Administrative Assistant

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Are you looking for an Administrative role with a difference? Working as a Commodity Trading Assistant within a rapidly growing, well established UK trading company/manufacturer of special metals. We require a career minded individual to join their fast-growing team based in Essex.

For candidates with great potential but limited experience, full training will be given!

Job description

In this role you will have the opportunity to develop an exciting career within a trading/office environment. Your role will allow you to build knowledge of inventory control, contract management of purchases and sales,and producing reports against purchase materials. The position is interesting and quite varied. You will be working directly with the Managing Director, Commercial Director, liaising with accounts department and the production facility in the North of England. Ensuring the accurate processing of data onto our in-house systems.

It could well lead to a pathway for further progression into the commercial side of the business with very exciting career possibilities. The current Commercial Director came through this route.

So, what are we looking for?

• Proactive, flexible and proactive team player.
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Confident with numbers and accurate data input.
• Clear communicator both verbal and written.
• Willingness to work to tight time schedules with strong interpersonal skills.
• Determined; someone who enjoys challenges and overcoming them.
• Sense of humour.
• Useful if can speak French or German (not imperative).

GCSEs (minimum grade B or equivalent); Maths, English, Chemistry (preferably) or Combined Science.

What we are offering for this role:

• Highly competitive starting salary; School leaver (say) GBP17,000 - GBP25000 p/a, depending on experience.
• 25 days holiday p/a (plus bank holidays).
• Real scope for career progression and professional development.
• Discretionary bonuses.