Sales Support Administrator

Key Details

If you’re organised, inquisitive, and looking to develop your career within a successful and expanding manufacturing business, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

We are working with a well-established and highly innovative engineering business to recruit a Sales Support Administrator to join their growing team. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys a varied role combining sales support, research, administration, and marketing coordination within a collaborative and supportive environment.

You’ll play a key role in supporting the commercial function, working closely with the sales team to identify new business opportunities, manage incoming enquiries, and ensure a smooth sales and order process from initial lead through to delivery and installation.

Key Benefits

• £30,000 – £32,000 pa Dependent on Experience
• Opportunity to join a growing and forward-thinking business
• Varied role with exposure to sales, marketing, and operations
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Whilst this is a full-time position, there is potential for flexibility around working hours

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to identify potential customers and new business opportunities
• Generate, contact and qualify leads, passing relevant opportunities to the sales team
• Maintain and update CRM systems (Microsoft Dynamics) with accurate customer and pipeline data
• Support the sales process by preparing quotes, pricing, and documentation
• Process customer orders and coordinate with internal teams to ensure timely delivery
• Liaise with service and operations teams to support complex installations
• Provide general administrative and operational support to the leadership team
• Support website updates and wider marketing administration tasks

Key Skills

• Prior experience in sales administration, customer support, or a similar operational role.
• Confidence speaking to and building relationships with prospective customers.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
• An analytical and investigative mindset; comfortable using data to support decisions.
• An interest in technical products, engineering, or manufacturing (experience not essential, curiosity is).
• Confidence working with CRM systems (Microsoft Dynamics or similar).
• A proactive, dependable approach with the desire to be a key support within a growing team.

About the Client

Our client operates in a specialist sector supplying complex technical equipment used across manufacturing, processing, and industrial environments. With increasing demand driven by changes in waste and landfill legislation, there is huge potential for growth, particularly in their expanding product line of industrial shredding solutions. Due to increased activity within the sales and operations teams, they are now seeking a full-time Sales Support Administrator to join their office-based team and provide essential day-to-day support.

Contact

Contact [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] consultant Jonny McPartland about this role: [contact hidden]

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