We have an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and motivated individual to join our Regional Admin Team as an Administrative Assistant. Based at our Brewers Decorator Centre in Chandlers Ford, you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive, efficient and confidential administrative support which is key to ensuring the effective running of the office support function. This is a varied administrative role that would suit someone with previous administration experience who is highly organised with a right first time approach to their work.
Working closely with the Regional Manager, Regional Operations Manager and Branches you will undertake a variety of admin tasks which are vital to ensure our processes and procedures remain compliant and support the effective administrative operation across the region. The working pattern for this role is Monday and Tuesday 8am to 5pm as standard. The flexibility to cover for holidays and absence would be advantageous.
A family run business for almost 120 years; we are proud of our long history in our industry and have grown our branch network to over 200 stores nationwide in the Brewers Group. We know that our people make our business unique, and place great emphasis on the development and growth of our colleagues.
We are proud to be one of the Sunday Times Top Track 250 largest private companies with sales of over £200m and despite the present global challenges we have a bold vision to grow further; both on-line and through a continually growing store network.
As an Administrative Assistant with Brewers some of your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the regional accounts function to chase and recover outstanding monies
- Checking manual documentation, cash refunds and returns notes
- Dealing with customer queries and complaints relating to their accounts
- Completing cash returns and maintaining petty cash
- Maintaining, checking all regional cashing up summaries, banking slips & E-statements
- Responding to and investigating any banking queries and till discrepancies
- Maintaining customer records
- Maintaining security of regional PDQ slips
- Secure disposal of confidential regional documentation
- Archiving of all regional documentation
- Producing reports as required
Who we are looking for to join our team:
- You will have strong organisational skills with the confidence to effectively plan and prioritise your workload
- You will be confident working on your own initiative
- Knowledge of sales ledger and credit control would be beneficial
- Friendly and approachable manner with the ability to communicate with people at all levels
- Excellent telephone manner and communication skills
- An understanding of the importance of working well as part of a team and be able to positively contribute towards the team environment
In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package consisting of:
- Competitive rates of pay
- 31 days holiday including bank holidays increasing with service (pro rata for part time)
- Free life assurance
- 5% of your salary employer contribution to the pension plan (subject to employee contributions)
- We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- Brewers Colleague discounts giving you huge savings on your home improvements
- Employee Assistance Programme - accessible to colleagues, partner/spouse and dependants
- Access to Medicash, an optional contributory scheme where you can claim money back for the most common routine healthcare treatments
- Discounts and rewards with selected partners - major high street brands, supermarkets etc
- Additional financial assistance such as Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loans and Helping Hand Loan Scheme for times of crisis,
- Staff uniform and uniform cleaning tax relief
- Comprehensive Induction Programme
- After a qualifying period, you will also be eligible for additional benefits such as profit related pay, enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay and a chance to use one of our two Company Holiday Homes in Cornwall or the Lake District
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please click the Apply Now button on this page to complete the mandatory application form.
Please note –this role may be removed from listings before the closing date if we are successful in finding an appointment.
Please ensure you fully complete the application process if you wish to be considered for this position. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to any applicants that do not complete the process.