Commercial Assistant

Commercial Assistant

Are you an organised and proactive administrator looking for an opportunity to play a key role in supporting a busy port operation? Are you motivated by providing excellent support to colleagues, ensuring day-to-day activities run smoothly and efficiently? We are seeking an Office Administrator to join our team at King George V Dock, where you will support our Operations, Engineering and Management teams while gaining valuable experience across a wide range of port activities.

Your Role

As part of the team at King George V Dock, you will provide administrative support across Port Operations, Engineering, and Management. The role involves coordinating office activities, supporting procurement and payroll processes, managing supplies and records, organising meetings, assisting with customer billing and travel arrangements, and maintaining site access administration. You will work closely with colleagues across the business to help ensure the smooth and efficient running of daily operations. There may also be occasional opportunities to support weighbridge activities where required, contributing to the wider success of the port operation.

What you'll bring

You will have previous experience in an office support or administrative role, with strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills. Confident using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, you will be comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience with SAP systems is desirable, along with strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. A flexible and collaborative approach, willingness to learn new systems, and experience within a logistics or operational environment would be advantageous.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator.  We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers.  Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040.  Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.  Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 32 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
• Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
• Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required