Job Title: Sales and Operations Assistant
Location: Office Based, Wincanton, Somerset
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
About Us
Jarapa make and supply beautiful, eco:friendly homewares and gifts. Focusing on recycled and handmade products, we prioritise sustainability and quality when sourcing our products. By working with trusted suppliers, we can ensure high standards, reduce transportation emissions, and support local economies. We are a small team with everyone working closely together helping each other out when needed.
About The Role
We are looking for an organised and proactive Sales and Operations Assistant to support our wholesale and retail sales channels, customer communications, order processing, and general day:to:day operations. This role works closely with the Buyer and wider team and plays a key part in ensuring orders, systems, and customer relationships are managed smoothly across multiple platforms.
Key Responsibilities Include
Orders and Customer Emails:
Monitor and manage the orders inbox
Reply to customer emails promptly and professionally
Process incoming orders accurately
Forward retail:specific enquiries and orders to the retail team
Sales Platforms and E:commerce:
Faire
Process orders and respond to customer messages
Send marketing emails and publish new products and create collections
Update the shop page several times per year
Match payments against Statements of Sales (SOS)
Oversee the general day:to:day management of the platform
Shopify
Process website orders
Manage and support customers registered on the website
Etsy
Publish new products
Remove discontinued products
Not On The High Street (NOTHS)
Publish new products
Remove discontinued products
CRM And Administration
Zoho CRM:
Upload new customers and leads
Maintain and update existing customer and lead records
Manage task lists, including contacting customers by phone, email or WhatsApp
Update last order dates and follow:up tasks once orders are dispatched
Credit Notes And Spreadsheets
Maintain credit note spreadsheets accurately
Support general spreadsheet and filing tasks
Payments
Check payments daily with the Finance Manager
Process payment paperwork
Take credit card payments when required
Showroom And Customer Visits
Welcome customers to the showroom and talk customers through the product range
Take orders during visits
Trade Shows
Assist with trade show preparation and work on the stand during trade shows, meeting customers and taking orders
Follow up leads after trade shows
General Support
Work closely with the Buyer
Assist with unloading deliveries when they arrive
Support warehouse tasks when required (e.g. drying glass during drilling periods) and help with stocktakes
Prepare lampshade and flex sample sets
General filing and administrative support
About You
Highly Organised and proactive approach to work
Professional communication skills for replying to customer emails
Experience with excel is essential
Accurate in processing orders and maintaining spreadsheets
Comfortable managing trade customer relationships across multiple platforms
Ability to work closely with a team and support various departments including Finance, Warehouse, and Buying
Why Join Jarapa?
Jarapa is a growing, independent homeware brand with a focus on handmade, recycled and responsibly sourced products. This role offers real involvement across the business, space to grow, and the opportunity to work closely with beautifully crafted collections and long:standing trade customers.
Enjoy flexible working hours, home working one day a week once competent within the business, and a small friendly team.
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