Sales Administrator

Gillingham

£25,000 - £27,000

Permanent full time role

Monday to Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm

Exclusive new role – you won’t see this advertised anywhere else!

Pearson Whiffin are pleased to be representing a well-known, reputable manufacturing business who have been established for over 100 years! Our client is looking for an experienced Sales Administrator to join their team on a full-time permanent basis. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a similar role, the ability to work autonomously, an excellent attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

Duties include:

• Providing administrative support to the Sales Manager;
• Processing and dispatching customer orders.
• Speaking with customers, predominantly via email, regarding orders, issues with orders, deliveries etc.
• Dealing with any delivery issues and updating customers with ETAs.
• Liaising with 3PLs.
• Export duties: liaising with freight forwarders, Certificates of Origin, Bills of Lading etc.
• Updating price lists.
• Providing quotations.
• Dealing with stock issues and liaising with the packing department to ensure enough stock is available.
• Invoicing.
• Uploading POs onto the system.
• Updating customer details on the database.

To be considered for this role, you must have/be:

• Previous experience in a similar role.

• IT literate with a good understanding of Excel functions and CRM/ERP systems.
• A problem solver.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to build rapport.
• Able to work well within a small team as well the ability to work autonomously.
• Export experience would be a significant advantage.

Please submit your CV today for consideration!

This role is being handled by Christina Pithouse, Recruitment Consultant for Pearson Whiffin Recruitment.

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