Business Assistant - Chemical Trading - Central London

Are you an Administrator or Business Assistant with experience gained in a multi-national trading organisation? Looking to work for a global supplier and distributor of Chemicals? We have an exciting role working at the European Head Quarters in Central London. Our client is a Global supplier of functional chemicals to a wide range of industries, with offices around the world it is a dynamic and influential organisation.

The Business Assistant will be a member of a small, dedicated team of professionals within the Chemicals Division.The role requires a broad range of business support and administrative responsibilities to facilitate international trade within the Chemicals, Polymers and affiliated industries.

Key Responsibilities include:

·Clear and effective communication by phone, email and other means with clients, suppliers and internal colleagues to expedite planning, ordering, delivery and accounting requirements of clients and suppliers.

·To work closely with colleagues to troubleshoot and resolve problems as they arise and pursue full external stakeholder satisfaction.

·Ensuring compliance with external and company regulations such as REACH, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Security Trade Control (STC) and take a high degree of responsibility toward customer credit control.

·Assisting the General Manager for a range of other administrative duties to support internal company reporting requirements as required.

·Accurate and timely record keeping ensuring company data reflects the reality of the Dept trading position, goods movements and credit exposure.

Relationships:

·Staff members and London based accounts, finance, legal and risk management.

·Overseas business Departments including other EMEA offices and Head Office.

·Commercial, logistics, technical and administrative customer and supplier staff members in the UK and overseas.

·Customer officers, hauliers, clearing agents, insurers etc.

Person Specification

·Knowledge of logistics, import and export procedures.

·Widespread experience of working in a multinational trading environment in an administrative and client-orientated support role.

·Candidates with a post compulsory education level, possibly even an undergraduate degree inMaths, Economics, Business, Finance or related would be advantageous although not essential.

In return our client is offering an attractive salary and benefits.Training and career development and progression within the global organisation.

Whitehall is the Recruitment Specialist for the Chemical, Polymer, Coatings and Life Science based Industries.