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Grocery Trading Assistant (Retail)

Job details
Posting date: 15 July 2024
Salary: £27,000 per year
Additional salary information: + benefits
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 14 August 2024
Location: North West London, London
Remote working: On-site only
Company: b3 jobs ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 8711BG

Summary

Grocery Trading Assistant (Retail)
£27,000 + Benefits
North West London
Food Manufacturing
Job ref: 8711

The company
The company has led the convenience food retail market for years, with a long-standing presence in both the UK and throughout Europe. The business is dedicated to innovation and is strategically placed in multiple UK locations to effectively service and delight its customers.

About the Grocery Trading Assistant job
The purpose of your role will be to provide accurate and timely administration support to the Grocery Trading team, work closely with buyers, and ensure specific Trading activities & projects are delivered to the business promptly.

Key tasks
• Liaising with suppliers for latest turnover figures to support with forecasting and understanding latest position on performance.
• Input confirmed numbers into budget sheet, as well as inputting relevant supplier information changes into companies' software.
• Assist the team in producing docs for category reviews and request information when required.
• Liaising with Trading support to create spreadsheets with supplier promotional submissions, compiling reports, chase suppliers for outstanding deliveries etc.
• Collect and collate forecasts from RDCs (Regional Distribution Centres) where needed and support completion of data and benchmarking to secure rationale from suppliers of any increases.

About You
The successful candidate should have qualifications and proficiency in both Maths and English, as well as a background of of analysing and interpreting data.
• Has worked in a fast-paced environment within a large team for at least 1 year.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and ideally Power BI.
• Works to deadlines effectively.
• Passionate about food.

More details
The Grocery Trading Assistant job is based in North West London and is paying £27,000 + Benefits according to your experience.
The working hours are Monday - Friday during office hours & it is a 35-hour working week.

Alternate job titles
Assistant Trader | Commercial Controller | Assistant Purchaser | Buyer | FMCG Jobs | Commercial Project Jobs | Retail Trading Jobs | Food Manufacturing Jobs | Commercial Development