Temporary Commercial Administrator
Posted 3 days ago by AMETEK
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Temporary Commercial Administrator at Fine Tubes in Plymouth involves providing essential support to the Commercial Team, focusing on customer order processing and administrative tasks. This full-time, office-based position requires a proactive individual with strong organizational and communication skills. The role is temporary for an initial six-month period, with the possibility of extension. Candidates should have prior experience in a commercial or sales administration role, ideally within a manufacturing or engineering context.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the processing of customer orders and preparation of order acknowledgements
- Assist with responding to general sales and customer enquiries
- Support the preparation of quotations, pricing information, and customer documentation
- Maintain accurate customer account data, contracts, and commercial records
- Provide general administrative and commercial support and assist with ad hoc tasks as required
Key Skills:
- A minimum of 12 months’ previous experience in a commercial or sales administration role
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a professional and customer-focused approach
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and manage multiple tasks
- Ability to work effectively under pressure, demonstrating drive, commitment, and resilience
- High attention to detail with consistently high levels of accuracy
- Strong numeracy and IT skills, including the ability to work confidently with complex spreadsheets
- Ability to work independently and complete tasks proactively
- Flexibility to adjust working hours to support peak business periods when required
- Ability to successfully pass a company medical, drug (hair follicle) and alcohol test, and background screening
- Ability to demonstrate behaviours aligned with the Company’s values
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Plymouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We are seeking a detail-oriented, proactive, and flexible Administrator to provide support to our Commercial Team at Fine Tubes, Plymouth. Reporting to the Key Account Manager, this is a full-time, office-based position, working 37.5 hours per week on day shift, Monday to Friday. The role is offered on a temporary basis for an initial period of six months with possible extension beyond.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Support the processing of customer orders and preparation of order acknowledgements
- Assist with responding to general sales and customer enquiries
- Support the preparation of quotations, pricing information, and customer documentation
- Maintain accurate customer account data, contracts, and commercial records
- Provide general administrative and commercial support and assist with ad hoc tasks as required.
Essential Requirements
- A minimum of 12 months’ previous experience in a commercial or sales administration role is essential, ideally within a manufacturing or engineering environment
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a professional and customer-focused approach
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and manage multiple tasks
- Ability to work effectively under pressure, demonstrating drive, commitment, and resilience
- High attention to detail with consistently high levels of accuracy
- Strong numeracy and IT skills, including the ability to work confidently with complex spreadsheets
- Ability to work independently and complete tasks proactively
- Flexibility to adjust working hours to support peak business periods when required
- Ability to successfully pass a company medical, drug (hair follicle) and alcohol test, and background screening
- Ability to demonstrate behaviours aligned with the Company’s values, including honesty, integrity, customer focus, quality, excellence, and innovation
AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion. AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500.