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Branch Adminstrator

  1. Permanent - Full time
£Competitive + Benefits + Bonus
  1. Travis Perkins
  2. Macclesfield, Cheshire

hrs/pw

Monday to Friday - FLEX between 20 and 30 hours

Macclesfield

47728

Joining our friendly and hard working TP family as a Branch Administrator, you’ll be; playing a vital role in our continued success, providing a first class service to the branch team and our customers. This is a part time role, Monday to Friday, between 20 and 30 hours per week.


Travis Perkins is the UK's largest supplier of building materials to the building and construction industry, supplying thousands of products and materials, and a hire service, to trade professionals and self-builders across the nation. With a wide range of quality timber, building materials, kitchens, plumbing and heating, landscaping, painting and decorating essentials and tools for the job - we do what matters for the trade.

 

What will I be doing?

Our Macclesfield branch is a BUSY one! We are a team of 22 colleagues operating a busy counter service, sales desk, tool hire, bathroom showroom and toolhire…..what a great place to work! No one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, our success is built on strong relationships with our customers so it’s essential that you can support the branch team so they can focus on their customer facing tasks, here are a few pointers:

  • Invoice matching and processing payments to suppliers

  • Prepare customer quotes

  • Email management

  • Ticket sorting, batching and input

  • Credit investigations and resolving of queries

  • Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that our standards never slip, by adhering to all stay safe policies and procedures.

What experience do you need?


Ideally you will have previous administration experience but you will definitely have great communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers and colleagues. Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers so it’s essential that you can help deliver the highest standards of service - the key thing is to be helpful and friendly at all times, you will likely get to know our customers on a first name basis. Computer skills are essential however full TP system training will be given.

Knowledge of the Construction or Builders Merchant industry is an advantage but not essential.


Does this sound like you?


With previous administrative experience you will be a confident communicator (building rapport is crucial to success), a strong team player with an ability to prioritise and organise your workload. 

 As a new colleague you will be encouraged to enrol onto a TP development scheme - which are available to colleagues and managers at all levels of our business. How will you know you are doing a great job and developing your career? Simple. We will support you with a development plan that embraces our values. 

 

Benefits

You’ll also receive £Competitive pay + Benefits (which includes a discretionary annual colleague bonus, contributory pension, life assurance, sharesave scheme, group wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation).  Plus we have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from airport parking to theme parks to eating out and cinemas. 


You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised, despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company. We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.


You be you, it makes us, us.


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