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Sales Administration Specialist - Belgium

POSITION SNAPSHOT

JobReq ID:  55856
Type of work:  On site
Type of contract:  Open-ended/permanent
Full/Part Time:  Full time
Salary Range: 
Location: 

Zaventem, BE

ABOUT US

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Job Purpose

 

The Sales Administration Specialist - Belgium ensures business continuity during the Libra transition and beyond, acting as a key integrator between central functions and business stakeholders.

 

The role helps secure one coherent operational view and enables smooth coordination across Sales and Fleet Administration processes.

 

 

Responsibilities:

  • Drive integration between business and central functions, including SSC and HQ, to ensure end-to-end process alignment.
  • Own the operational administration end-to-end workflow, ensuring a single, aligned plan across stakeholders.
  • Support project implementation and the adoption of digital workflows.
  • Understand customer master data and coordinate and control discount and rebate structures, list prices, campaigns, special deals and pricing master data.
  • Act as second-level escalation support for customers and internal stakeholders, including customer visits when recommended, and support other pricing activities in coordination with Sales Operations Managers.
  • Facilitate structured dialogue with relevant teams around business targets, risks and opportunities, and interface with other departments for complex and ad hoc analysis.
  • Ensure effective communication across multicultural and cross-functional teams and with customers, while managing queries and monitoring their status.
  • Understand legal and local procedures and incorporate requirements into actions or communicate them to central functions when needed.
  • Support the elimination of fraud risks and ensure compliance with accounting standards.
  • Provide customer support, including participation in customer visits when needed.

 

 

Qualifications & Experience Required

 

Education, Master, other certification:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or comparable professional experience.

 

Experience (years):

  • 3+ years of relevant experience in Sales Administration, Pricing or a similar discipline.

 

Technical Skills:

  • Solid understanding of end-to-end processes and their impact on Sales Administration.
  • Ability to implement and support digital workflows.
  • Strong analytical capabilities to work with complex data and pricing structures.
  • Knowledge of customer master data, discount and rebate structures, and pricing master data.
  • Knowledge of relevant systems and tools is required.
  • Experience with Link up for ticket management.
  • Knowledge of Satellite systems for process approvals.
  • Experience with SharePoint for data storage.
  • Knowledge of Price FX and SAP.

 

Languages Skills:

  • Professional proficiency in French and English is required.
  • Dutch is considered a nice to have.

 

Soft/Behavioral Skills:

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across different teams and functions.
  • Ability to work effectively within multicultural and cross-functional teams.
  • Strong stakeholder coordination skills.
  • Ability to manage queries and follow through on resolution.
  • Ability to work effectively between business stakeholders and central functions.

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WHAT WE OFFER

At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:

  • A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
  • The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
  • A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
  • Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
  • A diverse and inclusive team.

We are committed to create an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality, and helps our increasingly diverse teammates, customers, and communities thrive, by providing equal opportunities in employment. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.

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