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Sales Administrative Assistant Amsterdam

  • Hbo
  • Wo and/or higher
  • Amsterdam
  • Permanent
  • Fulltime

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Would you like to work in an international environment, in a big Japanese company and handle contact with multiple stakeholders from all over Europe? Do you thrive in a back-office sales support role? Then read on and apply!

About the company

Our customer produces and supplies an extensive range of connectors for many different applications and industries, using advanced technology.

Salary and hours per week

  • Salary: Between € 2900,- to € 3400,- gross based on 39 hours a week
  • 39 hours per week
  • Start: As soon as possible

About the job

We are looking for a full-time Sales Administrative Assistant to join our client's European team. In this position, you will work directly with one or more of their Sales and Development Managers.

Main responsibilities:

  • Provide efficient and effective support service to the external sales team, discussing developments within the customer base;
  • Receive, process and coordinate all sales inquiries, this may involve liaising with other members of staff within the Europe or Tokyo office, ensuring that the replies are sent in a timely and professional manner;
  • Answer customer inquiries on products, using the catalog or the website. Any technical question can be referred to the Technical Sales Coordinator or Business Development Manager (BDM);
  • Log all customer inquiries on sales database SAP Business One (SBO);
  • Update customer information and progress of inquiries on database SBO;
  • Occasional proactive telephone sales campaigns;
  • Organize and dispatch all samples and catalogs requested by customers, followed by telephone calls to see if they received what they require;
  • Establish a good working relationship with all customers and distributors;
  • Provide quotations using SBO, followed up by telephone call to establish customer feedback regarding prices, projects, suitability of the products, log communication in SBO and communicate with sales team;
  • Provide regular quotation tracking reports to the BDM;
  • Process and track the status of customer sales order liaising with the Central Logistics Controller in Amsterdam head office and ensuring the customer's needs are met to satisfaction;
  • Support Sales administration duties;
  • Handling Purchase Order, Stock, Shipping Documents, Delivery Control on SBO.

Required Skills/Competencies

  • Experience in back-office as a sales assistant (mandatory);
  • Experience in business administration such as PO, invoice, stock control (mandatory);
  • English language, any other European languages are advantageous;
  • Experience in SAP or SBO system (preferable);
  • Team player;
  • Pro-active and hands-on attitude towards assigned work objectives;
  • Excel (pivot-tables and v-look up) & MS Word skills;
  • Flexibility.

Contact

Are you interested in the position and do you have the required skills and experience. Please send us your CV with a short letter of motivation. You will receive an answer from us within 5 working days. For more information please check our website www.projob.nl or call us at 020 - 5738383. We are looking forward to hearing from you!