Purpose of Job
This role operates within the Sales & Transport department to support the sales team and to ensure the timely delivery of products to the end customer. Although reporting directly to the Sales Manager, there is also a requirement to liaise with the Operations / Factory Managers & Supervisors to cover all aspects of sales and transport. The main purpose of the role is a supporting function to the existing team.
Main Responsibilities:
· Generate and maintain daily sales plans.
· Collate actual weights daily by grower into the sales master sheet.
· Take customer orders.
· Place orders on the niche system and into the sales plan.
· Update frozen stock sheets.
· Log despatch note data.
· Print invoices from Niche and check invoices off against the sales book.
· Check stocks at the end of the day – advise customers of shortages.
· Run reports from Niche
· Arrange transport – using both our own drivers and third party hauliers using the most cost effective way to get deliveries to customers.
· Transport of the live birds into the plant to ensure the smooth running of the factory
· Talk to external cold stores reference booking frozen loads in and out for timely uplift to meet customer’s requirements.
· Communicating to the relevant teams all sales and transport issues
· Develop and maintain other spreadsheets within the sales & transport department.
Preferred skills and/or qualifications (essential):
· Computer literate, particularly with regard to Microsoft Office and spreadsheets.
Preferred skills and/or qualifications (not essential):
· Previous experience in sales or transport.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Problem solving.
· Flexible on hours worked.
Pay: £17.18 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person