Full-Time

Senior Customer Relationship Administrator

Ocean Optics

Ocean Optics

51-200 employees

Manufactures portable spectrometers and sensing solutions

No salary listed

Abingdon, UK

Hybrid

Hybrid working is required.

Category
Administrative & Executive Assistance (2)
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Required Skills
Microsoft Office
ERP
CRM
Customer Service

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Requirements
  • A proven track record in a senior customer-facing team role, with experience covering management responsibilities.
  • Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to manage and motivate a team in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent customer-handling skills, with the ability to resolve complex issues efficiently and professionally.
  • Knowledge of customer relationship processes, including key performance indicators and performance metrics.
  • Strong organisational and time-management skills.
  • Ability to step into managerial duties and handle team and operational responsibilities.
Responsibilities
  • Communicate with customers via email and telephone.
  • Process and follow up customer orders and quotes to achieve key performance indicator results.
  • Resolve customer queries and complaints.
  • Work with sales, production, logistics, and other departments to address customer needs and ensure smooth cross-departmental operations.
  • Generate and review reports.
  • Search for innovative ideas to improve processes.
  • Provide regular feedback to the manager about performance issues.
  • Assist the manager with monitoring performance, ensuring the team meets key performance indicators and delivers exceptional customer service.
  • Provide frontline customer support, process orders and quotes, address inquiries, resolve issues, and act as the escalation point for complex or unresolved customer queries.
  • Ensure smooth day-to-day operations of the customer relationship team by overseeing scheduling, workflow management, and efficient resource use.
  • Work with the manager to monitor workload, team performance, and compliance with key performance indicators, and offer guidance to maintain service standards.
  • Assist with onboarding and training new team members and provide feedback to the existing team to improve service, quality, and efficiency.
  • Assume managerial responsibilities when the manager is absent, including motivating the team, setting team goals, and making staffing decisions.
  • Identify process or policy improvements and work toward implementing them to improve team efficiency and customer satisfaction.
  • Create and maintain written procedures aligned with company processes.
  • Work with the manager to motivate the team and promote a positive, customer-focused environment.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with customer relationship management systems, Microsoft packages, and enterprise resource planning systems.

Ocean Optics makes compact spectroscopy hardware and related optical sensing tools. Its flagship products are miniature, portable spectrometers used to measure light across wavelengths for scientists and engineers in fields like chemical analysis, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing. The devices work by detecting light that passes through or reflects from a sample and translating it into a spectrum—the distribution of light by wavelength—using optical components and a small detector. The company differentiates itself with a modular approach and small, affordable spectrometers that can be integrated into custom systems or handheld devices, enabling researchers to build compact spectroscopic tools rather than relying on large, expensive lab equipment. Ocean Optics' goal is to broaden access to spectral data by providing versatile, scalable sensing solutions that allow users to deploy spectroscopy across a wide range of applications and environments.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dunedin, Florida

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Halma reported 8% photonics organic revenue growth in FY26, lifting Ocean Optics demand.
  • Ocean Optics added 2026 conference booths across Europe, Asia, and North America.
  • Bioz engagement rose in 2025, improving citation visibility and lead generation.

What critics are saying

  • Avantes and Hamamatsu pressure pricing and performance in compact spectroscopy markets.
  • Moxchange LLC v. Ocean Optics, Inc. remains an active legal distraction and cost.
  • Distributor dependence on Edmund Optics can weaken direct customer control by 2027.

What makes Ocean Optics unique

  • Ocean Optics invented miniature spectroscopy and still sells modular instruments globally.
  • Halma backed Ocean Optics since 2004, supplying capital, distribution, and operational stability.
  • The Edmund Optics marketplace partnership, announced September 22, 2025, widens customer access.

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Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

1%
Ocean Optics
Aug 12th, 2025
Ocean Optics Partners with Edmund Optics for Global Distribution

ORLANDO, Fla. - (August 14, 2025) - Ocean Optics, a pioneer in modular spectroscopy and a trusted name in optical sensing, is proud to announce a new Supplier Partner relationship with Edmund Optics.

Ocean Optics
Jun 23rd, 2025
Ocean Optics Launches Bioz Tool

To further enhance visibility and engagement, Ocean Optics has also added a Bioz Homepage Banner, ensuring that visitors immediately discover the powerful citation management capabilities available on its website.

EIN News
Sep 8th, 2023
Ocean Insight Announces Richard Curran as New President

Ocean Insight announces Richard Curran as new president.

Ocean Insight
Jun 22nd, 2023
Women in Engineering Day 2023

Ocean Insight has been named the Best Place to Work in both Central Florida and New York state.

Ocean Insight
May 3rd, 2023
Press Release: New Ocean SR series

Orlando, Florida, USA (May 4, 2023) – Ocean Optics, a brand of Ocean Insight, introduces compact, versatile Ocean SR series spectrometers distinguished by their rapid spectral acquisition speed and high signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance.