Sales Admin Support & Logistics Customer Care

Job description

New sales admin support & buying administration role for someone who is based in ESSEX. This is a most unusual opportunity and offers a talented administrator the chance for genuine long term growth with continuous training ( both in person and classroom based) to support your career .

You will be working for a profitable and stable engineering business based in Essex (Colchester area) and the company acts as a purchasing “ hub” for manufacturers across the world searching for key manufacturing spare parts and components . You will take enquiries directly from customers, then speak to suppliers globally to locate the spare parts that the customer needs. You will then agree a supplier price, add a profit mark up, and then speak to the customer . Once the price is agreed you will speak to the logistics team to arrange delivery.This is a nice, straight forward role in a friendly market-leading business!

TITLE: Sales Admin Support & Logistics Customer Care

SALARY : to £35,000 + 10% bonus and study support

Team: Buying team

Flexible working : This is an office-based role

LOCATION : Colchester in Essex (Free car parking available)

SECTOR : Manufacturing

HOURS: 8.30am-5pm ( 1pm-2pm closed for lunch )

COMPANY

Stable. Profitable global manufacturing business with an excellent staff retention rate and ongoing training opportunities available to support career growth

THE ROLE:

Customer Liaising: Sales and sales support

• Speaking to customers who are looking for a specific piece of heavy industrial equipment or essential spare part
• Understanding what spare part is required
• Agreeing a budget
• Producing quotations and agreeing terms of business
• Liaising with the logistics team once the spare part has been located & organising and coordinating delivery .
• Liaising with the customer on a regular basis Post

Supplier liaising: Purchasing admin & delivery logistics

• Researching new suppliers globally in order to source the required spare part
• Negotiate prices and delivery time frames with overseas suppliers
• Agree terms of business with supplier
• Liaise with the warehouse who will arrange all the logistics to the customer’s location

REQUIREMENTS

• Fluent English (other languages such as German or Italian are always helpful as the company operates globally)
• Car driver essential (the office location has no public transportation links)
• Min of 1 year admin or sales experience

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Colchester

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

01-03-2026

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English