Transport Administrator

SLS Permanent Recruitment are looking to recruit a permanent Transport Administrator on behalf of our established road Haulage Client.  The Candidate will have some experience of working within a busy transport office. This position would be ideal for someone looking to develop their current skills further, and looking to progress in the future. To apply please send an up to date CV in a MS Word format.

Skills and Experience

Accustomed to working in a busy and pressured office environment.

The applicant will need to have very good organisational skills to keep on top of a variety of essential time specific tasks and also a very good attention to detail due to a large amount of important data entry.

Excellent communication skills with an ability to liaise effectively with work colleagues, drivers and new/existing customers via telephone and email.

A very professional and friendly telephone manner is essential to the role along with excellent customer service skills.

Previous involvement with the invoicing process would be helpful.

Assist with preparing documentation for drivers. E.g. training modules

You must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Data entry on several spreadsheets/Google worksheets.

Answering telephone calls from drivers and customers and relaying messages to relevant work colleague.

Assist with invoicing (updating invoicing records/photocopying/sending post)

Answering any incoming phone calls and dealing with them in the appropriate way and responding to emails on behalf of other team members.

Sending job details to drivers for the following day.

Various photocopying/filing of important documents.

Carry out any other tasks required to assist the smooth running of the transport office

Learning other roles within the business to assist in the future.