Job title
Office & Sales Administrator
Salary
£25-30k pa based on experience
Department
Admin & Sales
Reports to
Branch Manager
Location
28 Putney Close, Brandon, IP27 0PA
Job role
Please note that in addition to these responsibilities, employees are required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required.
- To assist with the accurate processing and maintenance of the sales and purchase ledger registers.
- To provide general sales and administration support to the Branch Manager.
Main responsibilities
- Responsible for the smooth day to day running of sales and purchase ledger activities.
- Banking and reconciliation.
- Handling customer enquiries via telephone and e-mail.
- Assisting with the development and implementation of new processes and ways of working to increase efficiency.
- Setting up new client and supplier accounts after carrying out due diligence.
- Accurate booking in of goods and reporting any errors to the supplier.
- Matching invoices to receipted purchase orders and inputting to the system.
- Day-to-day accounts payable - contacting customers via telephone and e-mail.
- Filing invoices and statements.
- Dealing with purchase enquiries.
- Assisting in preparing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) statistics.
- Maintain and promote a positive, professional image of Fengate Fasteners and all other DJ Evans Group brands in all interactions.
- Adherence to all internal policies and all Safety, Health and Environmental policies.
- Supporting the Branch Manager to achieve departmental goals.
- Producing excel reports.
- Covering for other colleagues as required.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
Skills, qualifications, experience level
Essential:
- Experience of working with sale ledger / purchase ledger / accounts payable.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Numerate and logical.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Customer focused with a drive to ensure continuous improvement.
- Ability to use and adapt to financial systems and databases.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Accurate and efficient inputter.
- IT literate.
- Problem solving skills.
Desirable:
- Previous experience in building materials, tools and fixings or similar environment would be an advantage.
- Previous sales and negotiating skills would be a benefit but not essential
- Sales or marketing qualifications.
Pay: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
