accurate and organized records of customer communications, transactions, and invoices
  • Audit Program Management: prepare, manage, and control the audit program, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry standards
  • Audit Participation: participate in and lead audits, conducting interviews, note-taking, and assessing the implementation of management systems
  • Report Generation: draw up comprehensive audit reports detailing findings and recommendations for certification decisions

Education

High School Diploma/GED in Business Administration Finance Management

Qualifications

  • Minimum 1 years of audit activity in the wine scheme.
  • Minimum 1 year in issuing state stamps.
  • Minimum 1 year in the sampling activity for wine certification.
  • Strong proficiency in customer data management, including maintaining accurate records and handling inquiries.
  • Experience in offer management, contract processing, and customer order fulfillment.
  • Familiarity with invoicing, payment processing, and timesheet management is a plus.
  • Excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy in contracts, orders, invoices, and customer records.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact effectively with customers and internal teams.
  • Proven ability to handle customer inquiries professionally and resolve issues efficiently.
  • Good problem-solving skills to address billing discrepancies, order concerns, and other customer-related challenges.
  • Knowledge of compliance requirements related to documentation, invoicing, and customer interactions.
  • Ability to multitask and manage priorities in a fast-paced business environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook) and familiarity with CRM systems or internal business management tools.
  • While not mandatory, experience with financial operations, such as payment tracking and invoice management, is an advantage.
  • A proactive and customer-oriented mindset, ensuring a high level of service and satisfaction.

Competencies

  • CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
  • EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
  • PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
  • MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
  • PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
  • BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
  • MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
  • ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
  • THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future

 

With over 5,800 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

 

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.