Apprentice Sales Office Administrator JOHN HORNBY SKEWES & CO LTD

JOHN HORNBY SKEWES & CO LTD

Apprentice Sales Office Administrator JOHN HORNBY SKEWES & CO LTD

£12480

JOHN HORNBY SKEWES & CO LTD , Moor Garforth, Leeds

  • Full time
  • U
  • Onsite working
  • Apprenticeship programme

Posted 2 weeks ago, 16 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 8095692fd4e84cd8b7e35b0ce691649c

Full Job Description

  • Processing of domestic and export trade customer orders received via various methods, preparation of customer orders to include order input, confirmations, preparing and issuing Pro-Forma invoices and managing the dispatch process

  • Liaising with freight forwarders and service providers to facilitate the seamless provision of excellent customer service

  • Generating correct and precise documentation to

  • accompany goods where necessary
  • Working closely in cooperation with the Sales Office Team

  • Leader and all company departments and colleagues to ensure the highest levels of customer care are always met, efficiency and
    effectiveness are at their maximum and the Company's objectives
    and goals are met.
  • Working closely in cooperation with the Business

  • Development Managers to ensure customer care, and aftersales
    service levels are met
  • Ensuring the El0 customer database is accurately

  • maintained, updated
  • Ensuring customer pricing on the El0 system is accurately

  • maintained
  • Monitor new account applications and provide a welcome

  • email to all new successful applications
  • Oversee and manage the process of helping prospective

  • customers and new trade customers with their enquiries and the
    application process, including immediate access to the trade web
    site portal
  • Politely, confidently and accurately receive and deal with

  • customer general and pricing queries
  • Politely and confidently receive, deal with, and where

  • necessary take high level ownership to resolve customer queries
    and complaints
  • Assisting in general Sales Office duties as required


  • Induction:
  • An established induction process commences on the first

  • day of employment, This programme will allow the apprentice to develop their skills, knowledge and behaviours through the practical period at college as well as in the workplace doing on-the-job training. The broad purpose of the occupation is to provide a high-quality service to customers which will be delivered from the workplace, digitally, or through going out into the customer's own locality. These may be one-off or routine contacts and include dealing with orders, payments, offering advice, guidance and support, meet-and-greet, sales, fixing problems, after care, service recovery or gaining insight through measuring customer satisfaction. You may be the first point of contact and work in any sector or organisation type

    The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, be an engaging and adept communicator, be a musician and / or have music products industry knowledge and / or experience of musical instruments and / or PA equipment., The primary objective of the role is proactively growing sales. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills:
  • Be an engaging and adept communicator

  • Be a musician and / or have music products industry knowledge and / or experience of musical instruments and / or PA equipment

  • Be literate, numerate

  • Competent with MS Office applications and CRM

  • Work well in a team and independently with direct experience in business to business sales or be an enthusiastic learner with clear potential, Communication skills, IT skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Customer care skills, Problem solving skills, Administrative skills, Number skills, Analytical skills, Logical, Team working, Creative, Initiative, Patience, Physical fitness, Microsoft Word & Excel, Willingness to learn, GCSE or equivalent English (Grade C / 4) Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade C / 4) Essential

    Distribution of Musical instruments, merchandise, amplification and karaoke equipment.

    You could reduce your training time, or finish your apprenticeship faster, if you have relevant prior learning or experience. This could be relevant:
  • training

  • qualifications, like an NVQ in a relevant field

  • industry or sector experience