New sales admin support & buying administration role for someone who is based in ESSEX. This is a most unusual opportunity and offers a talented administrator the chance for genuine long term growth with continuous training ( both in person and classroom based) to support your career .
You will be working for a profitable and stable engineering business based in Essex (Colchester area) and the company acts as a purchasing “ hub” for manufacturers across the world searching for key manufacturing spare parts and components. You will take enquiries directly from customers, then speak to suppliers globally to locate the spare parts that the customer needs. You will then agree a supplier price, add a profit mark up, and then speak to the customer. Once the price is agreed you will speak to the logistics team to arrange delivery.This is a nice, straight forward role in a friendly market-leading business!
TITLE: Sales Admin Support & Logistics Customer Care
SALARY : to £35,000 + 10% bonus and study support
Team: Buying team
Flexible working : This is an office-based role
LOCATION : Colchester in Essex (Free car parking available)
SECTOR : Manufacturing
HOURS: 8.30am-5pm ( 1pm-2pm closed for lunch )
COMPANY
Stable. profitable global manufacturing business with an excellent staff retention rate and ongoing training opportunities available to support career growth
THE ROLE:
Customer Liaising: Sales and sales support
* Speaking to customers who are looking for a specific piece of heavy industrial equipment or essential spare part
* Understanding what spare part is required
* Agreeing a budget
* Producing quotations and agreeing terms of business
* Liaising with the logistics team once the spare part has been located & organising and coordinating delivery .
* Liaising with the customer on a regular basis Post
Supplier liaising: Purchasing admin & delivery logistics
* Researching new suppliers globally in order to source the required spare part
* Negotiate prices and delivery time frames with overseas suppliers
* Agree terms of business with supplier
* Liaise with the warehouse who will arrange all the logistics to the customer’s location
REQUIREMENTS
* Fluent English (other languages such as German or Italian are always helpful as the company operates globally)
* Car driver essential (the office location has no public transportation links)
* Min of 1 year admin or sales experience