Immediate start: German Speaking Sales Administrator/Support

This prestigious distribution and manufacturing company based in North West Bristol is looking to recruit a fluent/Native German speaking candidate to provide valuable support to the sales team. 

• Back up administration service to our two German sales managers who operate out in the market
• Customer and prospect enquiries for stock levels, be email, phone and fax
• General price and product enquiries from customers
• Proactive stock availability communications to Retailers
• Provision of specific quotations to customers and prospects
• Logging of quotations on SAGE system
• Logging of orders on SAGE system, order confirmations sent to customer
• Ongoing order communication to customers post-order and pre-delivery
• Invoices and dispatch notes for shipments out of the warehouse, provision of information to warehouse manager for preparation of shipments
• Liaise directly with customers and sales managers on all of the above
• Maintenance of central database with customer and prospect details
• Provision of database extracts for mailings/eblasts to Sales Managers & Marketing Dept
• General proactive sales approach, identifying sales opportunities, developing customer communications
• Filing and general administration, maintenance of account and library histories
• Take part in occasional Showroom visits by customer
• Occasional trade show stand attendance involving face to face customer liaison

 Desirable and essential attributes

• Bi-lingual fluent/Native German along with English written and spoken is essential
• Experience managing heavy workloads and prioritising
• Experienced administrator
• Excellent telephone manner
• Resourceful
• Team Player
• Experience with Microsoft Office esp Exel
• Ability to learn systems quickly - we use SAGE500 ordering system and SAGE Act Database Management tool
• Ability to assimilate complex information - our product is quite technical and there is a wide range of products

Other information

• There will be opportunities for occasional travel to Germany and also other events
• Expected salary range £22 - £24,000