All About Us
Barrett Engineering Steel Midlands is part of Barrett Steel Limited, the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 29 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder.
All about the role
We have a new role available for an experienced administrator to support our Sales Team. In this role you will be responsible for providing full administrative support to the team, contributing to the productivity of the sales team by dealing with customers queries, fielding calls and paper-based tasks plus a wide range of duties. This important position contributes to the quality of customer service and the achievement of sales targets. The hours for this role are 8:30am-5:00pm.
Specific tasks include:
1. Provide a wide variety of administrative support to our sales team.
2. Inputting of orders & data entry.
3. Assisting in the preparation and submission of quotations.
4. Helping to maintain and grow customer relationships.
5. Dealing with customers (internal & external) over the phone or via e-mail.
6. To help drive excellent customer service & a continuous improvement mindset.
7. Supporting and communicating effectively with internal staff.
We offer you
8. Highly competitive salary depending on your experience
9. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
10. Annual Cycle to work scheme
11. Life assurance
12. Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
13. Access to health and wellbeing services
14. Barrett Steel pension
15. Career progression within the group
All About You
You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.
Essential Skills for the role:
16. Experience in a sales admin role within a busy office environment.
17. Proactive attitude & approach with a one team mindset.
18. High level of accuracy with good computer skills.
19. Excellent customer service skills
20. Builds strong relationships quickly & holds excellent communications skills
21. Organised & methodical in your approach.
How it feels to work for us
We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.