Job Description

This role would suit candidates from a Sales Administrator, Buying Admin / Assistant, Import Admin / Merchandiser background - Candidates will have experience managing the critical path
Our Client is a leading importer, supplying major retailers in the UK and due to their ever expanding growth they now have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Import / Sales Administrator to join their team
You will be dealing with incoming customer enquiries and assisting the sales force with daily sales administration activities, whilst processing a high volume of product orders, invoices for all sales transactions and checking prices and contracts are up to date.
Responsibilities:

• Updating in-store layouts.
• Initial selection meeting preparation.
• Chasing samples for meetings.
• Set up of new season's Critical Paths and Intake Sheets.
• Ensuring all information is being filled in on Critical Paths and Intake Sheets.
• Liaise closely with studio on new designs.
• Liaise with the display team to set up showrooms for meetings.
• Setting up new lines on the system.
• Recording and photographing new lines.
• Managing the product pool in terms of selected/deselected lines.
• Organizing samples for both internal and external meetings.
• Complete product component lists with all relevant information.
• Chasing and approving packaging from the factories.
• Chasing Gold Seals and liaising with Quality.
• Request Article Numbers from the customer and update on the Intake Sheet.
• Organizing weekly Critical Path meetings.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The successful candidate will need to have previous experience working as a Buying Administrator, Sales Administrator or Buying Assistant - preferably within an Importer / Supplier environment. You will have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office & Excel as well as solid communication & articulation skills and have the ability to multi task.