Assistant to Sales Permanent

This position would see you support the sales function of this market leading fresh produce company.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Support account management team with daily duties and administration

Process customer programs and plans into Business system

Liaise with supply chain and MRP to ensure delivery of daily and weekly customer plans

Manage product / pack size changes both internally and externally with customers and growers. Maintain and update the internal packaging system

Manage customer portal updates to ensure all sales/costs/ specs/promotions are loaded correctly and in a timely fashion

Support Channel Manager with category plans.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Daily/Weekly Accountabilities

Liaise with customers for demand / supply updates.

Liaise with growers to ensure they follow plans and communicate updates where appropriate

Maintain internal service level and supply trackers

Liaise with wider supply base when short/over supplied to ensure

customer requirements are covered and maximising sales

Key Strategic Responsibilities

To Support Account managers in preparing internal reporting and customer facing reports/presentations

Assist growers with forward plans and direction

Participate and contribute to Season reviews.

Other ad-hoc duties as required.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Numerate and proficient IT skills (in particular on Microsoft excel)

Well-developed personal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with a wide range of employees

Good interpersonal skills and able to form relationships easily

Creative and problem solving key

Proactive approach and prompt responses to all service requests

Ability to identify needs and issues and recommend suitable and pragmatic course of action and solutions, adopting a risk aware approach

Good time management and organisational skills with the ability to handle a number of tasks at once and meeting deadlines as required

Very good organisational skills

Own transport desirable to get to the office.

KPI Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

All candidates registering with KPI Recruitment Ltd. will need to provide proof of identity, and evidence of any experience, training and qualifications our client considers necessary for their position.