Job Title: Sales Office Manager
Location: Preston
Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 pa dependent on experience
Job type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Hours: 40 Hours per week (Monday to Friday)
We are excited to be working with a dynamic and rapidly growing family-owned business in Preston to recruit Sales Office Manager to work with and lead our small sales team. Gafoor is a key player in their sector operating on a national basis, supplying poultry products to a range of both leading blue chip manufacturers and local retailers.
About the role:
The Sales department is a small team so this is a hands-on role and whilst you will be responsible for liaising with a wide range of customers and for managing the team you will also be hands on; processing sales orders, delivering seamless and outstanding customer service to new customers, ensuring fulfilment of existing orders and following up new opportunities.
You will need to be an approachable and confident individual who is able to quickly and effectively establish and maintain customer relationships in order to help increase sales and contribute to the success of the business. It is also essential to have a keen eye of detail and excellent numerical work.
In order to be considered for this role it is essential that you have had relevant prior experience in a similar manufacturing business. Candidates must also be currently eligible to work in the UK, as no sponsorship opportunities are available for this role.
Main Responsibilities:
- Liaise with current customers directly (via telephone and email) providing excellent customer service at all times
- Meeting daily targets for processing sales orders
- Processing credits and adjustments as required
- Sales order processing
- Handle speculative customer calls and respond to queries via phone and email
- Work in accordance with the company’s quality management system and in particular to follow any quality assurance work instructions applicable to the role
- Ensure all records, systems and paperwork are kept up-to-date
- Communicate with the wider sales team, logistics, operations & technical teams to ensure the customers’ orders are fulfilled to the right specification, on-time, in-full
- Working with the Operations team and communicating any issues to customers in a timely and professional manner
- Liaise with the sales director and managing directors on day-to-day matters
- Analyse data to produce reports as required
- Support the development of new IT systems and business processes
- Assist with updating production plans and responding to changes
- Signposting and passing through non sales enquiries to the relevant department
- Assist in the arrangement of despatch documentation
- Assist with after-sales queries including order tracking or issues including shortages
The Candidate:
- Excellent communication skills and professional telephone manner
- Self-motivated and driven with a collaborative and strong team ethic
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Mentoring and day to day line management of 2 trainees within the sales team
- Proficient in all Microsoft I.T packages
- Experience of working in a similar role, ideally within a manufacturing environment
- Commercial awareness, with the ability to negotiate and think on your feet to respond and resolve customer queries
- Able to work and find solutions under pressure
- Able to juggle multiple priorities
If you are seeking the chance to join a well-established company who will offer you a rewarding career, with the potential to progress please send your CV in for immediate consideration.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Sales Team Lead, Sales Manager, Sales Coordinator, Senior Sales Executive, Business Development Manager, Business Development Lead, Senior Sales, Business Development, Business Development Lead, Senior Account Manager, Senior Sales Coordinator will also be considered for this role.
