Sales Assistant / Internal Sales Representative (m/f/d)

Oelschlaeger Aluminium; Bracht; Remote; EUR 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Oelschlaeger Aluminium is seeking a proactive logistics/order-fulfillment assistant to support the sales team from quotation through delivery. You will work closely with logistics and planning to ensure accurate processing, timely deadlines, and complete documentation for domestic and international partners.

Regular interaction with customers, suppliers and freight forwarders helps drive reliable order handling and effective data management.

Qualifications

• Commercial or logistics training completed or in progress.
• Initial experience in commercial, logistics or admin role; metal trading knowledge a plus.
• Strong Excel and general MS Office skills; willingness to work with ERP/ERP-like systems.

Responsibilities

• Process and update customer and supplier orders.
• Prepare and follow up quotations and order confirmations.
• Coordinate deliveries with logistics and materials planning.
• Communicate with customers, suppliers, freight forwarders and warehouses.
• Maintain trading documents and data for customers, suppliers and inventory.
• Prepare data and analyses to support appointments and business trips.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Initiative

Education

Commercial or logistics training

Tools

Excel

ERP system

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

Do you enjoy organising, keeping an overview and moving things forward together with customers and colleagues?

In this role, you support our sales team from quotation through to delivery. Working with logistics and materials planning, you ensure that orders are processed carefully, deadlines are coordinated and documentation is complete. You will be in regular contact with business partners in Germany and abroad.

You ensure reliable order handling in close cooperation with our sales and trading colleagues, who make the pricing and trading decisions.

Your responsibilities

• Process and update customer and supplier orders.
• Prepare and follow up quotations and order confirmations.
• Coordinate deliveries, transport and deadlines with logistics and materials planning.
• Communicate with customers, suppliers, freight forwarders and warehouses.
• Maintain trading documents and customer, supplier and inventory data.
• Prepare data and analyses and provide support for appointments and business trips.

What you bring

• Commercial or logistics training.
• Initial professional experience in a commercial, logistics or administrative role. Knowledge of metal trading is an advantage.
• Interest in aluminium, industrial products and international business relationships.
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel. Experience with ERP or merchandise management systems, ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, is an advantage.
• Good German and English skills. Additional languages are an advantage.
• A careful, reliable and independent approach, along with teamwork, clear communication and initiative.

What you can expect from us

• A varied role with insights into production, sales and international aluminium trading.
• A personal working environment with direct communication between sales, logistics and materials planning.
• The opportunity to develop specialist knowledge of aluminium products and trading processes and to grow professionally as our business develops.
• Room for your own ideas to improve daily collaboration and processes.
• Part-time or full-time employment.