Technical Sales Administrator - electrical products
£27,000 - £30,000 basic
Our client is an expanding, well-established manufacturer of design led innovative products and this new role covers the complete sales administrative function from dealing with customers, following up on quotations, processing orders and database management.
Duties include but not limited to: answering the telephone; quoting for products, determining what customer requires, obtaining lengths and quantities from technical drawings; accurate filing / finding information; following up quotations effectively using your soft sales skills
You will be liaising with customers including designers, architects and contractors about product, project and sales enquiries and processing works orders accurately and checking it makes sense technically; following up with Pro-forma invoices to obtain payments in adequate time for dispatch.
The ideal candidate will be someone with an electrical/ lighting background, ideally good technical & product knowledge; an experienced sales administrator, reliable, organized, self motivated and confident in handling telephone calls and a quick learner. You should have good technical understanding, electrical experience a bonus or at least technically minded to understand electrical information and drawings. Good communication/ listening skills essential as is a working knowledge of MS Word/ Excel, knowledge of Sage (S.O.P.) and of export procedures would be an advantage
Technical sales administrator is a very central role in the Company covering all admin. areas - telephone, paperwork, sales orders, quotes and therefore the ideal candidate will have a solid background in customer service, sales & project management.
Location: S.E. London/ Kent (inner M25)