Trading Support Assistant
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Permanent
Location: Pontefract, WF8 3DD
Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
We are a family business established in Yorkshire in 1997 based in Darrington just outside of Pontefract with a reputation for exceptional product, innovation, and industry leading animal welfare standards. Our facilities combine traditional British butchery technique with some of the best technological prowess in the food sector.
A committed team of over 700 staff oversee the whole process from procuring the best possible livestock from our carefully picked group of farms, through butchery, retail packaging and despatch before it finally arrives on the supermarket shelf or as part of the restaurant dining experience
About you:
- Degree in Business, Agribusiness, Food Science, or equivalent commercial experience.
- Confident with clear communication skills. Good phone and email skills necessary for identifying and contacting new customer leads
- Ability to effectively communicate at all business levels
- Second European language would be desirable.
- Intermediate to advanced MS Excel capabilities for inventory management.
- Highly motivated and delivery focused with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Strong organisational skills, natural curiosity to learn cross-departmental operations, and comfortable balancing multiple data-driven tasks
What to expect:
Provide Support in all aspects of the Trading Operation:
- Daily purchase and sales orders
- Coordinate tracking with cold storage facilities.
- Manage supplier shipping schedules.
- Preparing export documentation
- Managing order revisions.
Keep accurate stock records:
- Take ownership of the internal inventory system.
- Audit stock volumes.
- Track intake dates.
- Monitor product shelf-life.
- Flag low-inventory warnings.
Investigate new customer leads:
- Conduct research to identify potential new clients, such as food service wholesalers, manufacturers, or retail accounts.
- Follow leads through cold outreach and present findings to the Trading Manager
Benefits:
- Free onsite parking
- Staff shop, with products as low as £1
- Onsite Gym open 24/7
- Subsidised canteen
- 3% Pension contribution
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Dovecote Rewards scheme where you’ll find discounts at over a 1000 Retailers.
- Yearly attendance bonus - (qualifying criteria)
Trading Support Assistant in Pontefract employer: Dovecote Park Ltd
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