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Sales Support Executive

Kingdom People
Posted a day ago, valid for an hour
Location

Leigh, Lancashire WN7 1XS

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for an experienced Sales Support Executive in a fast-paced environment at an award-winning business experiencing growth.
  • The role offers a salary of £25,500, which increases to £26,500, along with various benefits including extra holiday days and a healthcare cash plan.
  • Candidates should have a good phone manner, strong communication skills, and a customer-focused attitude.
  • The job requires managing quotes, order processing, liaising with customers and suppliers, and maintaining accurate records in a paperless system.
  • A minimum of two years of relevant experience in sales support or a similar role is preferred for applicants.

Are you an experienced Sales Support Executive and are used to working in a fast paced environment? Would you like to work for an award winning business who are going through a period of growth? There is a salary of £25,500 increasing to £26,500 along with many great benefits.

The Role:

•         Providing and following up quotes

•         General Admin, paperwork

•         Samples recording and management.

•         Order processing Far East Orders

•         Liaising with customers via email and telephone.

•         Liaising with overseas suppliers (including European), primarily via email, seldom via telephone.

•         Quoting on large quantity stock orders and bespoke item orders, direct from the Far East.

•         Negotiation of pricing, lead times, and order specifics with suppliers.

•         Customer credit checks via DRA and Finance Dept.

•         Processing orders should they be transferred from quote to order stage. Addition to order software – Maginus, and potential other systems/files/sheets.

•         Arrange swatches, pre-production samples from suppliers, for the customer.

•         Assisting with shipping of products including calculating currency conversions, duty costs and freight costs

•         Placement and tracking of order with suppliers.

•         Chasing and applying pressure to suppliers in relation to lead times, schedules, and obligations.

•         Inspection Report review and approval/rejection.

•         Monitoring of stock re-works.

•         Ensuring shipments, and subsequent tracking.

•         Managing customer lead time/schedule expectations.

•         Liaison with UK warehouse to confirm receipt of goods and to arrange despatch.

•         Confirm deliveries to customers. Provide POD’s.

•         After-sales - dealing with customer issues, e.g. Print, Delivery queries.

•         After-sales – liaising with suppliers/factories, should issues arise.

•         Recording of all relevant order details and liaisons from start to finish, and any additional follow-up. Paperless system.

About You:

•      Good phone manner

•      Good communications skills

•      Customer focused

•      Keen to learn

•      Team player

•      Flexible

•      Patient

Benefits:

21 days holiday (which rise to 25 days with increased length of service) + Bank Holidays

Extra free days holiday if you book and use 5 consecutive holidays between Jan-May

Birthday Holiday

Early Finish of 4.30pm every other Friday

Working hours of 9am until 5.40pm

Free parking

Company Pension

Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Long Service Awards

Referral Programme

Discounts on in-house purchases

Discounts on Gym Membership/Spa treatments

Volunteering Days

Company Events

Close to public transport links

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.