Commercial Assistant/Coordinator - Fresh Produce/Fixed Term Contract

A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Commercial Assistant/Coordinator to join our Client, a unique and ever-expanding leader in the supply of quality Fresh Fruit to Retail customers in the UK. This exciting opportunity will become part of an established and successful team to cover a 12 month contract.

The role of Commercial Assistant/Coordinator will report to and work alongside the Procurement Director and provide support across the procurement and sales teams, with a key focus on;

Key Responsibilities:

Sales Administration

• Order processing daily customer orders both retail and wholesale.
• Order amendments to both the pack house and customer systems
• Order forecasting (COOP, OCADO, Tesco & Sainsbury's) including 7-day forecast.
• Wholesale order dispatching (system).

Procurement Administration

• Checking paperwork from packhouse, to ensure the correct orders have been packed and processed on a daily basis.
• Booking in supplier manifests into a system (Rubicon).
• Accepting goods in receipts for arrivals (Rubicon).
• Organize and monitor daily arrivals & ETA's of fruit deliveries - with suppliers and warehouse.
• Maintaining shipment trackers for all containers and advising commercial team.
• Running reports and updating spreadsheets.
• Updating QA Intake reports
• Placing Supplier orders in the system
• Daily communication and updates with suppliers QA reports/Orders/Arrivals ect
• Product allocations

We are happy to consider a Graduate who has gained work experience in a Quality Control or Quality Assurance focused Food business and is now looking to transfer their skills in to an office environment.

Salary; GBP20-23k DOE

Contract; 12 Month maternity cover

Hours; Monday to Friday, 1 in 5 weekend cover required, which can be from home

Please call Aimi or Louise to discuss the role of Commercial/Procurement Assistant/Administrator or alternatively please send a CV in application to (see below)