About Crown Lift Trucks Ltd

Since its entry into the material handling industry in the 1960s, Crown Equipment Corporation has earned a reputation for exceptional product design, engineering, and manufacturing of its award-winning line of electric lift trucks.  From our smallest pallet truck to our highest lifting VNA truck, our goal is to always provide the user with the safest, most efficient and ergonomic forklift truck possible.  Crown supports customers with a wide selection of electric forklift trucks ranging from pallet trucks to very narrow-aisle VNA trucks.

Our brand promise is:

“Crown designs, manufactures, distributes, services and supports material handling products that provide customers with superior value.”

Quality and performance are the foundation of Crown’s success. Since our inception, our company culture has always been about people performing and working as a team to ensure that quality is built into every forklift truck we make.

Crown’s headquarters, manufacturing facilities and network of branches offer diverse and challenging careers in a broad range of professional and vocational roles.

Job Description

 

The Business Admin Administrator role has a real responsibility, working on their own initiative to support and engage with different parts of the organisation and interact with internal and external business partners. 

Your role contributes to the efficiency of the organisation, supporting the sales process of asset financing and management, working with many teams, and resolving issues. 

You are looking at a secure, long-term career, in an industry and company that is here to stay.

As a Business Admin Apprentice in our Finance department, you will;

·       Undertake a Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship, completing set modules on time and attending college as necessary.

·       Support the Commercial and Funding Coordinator in their wide-reaching day to day role completing the sale of Crown’s assets to third party funding partners, developing an understanding of office procedures through on the job training.

·       Use of Microsoft applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.

·       Learn Crown administrative procedures, and how to use in house and partner software.

·       Part of what we do is to arrange sales of Crown Equipment to Customers who opt to use third party leasing companies.  This role will:

o   Collate data and documents to ensure a smooth sales process, working with the Sales team, Sales Admin team and other departments.

o   Assist with queries from the business about any live agreements.

·       Crown also will purchase back trucks that have ended their leases.  This role will develop to:

o   Support relationships with the Sales Teams to ensure that assets are brought back into Crown ownership on a timely basis.

o   Ensure that assets now owned by Crown are recorded correctly.

·       Ensure traceability of documents through review and support the management of filing of documents correctly and on a timely basis.

·       Assist in raising manual invoicing to business partners relating to maintenance contracts, supporting the finance team in ensuring that accounts are kept in order.

·       Build relationships and maintain regular contact with stakeholders, keeping them fully updated in relation to any changes that will affect the sale process.

·       This role is expected to evolve over time, taking on more responsibilities as skills are developed.

Person Specification

Essential   Skills:

 

·       You must be willing to learn and can follow instructions.

·       You must have excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail.

·       Friendly and able to build relationships with colleagues and customers.

·       A*-C / 4-9 grades or equivalent in Maths and English as a minimum.

·       I.T. literate and familiar with Microsoft “Word”, “Excel” or equivalent software.

·       Ability to work efficiently and accurately.

·       Highly motivated

·       The ability to work as a team member and possess good interpersonal, communication and literacy skills.

·       To be able to prioritise workload and work under own initiative. 

Desirable  Skills:

·       No prerequisite experience required but a desire to be part of a successful team and possess a great work ethic.

Vacancy Details

Hours of Work

 

Monday to Thursday – 09.00am to 5.30pm with one hour for lunch             Friday – 09.00am to 5.00pm with one hour for lunch.

Company Benefits Employee Assist

 Holidays

 25 days holiday not inclusive of bank holidays

 Pension

Company pension Plan

At Crown, we know that our employees are the driving force behind our success in the material handling industry. We cultivate a culture of passionate people and inspired innovation. In fact, throughout Crown’s history, more than 1,000 employees have reached a 25-year milestone, and we are proud to have travelled their career paths with them.

From employee training and development to competitive compensation packages, we invest in our employees, knowing that people are always at the core of what moves us forward.

In addition to financial remuneration and participation, we our offer our employees’ various social benefits including but not limited to.

 

Any questions please contact me on karen.ledger@crown.com.

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If you have any further queries regarding this job, please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team at Crown Lift Trucks Ltd on 01256 300211 or via uk.recruitment@crown.com

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