Sales Administrator

Role overview

• ID: 2024-5923
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry East Anglia
• Department: Sales & Marketing
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Date Posted: 15.07.2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sales Administrator to join our team within Vistry East Anglia, at our Peterborough office. As our Sales Administrator you will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Sales and Marketing Director, and the team, to ensure the smooth running of the Sales & Marketing Department. You will possess excellent planning and organisational skills and structured in your approach to work with a keen attention to detail. You will be process driven with strong IT skills and a passion for driving improvement through the use of technology. 

We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...

  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality

  • 5 GCSEs to include Maths and English at grade C or above (or equivalent)

  • Experience of working in a PA or administrative role, working to tight deadlines

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

  • Excellent organisational skills

  • Able to communicate effectively at all levels within the business

  • High attention to detail

  • Able to produce accurate work, to tight deadlines

  • Able to work both as part of a team and independently when required

  • Confident when dealing with customers both internal and external

  • Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it

  Desirable -

  • Business administration qualification

  • Experience of working within a sales department

  • Experience of working with customer databases

  • PowerPoint

• More about the Sales Administrator role...
  • Provide administrative support to the Sales and Marketing Department
  • Assist the Regional Sales & Marketing Director with planning, organisation, and reporting
  • Full Administrative support; filtering, prioritising, re-routing and responding to queries in a timely and professional manner, both verbally and in writing.
  • Input into internal systems i.e., Keys, SERUM and COINS and produce necessary reports
  • Process Sales Variation Orders and work with the Commercial Department to ensure POs are raised in a timely manner and payments for customer extras are received
  • Raise Purchase Orders for all sales running costs and action goods deliverable notes on COINS Accounts system
  • Ensure payment deadlines are met by processing all invoices in a timely and efficient manner
  • Liaise with internal departments and external contractors
  • Respond to and resolve a wide range of queries from internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ensure you have read the Company’s health and safety policies and procedures observe them at all times.
  • Ensure your workplace is kept tidy and any hazards are eliminated or reported to your line manager.
  • Attends all health and safety training as required by the Company.
  • Liaise with customers and escalate queries to the relevant area
  • Main contact for all live sites, offering all relevant assistance with regards to paperwork, general queries and ad hoc requests

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We’re Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they’re needed most.

You’re probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there’s nowhere better to build your career. We’re proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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Benefits

Agile Working

Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.