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Trade Support Administrator

Centre People Appointments
Posted 16 hours ago, valid for a month
Location

Edgware, Greater London HA8 7JG

Salary

£30,000 - £36,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A specialised international soft commodities trading company in Edgware is seeking a candidate with 2-3 years of relevant experience in office admin, trade support, sales admin, or logistics admin.
  • The position is a full-time, 12-14 month maternity contract with a salary of up to £32,000, depending on experience.
  • Candidates should possess strong Microsoft Excel skills and be fluent in English, with additional knowledge of Incoterms being desirable.
  • The role involves responsibilities such as contracts administration, customer and supplier liaison, and maintaining trading positions to support traders.
  • Hybrid working is allowed after the probation/training period, with standard office hours from 9am to 5:30pm.

A specialised international soft commodities trading company based in Edgware requires someone with around 2-3 years of office admin, trade support, sales admin, or logistics admin support to provide timely and well executed support to the team.

The role would suit someone with around 2-3 years of experience in a similar field, who likes to work an independent and hands-on position.

TYPE: Full time, 12-14-month maternity contract

LOCATION: Edgware, North London. (During probation/training, you will be required to attend the office, and then hybrid working is allowed)

Hours: 9am to 5.30pm with 1 hour lunch break

SALARY: Up to £32k, depending on experience

Trade Support Responsibilities:

  • Contracts administration and maintenance
  • Issuing call offs and shipping instructions to suppliers
  • Logging customer call offs on ERP (i.e. checking on prices, whether within agreed period, stock levels, Credit check if spot/prompt)
  • Customer/supplier liaison
  • Forward planning/position analysis/reporting- advising anomalies to traders
  • Pricing/cost exercises for new business tenders
  • Stock allocations for logistics
  • Overall responsibility of maintaining the trading position to support trader in sales
  • Issuance shipment F-File from start to finish- Import / export documentation addressing issues/amendments to supplier
  • Issuing instructions to agents, shipping lines and warehouses,
  • Following up with supplier payments
  • Trade finance (collections /LCs where applicable)
  • Monitoring ETAs, advising of any major changes to trader which may impact supply to clients.

Trade Support Ideal Candidate:

  • 2-3 years in international sales admin, trade support, logistics/shipping admin or related experience
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills
  • Fluency in English
  • Incoterms desirable but not necessary
  • A good team player with strong communication skills and attention to detail, able to independently work when needed

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 2 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.

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