Administrator

Talented People; Horsham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Talented People Solutions is recruiting for an experienced Sales Support Administrator to join a small, established manufacturing company in Horsham on a temp-to-perm basis. You’ll provide day-to-day support across sales and operations, handling customer orders, supplier administration, deliveries and dispatch, and general office duties.

This role suits someone who enjoys variety in a close-knit team and is seeking a permanent position after a successful temporary period.

Qualifications

• Previous administration experience in an office-based environment.
• Confident handling a varied workload and managing multiple priorities.
• Experience using Microsoft 365.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate data entry skills.
• Full UK driving licence and reliable transport, or living locally to Horsham.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative support across the sales and operations team.
• Answer incoming calls, handle general enquiries and pass messages to the relevant person.
• Book carriers and complete delivery administration, including queries, claims and refunds.
• Run purchase order reports and carry out supplier administration, including chasing due dates.
• Run delivery due lists and update the sales team on issues or delays.
• Chase outstanding customer payments and keep records up to date.
• Complete sales order administration, review orders for size, specification, price, quantity, delivery and quality.
• Load customer enquiries onto the system for the sales team to price.
• Process and load works orders and customer orders.
• Check works orders are allocated to jobs and progress orders to meet deadlines.
• Complete dispatch administration, including confirming jobs, allocating loads and raising despatch notes.
• Monitor stationery and First Aid supplies and arrange replenishment when required.

Skills

Communication

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Sales Support Administrator – Temp to Perm

Location: Horsham

Pay: £14.35 – £15.38 per hour

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm

Contract: Temp to Perm

Talented People Solutions are recruiting for an experienced Sales Support Administrator to join an established manufacturing company based in Horsham on a temp-to-perm basis. You’ll be joining a friendly, close-knit team and providing day-to-day support across sales and operations. This is a varied role where you’ll be involved in everything from customer orders and supplier administration through to deliveries, dispatch and general office support. It would be a great fit for someone who enjoys being part of a smaller team, likes plenty of variety in their working day and is looking for a position they can make their own and progress into permanently.

Key Administration Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day administrative support across the sales and operations team
• Answering incoming calls, handling general enquiries and passing clear messages to the relevant person
• Booking carriers and completing associated delivery administration, including queries, claims and refunds
• Running purchase order reports and carrying out supplier administration, including checking and chasing due dates
• Running delivery due lists and updating the sales team on any issues or delays
• Chasing outstanding customer payments and keeping records up to date
• Completing sales order administration, reviewing orders for size, specification, price, quantity, delivery and quality
• Loading customer enquiries onto the system for the sales team to price
• Processing and loading works orders and customer orders
• Checking works orders are correctly allocated to jobs and progressing orders to ensure deadlines are met
• Completing dispatch administration, including confirming jobs, allocating loads and raising despatch notes
• Monitoring stationery and First Aid supplies and arranging replenishment when required

Administrator Experience Required

• Previous administration experience within an office-based environment
• Confident handling a varied administrative workload and managing multiple priorities
• Experience using Microsoft 365
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and accurate data entry skills
• Full UK driving licence and reliable transport, or living locally to Horsham

This position would suit an experienced Sales Administrator, Sales Support Administrator, Office Administrator, Order Processing Administrator or Operations Administrator, particularly someone who has previously worked within a manufacturing, engineering, production or similar environment.

This is a great opportunity to join an established Horsham business, become part of a close-knit team and secure a long-term permanent position following a successful temporary period.