A specialised international food commodities trading company based in Edgware requires someone with around 2-3 years of office admin, trade support, sales admin, or logistics admin support to provide timely and well executed support to the team.

The role would suit someone with around 2-3 years of stable experience in a similar field, who likes to work an independent and hands-on position.

TYPE: Full time, Permanent

LOCATION: Edgware, North London. (During probation/training, you will be required to attend the office, and then hybrid working is allowed)

Hours: 9am to 5.30pm with 1 hour lunch break

SALARY: Up to GBP35k, depending on experience

Trade Support Responsibilities:

• Contracts administration and maintenance
• Issuing call offs and shipping instructions to suppliers
• Logging customer call offs on ERP (i.e. checking on prices, whether within agreed period, stock levels, Credit check if spot/prompt)
• Customer/supplier liaison
• Forward planning/position analysis/reporting- advising anomalies to traders
• Pricing/cost exercises for new business tenders
• Stock allocations for logistics
• Overall responsibility of maintaining the trading position to support trader in sales
• Issuance shipment F-File from start to finish- Import / export documentation addressing issues/amendments to supplier
• Issuing instructions to agents, shipping lines and warehouses,
• Following up with supplier payments
• Trade finance (collections /LCs where applicable)
• Monitoring ETAs, advising of any major changes to trader which may impact supply to clients.

TRADE SUPPORT IDEAL APPLICANT:

• 2-3 years in international sales admin, trade support, logistics/shipping admin or related experience
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Fluency in English
• Incoterms desirable but not necessary
• A good team player with strong communication skills and attention to detail, able to independently work when needed

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 2 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.