Ref: DF
Working Hours 40 Hours Per Week
Location Ashford, Kent
Salary Dependent on skills and experience
Benefits Sick pay, pension scheme and 30 days holiday (including bank holidays)
Closing Date 13/03/2026
Contract: Permanent
Based: Ashford, Kent
Hours: 40 hours per week, working Monday to Friday 8.00am - 5.00pm
Salary: Dependent on skills and experience
Channel Commercials PLC is a leading commercial vehicle dealer providing sales, parts and servicing for DAF Trucks and light commercial vehicles and vans in the South-East.
Are you outgoing? Friendly? Enjoy liaising with customers? If so then we have an exciting opportunity for you to work on our busy Ashford Fabrication Department.
Key responsibilities include: -
* Dealing with incoming enquiries.
* Handling Fabrication bookings & workshop queries
* Fabrication parts procurement
* Fabrication parts ordering
* General Fabrication administration tasks.
* Customer order number requests & issues.
* Estimating
* Sales WIP invoicing
* Workshop planning, loading & progress.
* Sales job card production / part ordering & input onto DAFCheck.
* Tacho bookings / job card production & electronic calendar input.
* Dispatch / Warranty & follow up.
* Liaising daily / weekly with fab technicians.
* Calibrated equipment requirement / condition & certification.
* Tooling requirement / condition & issue.
* PPE requirement / condition & issue.
* Health & Safety / Safe Systems Of Work (SSOW).
* Staff training / requirements & certification.
* Requesting covering order numbers for the scheduled maintenance
* Raise single point WIP and supporting service history WIPs for the month.
* Any other reasonable tasks as requested
Essential Qualities include:-
* Good IT skills including Word and Excel
* Good literacy and numeracy skills
* Previous experience of working in an admin role
* Experience of dealing with customers both on the telephone and face to face
* Good communication skills (written, face to face, telephone & email
* Methodical with good organisational, planning and follow up skills
* Accuracy and attention to detail
* Interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with all levels of staff and directors
* Ability to deal with customers in difficult situations
* Be able to work unsupervised and under pressure
* Ability to be self-disciplined and use own initiative
* Ability to prioritise workloads
* Confident, professional manner
Desirable Qualities include:-
* GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above
* Experience/knowledge of Kerridge (although full training will be given)
* A basic understanding of vehicle terminology
* Experience of working in a busy environment
To apply, please attach a CV below along with a covering letter detailing your salary expectations.