Sales Administrator
23 days ago
Hinckley
Sales Administrator / Sales Estimator \n Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire Salary: £26,000 - £29,000 per annum Job Type: Full-time, Permanent \n We are recruiting for an experienced Sales Administrator / Sales Estimator to join a growing manufacturing business in Hinckley. \n IMPORTANT: Candidates MUST have previous manufacturing estimating experience, including preparing quotations and calculating costs for manufactured products. \n This role would suit someone with a strong background in manufacturing sales administration who is confident managing customer enquiries, preparing estimates and quotations, processing orders and liaising with production teams. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Review customer enquiries, specifications and requirements to understand manufacturing needs.\n, • Prepare accurate estimates, costings and customer quotations.\n, • Calculate costs based on materials, labour, production requirements and manufacturing processes.\n, • Obtain supplier and material costs to support accurate pricing.\n, • Process customer orders accurately from initial enquiry through to delivery.\n, • Prepare quotations, order confirmations and relevant documentation.\n, • Follow up quotations and support the conversion of enquiries into orders.\n, • Provide customers with pricing, lead times, order updates and delivery information.\n, • Liaise with Production, Procurement, Quality and Logistics to ensure customer requirements are met.\n, • Maintain accurate customer, pricing and order information within CRM/ERP systems.\n, • Monitor order progress and proactively communicate any delays or issues.\n, • Build strong relationships with customers and provide a high level of service.\n, • Support the wider sales team with administration and account management activities.\n\n Essential Skills & Experience \n\n • Manufacturing estimating experience is ESSENTIAL.\n, • Proven experience preparing estimates, costings and quotations within a manufacturing environment.\n, • Experience calculating costs involving materials, labour and/or manufacturing processes.\n, • Previous experience within manufacturing, engineering, fabrication, machining or a similar production environment.\n, • Experience within Sales Administration, Sales Estimating, Internal Sales, Technical Sales or Sales Support.\n, • Strong numerical skills and excellent attention to detail.\n, • Confident communicating with customers, suppliers and production teams.\n, • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.\n, • Experience using CRM and/or ERP systems.\n, • Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.\n, • Proactive, commercially aware and customer-focused approach.\n\n Benefits \n\n • £26,000 - £29,000 salary.\n, • Permanent, full-time position.\n, • Training and ongoing development.\n, • Career progression opportunities.\n, • Supportive and collaborative working environment.\n, • Pension scheme.\n\n If you have proven manufacturing estimating experience and are confident producing costings and customer quotations, we would love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV. \n