4151- SALES ADMINISTRATORS

Job Title: 

SALES ADMINISTRATORS

Alternate Titles: 

Marketing administrator,Sales administrator,Sales clerk,Sales coordinator

Job Description: 

Sales administrators provide support to the process of selling equipment, materials and other products or services.

Education: 

There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants typically possess GCSEs/S grades or equivalent qualifications. Training is normally provided on-the-job. NVQs/SVQs in Administration are available at Levels 1 and 2.
Refer The S/NVQ framework for more details

NS-SEC: 

The simplified NS-SEC analytic class for this code is 3
The simplified NS-SEC operational category for this code is 7.2
Refer The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification for more details

Tasks: 


  • provides information to customers on products and prices;
  • fields telephone enquiries from prospective customers on behalf of the sales team;
  • prepares sales invoices and maintains records and accounts of sales activity;
  • handles customer complaints or forwards them to relevant member of sales team;
  • carries out general clerical duties.
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Source Of Info: 

Office of National Statistics UK