Sales Ledger Clerk

The Fresh Produce Centre; Whetsted; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

6.6 weeks holiday per annum inclusive

Pension Scheme

Free onsite parking

Optional company share scheme

Cycle to work Scheme

Grocery Aid Employee Assistance Prog.

Learning and development opportunities

Imagination Library - Free books

Medicash

Death in service benefit

Job summary

The Fresh Produce Centre is seeking a Sales Ledger Clerk to manage customer payments and reconcile accounts, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. You will prepare invoices using POD matching and monitor daily receipts against invoices.

You will handle ad-hoc queries from colleagues, negotiate when needed, and maintain strong communication with customers. The role offers a competitive salary, pension, and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong numerical and analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with SAP is desirable.
• Proven negotiation and problem-solving abilities.
• Resilient with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Able to organise time effectively and manage priorities.

Responsibilities

• Collect outstanding payments against customer accounts.
• Prepare customer invoices using POD matching.
• Update daily customer receipts against invoices.
• Dispute delivery shortages with hauliers.
• Investigate and resolve ad-hoc queries from colleagues.
• Communicate with customers to resolve issues.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Numerical skills

Negotiation

Resilience

Attention to detail

Time management

Adaptability

Tools

SAP

Excel

Word

Job description

Reporting to the Sales & Purchase Ledger Team Leader, the purpose of this role is to collect any outstanding payments against our customer accounts, to ensure that we are paid in an accurate and timely manner.

It’ll be your responsibility to accurately prepare customer invoices using our POD matching process, updating daily customer receipts against invoices and disputing delivery shortages with hauliers.

As you’ll be spending much of your time communicating with customers, you’ll need to have great interpersonal skills, good resilience and perseverance. No two days are the same for our sales ledger team, and you will often receive ad-hoc queries from colleagues around the business, which you will also be responsible for investigating and resolving.

Our Perfect Sales Ledger Clerk Would Be

• An excellent communicator with strong numerical skills.
• Confident in the use of MS Office packages (Excel, Word).
• Familiar with using SAP systems (desirable).
• Resilient with the ability to negotiate.
• Patient with an excellent attention to detail.
• Able to organise time effectively and prioritise workload.
• Looking to innovate and respond to change.

The hours you would work

• 40 hours per week Monday to Friday 8.00am - 5pm.

What Else We Can Offer You

• A competitive salary.
• 6.6 weeks holiday per annum inclusive of bank holidays.
• Pension Scheme
• Free onsite parking.
• Optional company share scheme
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Grocery Aid Employee Assistance Program.
• Learning and development opportunities
• Imagination Library - Free books every month for children of our employees up to age 5.
• Medicash.
• Death in service benefit.