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Italian Buying Administrator, Colchester
Location: Colchester, United Kingdom
Job Category:
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Views: 7
Posted: 29.07.2025
Expiry Date: 12.09.2025
Job Description:
This is a lovely role for someone with fluent Italian and experience in sales support and purchasing. The company is a specialist business based in Essex, acting as a purchasing hub for heavy industry and manufacturing clients worldwide who seek specific components. The business employs about 100 staff globally, with its head office in Colchester, where the team handles orders from clients and sources technical products globally for dispatch. This is a senior-level customer care, sales, and purchasing role, involving managing inbound client inquiries for sourcing heavy industrial equipment, creating quotations, liaising with clients, adding finders fees, and coordinating shipping with the warehouse. It's ideal for an Italian speaker seeking an office-based role with development opportunities into a buyer position.
Job Details:
* Title: Italian Buying Administrator
* Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per annum + benefits, 25 days holiday, performance bonus
* Team: Engineering
* Location: Colchester, Essex (Free parking)
* Sector: Purchasing hub for manufacturing sector clients
* Hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Company Overview:
The company acts as a purchasing hub for heavy industry and manufacturing clients globally, sourcing technical products and managing logistics. The role involves senior customer care and procurement tasks, supporting inbound inquiries for heavy industrial equipment.
The Role:
* Support UK and Italian sales teams
* Research new suppliers globally
* Obtain and compare quotations
* Negotiate prices and delivery schedules
* Handle client inquiries for specific equipment or spare parts
* Agree terms and delivery with clients
* Liaise with warehouse for logistics
* Post-sales administration
* Provide excellent customer service
Requirements:
* Fluent English and Italian
* Car driver essential
* Purchasing/buying experience preferred but not essential
* Experience in creating quotations
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