Sales Administrator - St. Austell, United Kingdom - Kernow Fixings Ltd

Description

We're looking for an Executive Assistant to support the Directors at our company, a small-medium size construction supplier with approx.

50 employees.

The role will also include providing some administrative support to the Sales Team, particularly producing reports, both internally for staff and externally for customers, and supporting field-based Sales personnel.

There may also be other general office and IT-related tasks required, as required by the Directors. You will report to the Sales Director.


Key Characteristics
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Credibility - trustworthy, respectable, and believable.
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Composure - steadiness of mind, especially under stress. Calm and tranquil with maintain positive attitude. Willingness and hardiness to change.
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Confidentiality - this is of utmost importance; ethical principle of discretion is expected.
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Competence - having the requisite qualities to complete a task without wasting time, effort, or expense. To demonstrate resourcefulness and find solutions to problems.

Honesty, trustworthiness, and confidentiality are absolutely critical. The Directors must be able to trust you implicitly with sensitive information and financials.

You are expected to take full ownership of your work and priorities, accepting full responsibility for completing these, without finding excuses or using blame if something is not done correctly.

Key Skills
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Detail-oriented and accurate, taking pride in your work:

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  Outstanding time and task management and organisational skills:

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Energetic and passionate to tackle new projects and ideas:

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  Team-player able to build productive relationships across the organisation:

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Resourceful with can-do attitude, willing to positively take on challenges:

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  Excellent written and verbal communication skills:

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Able to touch type accurately (minimum 75 words per minute):

Experience
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Microsoft Office - competent using all programs within Office suite, particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
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Excel - this is critical. You must have a high level of understanding and experience of working spreadsheets and formulas, manipulating data, maintaining detailed records, and able to produce professional and consistent reports.


Company Standards

• We expect a high standard of behaviour and respect from all staff to each other.
• We expect professional deportment from all staff, in terms of conduct and dress.
• We strictly do not tolerate any bad language, swearing, lewd talk or blasphemy.

What you can expect from us

Directors
We are a family business and committed to taking care of our employees.

All Directors are family members, and we hold ourselves available and approachable to each individual employee directly to provide help and advice on any work or personal matters they wish to discuss.

We have a low turnover of staff and several employees have been with the company for over 25 years.


Environment

We are committed to providing a happy, safe, and comfortable environment for all employees, including the provision of snacks and drinks, and regular free staff lunches.

We invest in the best IT equipment, work methods, and training to make your job as easy as possible.


Training

Upon completion of your probation period, or as soon the Directors feel confident in you, we will pay for you to attend relevant training course(s) for your personal and professional development.

We use the highest standard training providers available.


Perks & Rewards

We provide regular and ongoing perks and rewards, including an Employee Champion Scheme to win extra holiday, quarterly staff lunches (e.g., an extended lunch break to enjoy a BBQ cooked by the Directors), and monthly and quarterly performance-based bonuses.

Progression
We will have ongoing opportunities across all departments of the business for progression and development.

The benefit of this particular role as an EA for the Directors means you will have to do with all areas of the business and gain wide expertise and knowledge, easily transferrable into other positions.

As the business grows, new roles will open up for Team Leaders and Managers across the business and you will be given these opportunities.

Salary:
£22,500.00-£25,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Flexitime
• Profit sharing

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Quarterly bonus

Work Location:
One location