£19K/yr to £23K/yr
Chelmsford, England
Permanent, Variable

Administration Assistant

Posted by EJD RECRUITMENT LTD.

Responsible for various administration tasks within the company. This would be an ideal position for a college leaver looking for their first role within an office environment.

Key responsibilities

Role Overview:

Daily tasks include but are not limited to:

  • Carrying out quality checks for new products that are booked into the warehouse and writing up reports.
  • Reporting any quality issues to manufacturers/distributors and arranging credit/replacements when required
  • Collating new product information for products to be added to the website and completing new product templates.
  • Ensuring all relevant compliance information is in place for all products on the website and assisting with compliance related queries from customers.
  • Filling out compliance questionnaires from customers and responding to queries when required
  • Provision of administration support to Health and Safety team
  • Monitoring back orders and informing customers of any delays.
  • Various other administrative duties
  • Answering calls/emails
  • Assisting all departments as and when required.

The postholder will be trained in the general day-to-day tasks for the Sales, Customer Services, Purchasing and Accounts departments and provide holiday cover when required. These tasks include but are not limited to:

  • Processing sales orders
  • Answering phone calls
  • Providing tracking for customer orders
  • Processing purchase orders
  • Ensuring all purchase orders are confirmed by suppliers.

08.30 - 17.30 Monday - Friday

25 days holiday

Person specification

Part one - Knowledge, qualifications, and experience

  • Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and communicator, with outstanding written and verbal English communication skills.
  • Self-motivated with a positive can-do attitude and the ability to be flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
  • Competent in the use of Excel to create reports and analyse data.
  • Team player with ability to work well with customers and colleagues at all levels.
  • Intermediate level experience with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.