Office Manager

Salary: £42,000 per year

My client, a successful B2B business based in Reading is recruiting an experienced Office Manager to manage their friendly office. Applicants must have recent experience of managing a small team ideally within a b2b business. You must have extensive office management experience and possess strong communication and administration skills. Please get in touch if you have the relevant experience below..

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting into the Managing Director, supporting 15 staff with administration and office management support

Receive and complete orders by e mail, phone and bespoke company software

Allocate operators to trucks as and when required

Allocate trucks to projects as and when needed

Record working hours and process wages to sage or similar software

Gather record and file information required for the billing of each project

Produce daily and weekly invoices

Liaise with company accountant on a weekly basis, dealing with any queries

Order and receive PPE

Issue and record the issue of PPE

Order office equipment, stationary and deal with all office queries

Assist with records for the company and each employee for Health and Safety, HR and each individual training etc.

Assist in adhoc projects to support MD and Managers

Scheduling internal and external meetings

Attending and taking meeting notes

Skills Required:

Educated to GCSE standard

Must have recent experience working in a similar Office Manager role

Experience of working in a stand alone role within an SME environment (ie, construction, plant hire, engineering, building services) is preferred

Proficient in Microsoft office (word, excel, powerpoint)

Knowledge of using CRM systems is desirable

Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills

Able to build good employee relationships

Must be able to work to tight deadlines

Confident in dealing with people at all levels of the company, to build strong relationships and challenge when necessary

Keen to learn and progress, with a very flexible approach to work

A good team player

Comfortable with technology, have the ability to learn new software packages quickly

High level organisational skills and ability to respond quickly to changing situations

Able to effectively manage and prioritise own activity

Company Benefits:

Salary up to £42,000 (depending on experience), office based hours 8.30am-5pm Monday-Friday, 20 days holiday + bank holidays, standard pension, car park