Administration Assistant
| Job Title: | Administration Assistant | Contract Type: |
| Location: | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Industry: | |
| Salary: | £18,000 - £20,000 |
| Contact Name: | Caitlin Herbert |
| Job Published: | |
| REF: | 897745_1581437400 |
Vanilla Recruitment
A new opportunity has arisen for an Administration Assistant to work for a retail supplier of home furnishings based near Billesdon. You will be responsible for providing admin support to the account managers, merchandisers and technologist. This is a great job for those who enjoy a variety of tasks and can multi-task with ease. The role is high pressure due to the constant balancing act between the customer needs and the factory’s capabilities and therefore a calm candidate who is a strong problem solver would be a great fit.
As they are a small office, the candidate should also be hands on with assisting all members of the team and have an enthusiasm to learn and understand how their business works. A positive, upbeat and inquisitive character would fit in well here.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Liaising with customers via phone and email, including the likes of key accounts such as Next, Dunelm and Joules with regards to orders, samples and deliveries
- Updating and amending customer records on the in-house CRM system
- Deal with incoming samples – unpackaging and labelling
- Dealing with outgoing samples – packaging, labelling and posting
- Photographing samples
- Uploading sample photographs onto a daily PowerPoint presentation to send to customers
- Preparing quotation documents
- Completing line sheets to instruct the factory on how to package and store the products once made
- Booking delivery slots with the warehouse
- Adhoc administrative duties
- Reception duties as and when required – preparing samples and meeting rooms
Skills and experience required:
- Confident character with strong communication skills
- Calm under pressure
- Problem solving capabilities
- Strong attention to detail
- Good organisation skills
- MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Experience within a logistics/operations admin role desirable
- Experience within a retail admin role desirable but not essential
- Driving licence essential as some samples will need to be delivered directly to local customers such as Next, Dunelm and Joules
Hours of work:
- Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm with half an hour for lunch
Salary and benefits:
- £18,000 – £20,000 per annum
- 22 days annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Company pension after 3 months of joining
