Sales And Purchasing Assistant

Twickenham, Greater London, United Kingdom

Job Description

Based in Twickenham
Full time office-based permanent role
Salary 27,000 per annum
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm
We have a new opportunity to work for a well-established distribution company based in Twickenham. Our client requires a talented and proactive individual with excellent communication skills and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail to join a small team of highly motivated and dedicated individuals.
Key responsibilities: -
This is a varied role. The purpose of the role is to provide administrative support to the sales team and to the purchasing team.

  • To accurately process customer orders on to central computer system and print order details for our warehouse to pack and despatch
  • To provide prompt and accurate service to customers to ensure optimum satisfaction
  • To provide ongoing support to Area Sales Managers (ASM), as required
  • To work as part of a team, being flexible and offering support within the team
  • To gain a good working knowledge of product ranges to enable efficiency in role
  • To accurately interpret data from a range of sources
  • Talking to customers and taking orders over the phone and performing stock checks
  • Processing orders received by phone, email or via the Area Sales Managers (ASM)
  • Dealing promptly with customer queries and complaints, and liaising with colleagues to resolve issues to customer satisfaction
  • Entering daily delivery schedules onto carrier's website
  • Liaising with carrier to resolve delivery difficulties and disputes
  • Assessing viability and potential issues of site deliveries
  • Liaising with warehouse to check physical stock levels, current batch shades and to resolve issues with orders
  • Allocation of new stock received to back orders and notification of customers
  • Accurately input data to HM Customs portal
  • Assist Purchasing team with reports and ad hoc tasks as required
  • Running purchasing reports as required
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload across both roles as necessary
  • Accuracy of orders processed and attention to detail
  • Ability to follow through task from start to conclusion
  • Positive attitude and willingness to offer support.
Person Specification: -
  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Excellent telephone manner and understanding of good Customer Service
  • Team player with can do, positive and flexible
  • Calm, confident manner and patience
  • IT Savvy - MS Office skills particularly excel and Knowledge of CRM systems
  • Fast accurate data entry skills
  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • High degree of integrity and confidentiality
  • Ability to pick things up quickly

Skills Required

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD4346075
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    £27,000 per year
  • Employment Status
    Full Time
  • Job Location
    Twickenham, Greater London, United Kingdom
  • Education
    Not mentioned