Subcontracting Assistant

Salary: £25,431.12 per annum

Working Pattern: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Closing Date: Thu 06 Mar 2025 - 11:59 pm

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Subcontracting Assistant

The Kingsferry Group Gillingham, The Travel Centre, Kent, ME8 6HW

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National Express are recruiting an experienced Supplier Relationship Assistant to join our team in Gillingham on a Fixed Term Contract (23 months). The successful candidate will help deliver profit by hiring of transport provision for sales intended to be subcontracted working with external operators and internal commercial teams to deliver the business strategies.

What you'll do:

Subcontracting work in a timely and cost effective manner with margin and operator quality in mind
Communication with internal stakeholders and all other admin tasks associated with the subcontracting process
Checking invoices from external sub contractors and forwarding for approval
Subcontracting large events
Basic reporting
Obtaining prices from operators and recording these on the system
Managing subcontracting hire requests
Liaising with internal operations teams
Chasing driver details for tours and other operational details
Ensuring all hires are allocated to the appropriate vehicles, depots or subcontractors
Approving invoices from external sub contractors
Sharing subcontracting paperwork with operators

What you'll need:

Previous experience working in an admin role
Good communication skills
Knowledge of google suite applications or excel
Previous experience working in environment of contacting customer or suppliers
Analytical skills, the ability to turn data into action, such as interpreting pricing data to enable solid decision making about hiring pricing

What we offer in return for your hard work and commitment...

Free Bus & Coach travel for yourself
Complimentary coach travel for a Nominated Person or complimentary bus travel for a Spouse or Partner
50% discount for friends and family on full fares on our coach services
Life Assurance
Company pension
Employee Assistance programme
Private online GP service

National Express is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and should you require any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications before the advertised closed date.

Things to Note...

At National Express, we are really proud of our health and safety record and as a result, we operate a Drugs and Alcohol Policy which is applicable to all employees.

As part of your initial assessment, we will complete Drug and Alcohol testing and you may be subject to random tests during your employment.

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Subcontracting Assistant

Salary: £25,431.12 per annum

Working Pattern: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term

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