Office Administrator

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR – WIGAN – PERMANENT – UP TO £26,500

Forrest Recruitment are delighted to be working exclusively with a longstanding client who have an exciting opportunity to join their established business. This award-winning company has an excellent reputation in their field and an impressive staff retention rate. They provide a wide range of specialist products to a variety of industries and are seeking a strong Administrator to join their Production site in Wigan. This is a standalone role working in the Warehouse Office, so requires the ability to work on your own initiative and with autonomy and involves managing materials despatched and all associated transport documentation.

Key duties as Office Administrator will include:

• Preparing orders for despatch using the ERP system and quality certificates
• Producing product labels for customer orders
• Creating Dangerous Goods Notes for export orders
• Populating daily despatch reports on Excel
• Liaising with business customers and freight forwarders to organise transportation of goods
• Stock management - inputting stock in/out on the ERP system and updating stock levels
• Assisting with stock/product audits
• Liaising with the Purchasing/Sales/Production/Warehouse/Planning teams
• Producing Goods-In labels for incoming raw materials
• Handling incoming calls and emails
• Providing all round administrative support to the team and the Production Supervisor - updating records, filing and ordering stationery

Hours of work

• Monday-Friday
• 8:00am-4:00pm ( 1hour lunch break)

The ideal candidate will have an Operations/Warehouse Administration background and be comfortable working alone. You will have strong attention to detail and knowledge of the Microsoft Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel) Previous experience of using an ERP system is an advantage.

*Immediate interview available with our client*

For further information about this opportunity please call Rhiannon/Leanne at Forrest Recruitment for a confidential discussion – (phone number removed). Alternatively, please forward your CV for immediate consideration, I look forward to hearing from you.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those successfully shortlisted for the role will be personally contacted.

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