Sales Support Administrator 6 month FTC
- Location:High Wycombe
- Job Industry:Engineering
- Reference:58572_1782650342
- Job Type:Contract
- Skills:--
- Salary:£30000 - £34000 per annum
We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Sales Account Administrator to support our EMEA sales team. In this pivotal role, you will manage the administrative functions that underpin our sales operations – from order processing and Salesforce updates to customer communication and documentation handling.
If you’re highly organised, thrive under pressure, and enjoy working cross-functionally with teams across Sales, Service, Finance, and Logistics – this could be the role for you.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Support the EMEA sales team to achieve sales goals and customer satisfaction.
- Manage order entry and update order progress via Salesforce (including MOCT creation in Agile) and order acknowledgement to customers.
- Maintain accurate records of leads, prospects, and sales campaigns in Salesforce.
- Coordinate with internal teams to communicate shipping details (ETA, tracking) to customers.
- Follow up on overdue payments and support after-sales customer satisfaction.
- Update and distribute the weekly Rolling Order Summary Sheet.
- Provide regular reporting on opportunities from Salesforce.
- Raise and process RMA requests, concessions, order amendments, and warranty orders for sales.
- Create and update customer accounts in IFS; complete supplier setup forms.
- Prepare basic quotations and provide lead times to support the sales cycle.
- Liaise with Service teams to ensure coordination on service-related orders.
- Ensure all documentation (tenders, contracts, transactions) is accurately saved and managed.
- Collaborate with business teams in the USA, UK, Italy and Germany to ensure timely order processing.
- Support with agent commission forms.
- Customer credit checks.
- Review customer terms and conditions on purchase orders in multiple European languages.
- Any other related duties that may be required from time to time.
Key Competencies & skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail with high levels of accuracy.
- Assertive and confident when liaising with sales engineers and other stakeholders.
- Able to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure.
- Collaborative mindset; team player with a proactive, can-do attitude.
- Highly organised and process-driven.
- Ability to confidently communicate and work with multilingual territories within Europe.
Order Processing & accuracy
- 100% of customer orders processed within 24 hours of receipt (with complete documentation).
- Error rate in order entry < 1% per month.
- Order confirmation sent to customer within 1 working day of order entry.
Financial / Payment Support
- Follow-up on 100% of overdue payments weekly, with clear documentation of escalation or resolution.
Documentation and reporting
- Weekly Rolling Order Summary sent on schedule 100% of the time.
- RMA, concession, or amendment requests actioned within 48 hours.
- All new customer account setups completed within 2 business days of request.


