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Customer Service and Internal Sales Advisor

Job Reference: Zad2

Admin and Secretarial
Carlisle, Cumbria
£24570 per annum
Permanent

How the role will make an impact:

We are now looking for a candidate to provide a quality customer service experience to our customers, whilst supporting the External Sales Team with key accounts, export and intercompany sales.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Professionally answer all calls promptly to our company standard and respond as appropriate to the nature of the call.
  • Continually building strong and credible relationships with the external sales team and customers; acting with the highest integrity and professionalism.
  • Provide a quality service in the administration and servicing of internal and external customers.
  • Accurately take and process verbal orders, maximising sales at all opportunities via upselling or cross selling.
  • Refer appropriate queries to external sales managers, with reference to specials orders and liaise closely with external sales managers regarding customer needs and expectations.
  • Refer appropriate queries to the Internal Sales Manager or Head of Sales regarding export and inter-company orders.
  • Accurately process orders using IT systems, and issue delivery orders -ensuring the system is continuously kept up to date
  • Liaise closely and work in partnership with Zoo's Warehouse Manager and Supervisors and other departments, to track, make additions and amendments to orders and ensure orders progress where necessary.
  • Deal with miscellaneous, technical or delivery issues on orders within your area of responsibility.
  • Build and maintain own product awareness and identify areas of product training where necessary.
  • Proactively contact customers both existing and new to obtain orders and/or to advise of promotions or products of specific interest.
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues, visitors, customers and managers.

Key Skills:

  • Strong communication skills.
  • High level of customer service skills projecting a positive, friendly and professional attitude at all times.
  • Attention to detail, organised and able to manage own workload.
  • Competent use of Microsoft packages - Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Ideally access to own transport due to location.

Benefits:

  • Competitive Salary
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Pension match up to 7%
  • 4 x Salary Life Assurance
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Free Eye Tests
  • Volunteering and Team Building Days

Working Environment & Team Set Up: Primarily Office Based, with a team of 8 including the Sales Office Manager who you will be reporting to directly.

Join us and be part of a team where your safety is as important as your success.