In this role you will play a key part in supporting the owner with a range of administrative duties and stock management for an elegant boutique style retail business.
This is an exciting time to join a growing business and provides an extremely nice place to work each day. You will inherit an existing position that has been well set up with systems a processes, but with scope to make the job your own.
Our ideal person for this position will be a friendly and flexible individual who has great communication skills, excellent attention to detail who works methodically. Someone who is dependable and a self-starter with initiative and who wouldn't shy away from flexibility to assist customers in the shop on occasion. Does this sound like you?
The position is office based 5 days a week (including some Saturdays but no Sundays), with nice hours 9.45 -17.15, and conveniently based in the town centre.
As the business Administrator here you will ultimately be responsible for:
- Entering all new products onto the stock management system
- Checking all inbound deliveries against delivery notes and invoices against original orders
- Liaising with suppliers
- Processing invoices
- Liaising with the business owner to produce quotes for clients
- Booking in repairs and bespoke orders and liaising with the workshop and keeping the customer informed
- Processing returns
- Monitoring stock levels
- Stationary management and ordering
- Supporting the business owner to ensure the smooth running of the business including instore work
- Item labelling
- Helping the sales associates on the shop floor during peak times to ensure customers receive a prompt and lovely experience
As our ideal Administrator for this position you will need:
- To have ideally worked within a similar role and preferably in an owner managed/small retail business
- Be adaptable and flexible
- Excellent customer service skills
- To be highly organised
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- To be goal oriented and task driven
- Strong numeracy skills
- Excellent IT Skills and confident user of Microsoft packages and accurate keyboard skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise
- To be a team player and capable of taking some responsibility in the owners absence.
Salary between £25.000 - £28,000 based on relevant experience. For the higher salary we would expect previous managerial or supervisory responsibility please.
In summary, this position will provide you with a stable job with a small, successful owner managed business in a convenient town centre location and provide you with the chance to work with a beautiful range of products.
Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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