Core Purpose:
To provide seamless administrative support across sales, accounts, procurement, and daily office operations. This role bridges the gap between the customer, the factory floor and the finance department, ensuring orders are processed accurately and materials are sourced efficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
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Sales & Order Management
Proactive Growth: Contacting current and potential customers to secure business; researching and qualifying new leads for the sales team.
Order Accuracy: "Sense-checking" quotes for errors before they reach the client; raising formal orders on the GT system.
Production Liaison: Updating production and delivery schedules.
Logistics: Booking external transport and preparing delivery schedules/dispatch notes for drivers.
Reporting: Producing daily and monthly sales/invoicing reports for management.
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Purchasing & Finance Support
Procurement: Managing Sage-based purchasing (excluding bulk timber/ply) and administering "goods-in" against purchase invoices.
Audit Trail: Scanning and filing invoices/POs for the Finance team; reconciling supplier statements and general book keeping.
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General Administration
Site Support: Acting as the first point of contact for phone and mail enquiries.
Executive Assistance: Providing ad-hoc administrative support to the Managing Director and site management team.
Flexible to carrying out any other reasonable duties required.
Person Specification:
• A collaborative working style and focus on best practice, simplified ways of working and effective processes.
• Enthusiastic support of initiatives including CSR, Quality, Continuous Improvement, LEAN, Recycling etc.
• Adaptability and flexibility in changeable situations due to workload fluctuations.
• Ideally some experience of health and safety and maintaining ISO accreditations but this could be trained.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills plus good numeracy.
This role is a Temporary position but may lead to a Permanent position for the right person after 12 weeks.
Monday to Friday 07.30-16.15 or 08.00-16.00
Ideally we are looking for someone to start on Monday 19th October 2026
If interested please APPLY today and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch if your application is successful. Due to the amount of CVs we receive we cant always respond to everyone so if you don't hear back within 7 working days then your application will of been unsucsessful.
Skills Required
Administration
Sage
Scanning
Filing
Keywords
Administration
Sage
Scanning
Filing
