Collection Specialist with German

About Kennametal

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2.1 billion in revenues in fiscal 2023. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Collection Specialist with German

In your new role as a Collection Specialist in our office in Sant Cugat del Valles, you work closely with our sales department and our customers in points of collection of domestic and export invoices in line with agreed on payment terms. As a customer focused communicator, you find the right tonality and solution to deepen the trust and relationship with our customers.

Our offer:

Imagine working in a place with flat hierarchies of a small company but with resources and opportunities of a global company in your back. If you like this idea, we should get to know each other! You can expect an attractive compensation package, and excellent opportunities to grow your career. Even in our fast-paced times, we plan for the long run. This maybe explains why our employees stay with Kennametal on average for over 17 years.

Your tasks:

• Assure that A/R monitoring, dunning, and cash collection activities are performed properly, helped by collection tool, to reduce outstanding debt and detect potential bad debt in time
• Ensure an effective dispute management process by filling the dispute with high quality and by performing a timely communication of the resolution to the customer
• Keeping accurate records and reporting on collection activity
• Supporting on customer correspondence and reporting on status of customer accounts.
• Performing account reconciliations in a timely and accurate manner
• Coordination with the cash allocation team to ensure accurate customer payment matching and request remittance advice for unapplied cash, as well as recording payment advices.

Your profile:

• At least 1 year experience in an office role
• Experience in SAP-Finance and MS Office are desirable
• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in German and very good English language is a must
• Additional European languages are an asset
• Ability to work in an international environment

What we offer:

• Hybrid working contract from our EMEA service center in Sant Cugat de Valles, Barcelona area with train accessibility
• International young and growing team
• Competitive salary
• Language courses
• eLearning Platform access
• Special offer on Health Care Insurance
• Meal Voucher
• Company Pension Plan

As part of our core values, Kennametal is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all people. We are an Equal Opportunity employer