Title: German Speaking Sales Representative

Location: Dover

Salary: £24000

Our client based in Dover, Kent are one of the UK's most successful third-party freight booking and customs clearance agents. They are currently looking to appoint a fluent German speaker on a full time, permanent contract.

Working in a team of five, reporting to the Department Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a small section of our English and German speaking client base while looking for opportunities to develop and expand the services we are providing to those customers. You will have the opportunity to utilise both languages on a daily basis.

To fulfil this role, we require a candidate who is proficient in German, has a solid customer service background, is numerate and possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills in both languages, good computer literacy and experience of Microsoft applications including Word and Excel.

Main tasks

Making bookings on clients behalf on ferry services throughout Europe

Charging of jobs to be passed to administration department

Telephone calls on a daily basis to existing clients

Liaison with sales department for the completion of quotations to existing clients (providing information only - not producing quotations)

Based at their Eastern Docks office in Dover, this position offers a starting salary of £24000 per annum, a company pension scheme and twenty two days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays.

Working Monday to Friday, working 8am to 5pm three weeks from four and 9am to 6pm on the fourth week, with one Saturday morning in six, 9am to midday, and one UK Bank Holiday per year 9am to midday.

If this is something you would be interested in, please do not hesitate to apply.