Supply Chain Job - Export Documents Assistant - London

Role: Export Documents Assistant

Salary: £29,328 starting, salary will increase twice during first year as training milestones are passed, excellent benefits too!

Location: Central London/Hybrid (3 in office, 2 at home) plus occasional travel to other closely located offices

Skills: Export Documentation, Administrative skills, IT literate, Customer service

Status: Permanent

Hours: Monday - Friday 9-5pm (35 hour week)

Who You'll Be Working for: This well-known company is the voice of London business and the premier sounding-board for exports in the capital.

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• Have excellent communication skills and some administration experience.
• Have a visa to work in the UK for more than two years.

Export Documents Assistant - What you'll be doing each day:

Reporting to the Head of Trade Documentation and Services, the Assistant will advise upon, process and verify export documentation, consisting of ATA Carnets, Arab and UK Certificates of Origin and other Customs documents.

• Check, certify and issue ATA Carnets, Arab Documents, UK Documents and Customs Documents
• Administration and discharging of ATA Carnets
• Raising Invoices for International Trade Documents
• Cover branch offices when required to
• Deal with customer enquiries by phone, e-mail and face-to-face
• Be responsible for team stationery and daily maintenance of stock requirements and retrieve and move as necessary (located in basement, off site and department)
• Archiving of International Trade documents
• Maintain stocks of and process blank form orders
• Balance all sales against till printout and sign off with accounts department
• Attend all team and chief executive meetings
• Represent the Trade Documentation Team at Internal and some External Events
• Identify potential members and pass leads on to the membership team

Export Documents Assistant - The skills you'll need to succeed:

• Previous experience in an administrative role.
• An understanding of export documents
• To have a strong understanding of the importance of collaborative working with a teamwork orientated focus
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong organisational, time management and communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task
• Able to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work autonomously
• Good working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook

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