Working for Real Flame I accrued many vital skills of administration in an office environment whilst adapting my previous experience and learning a tremendous amount about the fireplace industry in order to perform my key role to the best of my abilities. Supporting the team around me meant I had to be highly organised in order to maintain the office and keep everything running smoothly and on time. That included such tasks as:Being in charge of the Quickbooks accounting softwareMonitoring the incoming and outgoing of goodsConstant managing of limited warehouse spaceLiaising with suppliers to make sure the right things came in at the right timesManaging accounts payableOrdering stock when neededTaking money from clients and processing all incoming fundsCreating sales orders, purchase orders and invoicesBooking in work over the phone with clientsStock takes and managing inventoryRunning reportsManaging and maintaining the customer databaseAll company filingMaintenance and upkeep of the showroomReconditioning old stock, damaged items and antique pieces.Serving clients in the showroom in during busy periods

At Kelso, an entertainment distribution company, I occupied an incredibly varied senior supporting role within the team. My responsibilities there included, but were not limited to:Liaising with customers, suppliers and other businesses such as Amazon.com, eBay and RakutenDealing with courier servicesProcessing and preparing ordersPreparing invoicesUpdating and maintaining online informationWriting product descriptions,Quality and stock control checksData entryScanning, photocopying and editing documentsFilingParticipating in and minuting meetingsRegularly covering the duties of both the warehouse and web managersRecording stock figures via Sage and Excel