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Katie Holmes

Manager

Sales Administrator

£25,000 - £29,000 p/a

Permanent

Colchester, Essex

SALES ADMINISTRATOR - COLCHESTER - UP TO £29K - HYBRID WORKING 3/2 SPLIT - IMMEDIATE START

A client of ours in the Colchester area are recruiting a Sales Administrator to join their team. This is a full-time permanent position working Monday - Friday 7.30am - 4.30pm and paying £25,000 - £29,000 per annum depending on experience.

This role offers hybrid working (after you are trained / probation) and will be working 3 days from home and 2 days in the office (Tuesdays & Wednesdays essential). While you are training, you will be required to work in the office 5 days per week.

Please note this role involves having the on-call phone 6 weekends across the year.

Key Duties include but are not limited to:

  • Processing of sales orders and all necessary amendments.
  • Organisation of transport and all necessary amendments.
  • Liaison with customers regarding customer requirements, amendments and shortages, stock code changes and delayed deliveries.
  • Co-ordination of delivery to customers using customer on-line portals for booking delivery.
  • Co-ordination with national and international hauliers regarding deliveries and issuing dispatch notes
  • Provision of sales order figures to management for review
  • Liaison with packhouse regarding packing/collection requirements
  • Liaison with packhouses regarding tray and pallet requirements on weekly basis
  • Management of tray requirements for packhouses including ordering of tray suppliers, de-hire of used trays, update of internal OW documents
  • Authorisation of relevant invoices relating to tray/pallet receipts and resolving discrepancies
  • Authorisation/coding invoices for haulage companies for trays receipts, tray returns, rejected pallets and transport to customers
  • Creation of daily POs


Skills and Experience required to be considered for this Sales Administrator position:

  • Previous Sales Admin and Secretarial experience essential
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficient in using the Microsoft packages
  • Experience in using an in-house system
  • Resilent, hard working and can-do attitude


Benefits to working for this company include:

  • Hybrid working (3 days home & 2 days in office - Tuesdays & Wednesdays)
  • Medicash healthcare
  • 20 days holiday + banks holidays
  • Pension


If you feel like you meet the above criteria & would like to be considered for this Sales Administrator position, please apply with your CV and contact Katie at Prime Appointments for a confidential chat. #officejobs

Date: 21st January 2025

Job ref: KH93329_1737473219