Full job descriptionSales Administrator (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000
Southwest London (Hybrid Working) 2 days in office
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly organised and detail-loving Sales Administrator to join a leading business on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
This position, which has become available due to an internal promotion, involves providing full administrative support to a supporting a busy sales team. This vacancy will be filled quickly, so apply today or call our office to discuss.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting promotional activity, maintaining commercial data, coordinating customer requirements, and ensuring the smooth day-to-day administrative operation of the sales function. This opportunity would suit an individual with some previous sales-support or administration experience who enjoys working with data, managing multiple priorities, and building strong relationships across teams. This is not a sales role but may suit someone who has previously worked in a sales, retail or property support role.
Based in modern, light and airy Southwest London offices, you’ll join a friendly and welcoming team where collaboration, problem-solving, and attention to detail are highly valued. Working with some of the UK’s most recognisable consumer brands, you’ll become an integral part of a growing commercial team within a fast-paced and highly successful organisation. This lifestyle brand is renowned for its high-quality products, strong heritage, and ambitious growth plans.
The offices are conveniently located close to excellent transport links, shops, cafés, restaurants, and local amenities.
This is a varied and rewarding role offering significant responsibility and exposure across multiple business functions. You’ll play a key role in supporting promotional activity, maintaining commercial data, coordinating customer requirements, and ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of the sales function.
Responsibilities of the Sales Administration:
• Managing weekly EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale) reporting, ensuring data is accurate, timely, and relevant for the wider commercial team.
• Supporting coordination, and execution of promotional activity across retail clients.
• Submitting promotional plans to customers and ensuring all information is accurate and aligned with internal processes.
• Maintaining promotional activity and customer records within ERP systems.
• Raising Purchase Orders (POs) and Goods Received Notes (GRNs).
• Supporting daily operations for Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain teams.
• Maintaining shared documentation, trackers, reporting files, and filing systems.
• Using Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPS & Formulas) extensively to analyse data, maintain reports, and support decision-making.
• Coordinating and managing product sample orders for internal and external requirements.
• Assisting with administration of trade shows, exhibitions, and industry events.
• Supporting the Head of Human Resources with internal meetings, events, office coordination, and facilities management activities.
Skills and Experience Required:
• Previous experience in a sales support, administration, commercial support, or similar role.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs & Formulas) and confidence working with large volumes of data.
• Excellent organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and manage multiple deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the confidence to work across multiple departments.
• Proactive, positive, and team-oriented approach.
• Experience using ERP systems would be advantageous but is not essential.
• FMCG, retail, or consumer goods experience would be beneficial.
What You’ll Receive:
• Exposure to the full commercial operation within a growing FMCG business.
• The opportunity to work closely with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, and Category teams.
• Hands-on involvement in customer promotions, reporting, and commercial processes.
• A varied role offering genuine ownership and responsibility.
• Experience supporting household-name brands within the UK retail market.
• Hybrid working and a collaborative team environment.
• Valuable experience within a highly respected and growing international organisation.#
Benefits:
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000
20 days holiday plus 8 days bank holidays
Company pension scheme with 8% employer contributions
Health and well-being programs, including employee assistance programs (EAPs)
Cycle-to-work initiative
flexible working hours
Employee assistance programs (EAPs)
Casual dress in the office
Discounts on company products.
Access to international trainee programmes