We are pleased to be recruiting for a leading distributor based in Kings Langley who are looking for a Junior Administrator to join their warm and welcoming team on a full time, permanent basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to learn and develop new skills or put existing ones to good use.

Your day-to-day duties will involve assisting with the smooth and timely import and export of goods from the UK, EU, Far East, India, etc. You will also be responsible for arranging the packing of finished goods to be made ready and on time for customer deliveries.

This is a Monday to Friday position, hours are from 9am to 5pm. The salary for this position is paying between £26K to £28K (depending on candidate experience). The company offers a number of fantastic benefits including, hybrid working scheme (which kicks in after training is completed), excellent pension scheme, annual bonus scheme and much more!

Duties to include:

• Working collaboratively within a Logistics team of three.
• Placing, chasing, and raising payment requests for purchase orders.
• Managing and instructing suppliers, such as freight forwarders, factories in the UK and overseas, warehouses, packers.
• Keeping all schedules up to date and accurate.
• Raising sales orders and delivery notes.
• Liaising with customers to book in deliveries, comment on stock availability including expiry dates and provide accurate expected delivery dates at all times.
• Working closely with account managers within the department to jointly provide an exceptional service to our customers.
• Any other ad hoc tasks which may arise similar to the above.

Candidate requirements:

• Able to work under high pressure during peak times.
• An ability to multitask while still achieving accurate results to tight deadlines.
• Diplomatic, methodical, and logical.
• Some experience in Logistics either UK, or/and import, export would be an advantage.
• Numerate, and commercially aware.
• Excellent communicator.
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office. (Excel/Word/PowerPoint).
• Customer focussed, and always able to provide superb service.

Looking for the next step in your career? Think Specialist Recruitment.

Think Specialist Recruitment is an independent support staff recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: administration, customer service/call centre, PA/secretarial, human resources, accountancy and finance, sales admin/sales support, marketing and IT Helpdesk/IT support.

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