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Italian Buying Administrator, colchester
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Client:
ABL Recruitment
Location:
colchester, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Views:
2
Posted:
22.08.2025
Expiry Date:
06.10.2025
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Job Description:
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About the Company
This is a lovely role! The company is a specialist business and acts as a purchasing “hub” for heavy industry and manufacturing clients across the world who are looking for specific components. The business employs about 100 staff globally and the Head office is in Colchester where the team will take orders from clients and then source technical products globally for dispatch. This is a classic senior level technical customer care and purchasing role in which you will be taking inbound enquiries from clients who will ask you to source certain pieces of heavy industrial equipment. Your role is to source heavy industrial equipment and then liaise with the client, add a “finders fee” and then communicate with the warehouse who will dispatch it. Nice and straightforward.
About the Role
You will be supporting the UK and Italian sales team.
Responsibilities
* Researching new suppliers globally in order to source products
* Comparing prices and service levels
* Producing quotations for clients
* Negotiate a price and delivery schedule with the supplier
* Dealing with enquiries from clients looking for a specific piece of heavy industry or essential spare part
* Agree terms of business and delivery schedule with client
* Liaise with the warehouse who will arrange all the logistics
* All post sales administration
* Provide an outstanding level of personal customer care at all times.
Qualifications
* Fluent English and Italian
* Purchasing/buying experience ideally (not essential)
* Experience in creating quotations
Required Skills
* Admin role within Sales support and Purchasing
Preferred Skills
* Purchasing/buying experience ideally (not essential)
Pay range and compensation package
SALARY: £30,000 - £40,000 per annum + excellent benefits, 25 days holiday and performance related bonus
Equal Opportunity Statement
The company is committed to diversity and inclusivity.
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