Commercial Administrator
We drive our own success.
Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high-quality career.
Commercial Administrator
Full time or Part time hours considered
Competitive salary
Highly competitive rewards package including Group Pension
Excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group
Why join us?
We’re constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more.
About the role.
For the right individual the role gives real opportunity to interact with all elements of the business, building and growing commercial knowledge & acumen
Role Accountabilities
Commercial Strategy & Category Management
- Supports the delivery of the Commercial Strategy through accurate data management and analysis with strong communication to key stakeholders
- Analysis to include the generation of specific analysis across pricing, margin, wastage & ranging
NPD Commercial Management
- Assists the completion / submission of BV Commercial tasks for agreed initiatives including CD Scoping, Sector Scoping, Feasibility, NPD commercial briefs
- Provides administration support for AITB & sign off for Commercial managers
Market Awareness
- Gain an understanding of category and market performance
- Activation / Media Marketing tracker invoice management
Commercial Diligence, Forecasting & Communication
- Manages Category specific Bakkavor master data base to ensure 100% accurate
- Updates weekly & monthly forecast with communicated product changes providing summary of impact of change
- Generates summary data / headline commentary for Sales & Operational Planning meetings
- Manages all internal communication to ensure clear understanding across business of key product changes using relevant sector method of communication & ensures complete accuracy and timeliness of changes across all platforms
- Supports generation of monthly reporting for Bakkavor and customer
Customer Relationship
- Assist the Customer team by supporting the category relationship across a specific category / categories
- Is prompt and accurate in dealing with any customer / internal stakeholder query
- Key team player building strong internal relationships within Commercial & wider Bakkavor team embracing a ‘can do’ attitude
- Bring to life the Bakkavor values in terms of how we do business
Data Expert
- Detailed understanding of Retailer platforms with the ability to input agreed commercial information at pace
- Full understanding and management of agreed changes within Bakkavor systems
- Regular data download and analysis to provide insight for Commercial Team
Building an Effective Team
- Proactive and engaged member of the Commercial Customer family
About you.
- Interest in Commercial function / Food manufacturing / administration skills
- Experience working in a busy environment / exposure to working with a major retailer or similar industry
- Organised with effective & clear communication skills
- Analytical, with a good eye for detail
- Committed team player, comfortable engaging cross functionally, building trusted relationships whilst demonstrating the Bakkavor values
- Open to new challenges & ways of working
- Task focused, delivering results at pace accurately
- Advanced Excel, Word & Outlook skills plus relevant retailer communication platforms
- Positive, thoughtful & proactive team player
What you’ll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You’ll enjoy:
- Life Assurance (1 x salary)
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
- Private medical insurance (after 5 years’ service)
- Staff Shop
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- Discount & cashback platform
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Free health check
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
- Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
- Free independent mortgage advice
- Discounted tutoring for children
- Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
- Free car parking – Site dependant
Proud to be Bakkavor
We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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Spalding, GB, PE11 2BB