Sales Administrator

Portakabin limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a detail-oriented and customer-focused Sales Administrator to enhance their hiring business. The role involves providing essential business development and administrative support in a collaborative environment. Key responsibilities include relationship building, targeted campaigns, and ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction. Candidates should have a strong customer service background and excellent organizational skills.

Benefits

Competitive commission structure

25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays

Option to buy 5 additional days of annual leave

Contributory pension

Fully funded professional qualifications

Qualifications

• Strong customer experience in developing relationships.
• Ability to work at pace and tackle demanding goals.
• Proactive communication and consulting skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Business Development Manager in achieving KPIs.
• Carry out targeted calling campaigns to prospects.
• Process orders and prepare quotation packs.

Skills

Customer service

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Networking

Detail-oriented

Tools

SAP

CRM

Job description

Role: Sales Administrator

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 + Commission, OTE £30,000 - £35,000

Location: Sherburn In Elmet Hire Centre

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly detailed, customer-focused, and exceptional Sales Administrator to join our Commercial team at the Sherburn Hire Centre. As a Sales Administrator Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in developing and promoting our hiring business by providing business development, commercial, and administrative support to the Depot. Reporting to the Depot Manager, you will support the Business Development Manager in achieving KPIs and ensuring an exceptional customer experience.

You will be highly organized, driven, tenacious, a self-starter, confident, and reliable. Experience in business development, customer service, and sales (office-based) is essential. You will work in a supportive environment with positive and helpful colleagues.

Relationship building is key to this role!

Your responsibilities will include carrying out targeted calling campaigns and contacting prospective customers as part of a structured business development approach to calls, using a blend of resources. The aim is to develop relationships with both existing and new customers and, above all, create new sales opportunities. Confidence and knowledge are essential.

As a Sales and Business Development Coordinator, you will:

• Be an experienced administrator in processing orders, completing credit checks, creating contracts, and preparing quotation packs that reflect customer requirements.
• Be detail-oriented, focused on customer needs and satisfaction, and deal effectively with requests in a timely manner.
• Have strong administrative experience gained in a customer service environment.
• Carry out structured business development, including local and national campaigns and cold calling within designated areas to achieve order targets.
• Complete customer care programmes to ensure maximum satisfaction, business continuity, and maximize referral opportunities.
• Use internal systems (SAP, CRM) effectively to keep customer information up-to-date and systems aligned.
• Liaise directly with the Depot Manager and Chargehands regarding refurbishment, fitting out, deliveries, rectifications, and terminations.

Essential Experience

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, able to work at pace, confident, and reliable.
• Strong customer experience in developing relationships over the telephone.
• Ability to identify new prospects and develop existing client relationships through structured business development calls.
• Dedication to customer experience and satisfaction.
• Proactive communication, listening, and consulting skills.
• Ability to accept and tackle demanding goals enthusiastically.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Ability to build a wide and effective network of contacts inside and outside the organization.
• A full UK driving licence to support occasional travel for training and meetings at other depots.

For full responsibilities and essential criteria, please click here.

Benefits & Opportunities

• Competitive commission structure
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to buy 5 additional days of annual leave
• Contributory pension
• Fully funded professional qualifications and memberships

As a Portakabin employee, you will also have access to a range of health and wellbeing services, an annual volunteering day off, and opportunities for career progression within Portakabin.

For a full list of benefits, please click here.

Why Portakabin?

Portakabin employs over 2,000 people across ten European countries, with headquarters and primary manufacturing in York, UK. We provide modular buildings for hire and sale, refurbishments, and construction site accommodations, serving sectors such as manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities, and construction.

We are committed to equal opportunities and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and perspectives and are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments for candidates requiring additional support.

If you encounter any difficulties applying, please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail].