Sales Administrator
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2025 |
| Location: | Kettering, Northamptonshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Fox Resourcing and Recruitment Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | FOXANKETT02 |
Summary
Our client urgently requires a Sales Administrator to work for a local company based in Kettering.
Hours are Monday to Friday 08.00-16.30pm.
We are seeking to recruit a Sales Administrator to join our busy Certification Team who assess and certifies items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to European and UK market requirements.
About the role
As a member of the Certification Team, you will be working alongside a fantastic team of colleagues who operate from our offices in the UK, Ireland and China. This role will involve the support of the Module C2 & D team.
Responsibilities
• Respond accurately and professionally to customer enquiries within agreed timeframes.
• Coordinate customer projects, maintaining visibility of inbound, ongoing and outbound work.
• Provision of routine project progress updates to both customers and the operations manager.
• Fulfilment of general administrative duties associated with the creation and booking-in of customer projects and product samples.
• Contact the in-house and 3rd party subcontractors for sample testing.
• Review the test reports and give suggestions to the Decision Maker.
• Work to acquire a technical understanding of customers products and companies range of PPE services.
• Develop good working relationships with both colleagues and customers.
• Maintain contact with the customer base via telephone, email, on-site meetings and video call.
• Maintain accurate data on the company CRM system.
• Contribute to other sales and marketing activities, as required.
About you
Essential
• A minimum of GCSE Grades A-C in Maths, English and a Science (or equivalent qualifications/experience).
• A confident self-starter.
• Highly organised and self-motivated.
• Inquisitive and a natural problem solver.
• Ability to prioritise work and multitask across several initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal skills and able to build rapport with both customers and colleagues at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly competent in the use of Microsoft Office products, including MS Word and Excel.
Desirable
• Desirable is a background in PPE/Product Certification and/or familiarity with PPE product standards.
Benefits Include
Staff benefits include 25 – 30 days (service related) annual leave; life assurance; a group personal pension plan; income protection; free parking; flexible working hours.
Fox Resourcing is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Data Protection Notice
Fox Resourcing and Recruitment will use the information given on your application for recruitment and selection, human resource management and for employment and business purposes in respect of successful candidates. The information you give us will be kept confidential and your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties without your prior consent except where necessary to confirm factual information provided by you, to provide services in respect of your employment (such as payroll services) and in compiling anonymous statistical data required to be submitted to Government agencies. Fox Resourcing & Recruitment uses procedures and technologies to maintain the security, integrity and confidentiality of all personal data from the point of collection to the point of destruction. You have a statutory right to request details of your personal data which Fox Resourcing & Recruitment holds and we will correct and update the same from time to time as notified by you.
Candidate Declaration
By submitting my application I agree to the use of my information as outlined in the above statement. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information I have provided is correct and true. I realise that if it is found that I have deliberately given false or misleading information I may be disqualified from further consideration or, if appointed, may be summarily dismissed.
Hours are Monday to Friday 08.00-16.30pm.
We are seeking to recruit a Sales Administrator to join our busy Certification Team who assess and certifies items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to European and UK market requirements.
About the role
As a member of the Certification Team, you will be working alongside a fantastic team of colleagues who operate from our offices in the UK, Ireland and China. This role will involve the support of the Module C2 & D team.
Responsibilities
• Respond accurately and professionally to customer enquiries within agreed timeframes.
• Coordinate customer projects, maintaining visibility of inbound, ongoing and outbound work.
• Provision of routine project progress updates to both customers and the operations manager.
• Fulfilment of general administrative duties associated with the creation and booking-in of customer projects and product samples.
• Contact the in-house and 3rd party subcontractors for sample testing.
• Review the test reports and give suggestions to the Decision Maker.
• Work to acquire a technical understanding of customers products and companies range of PPE services.
• Develop good working relationships with both colleagues and customers.
• Maintain contact with the customer base via telephone, email, on-site meetings and video call.
• Maintain accurate data on the company CRM system.
• Contribute to other sales and marketing activities, as required.
About you
Essential
• A minimum of GCSE Grades A-C in Maths, English and a Science (or equivalent qualifications/experience).
• A confident self-starter.
• Highly organised and self-motivated.
• Inquisitive and a natural problem solver.
• Ability to prioritise work and multitask across several initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal skills and able to build rapport with both customers and colleagues at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly competent in the use of Microsoft Office products, including MS Word and Excel.
Desirable
• Desirable is a background in PPE/Product Certification and/or familiarity with PPE product standards.
Benefits Include
Staff benefits include 25 – 30 days (service related) annual leave; life assurance; a group personal pension plan; income protection; free parking; flexible working hours.
Fox Resourcing is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Data Protection Notice
Fox Resourcing and Recruitment will use the information given on your application for recruitment and selection, human resource management and for employment and business purposes in respect of successful candidates. The information you give us will be kept confidential and your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties without your prior consent except where necessary to confirm factual information provided by you, to provide services in respect of your employment (such as payroll services) and in compiling anonymous statistical data required to be submitted to Government agencies. Fox Resourcing & Recruitment uses procedures and technologies to maintain the security, integrity and confidentiality of all personal data from the point of collection to the point of destruction. You have a statutory right to request details of your personal data which Fox Resourcing & Recruitment holds and we will correct and update the same from time to time as notified by you.
Candidate Declaration
By submitting my application I agree to the use of my information as outlined in the above statement. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information I have provided is correct and true. I realise that if it is found that I have deliberately given false or misleading information I may be disqualified from further consideration or, if appointed, may be summarily dismissed.