Business Support Assistant

2 weeks ago


Newtownabbey, United Kingdom Henderson Group Full time

**Business Support Assistant - Trading Wholesale**:

- Job Req ID: 5090- Job Posting Closing Date: Sunday 5th May 2024**Business Support Assistant
- Trading**
**Attractive Salary and Benefits**
**36.5 Hour week (Hybrid)**
**Newtownabbey**

**Who are we?**
At Henderson Group, we are proud to be Northern Ireland’s leading foodservice provider. Our group encompasses Henderson Wholesale, Henderson Retail, Henderson Foodservice and Henderson Group Property. We employ over 5,000 staff and have been placed 4th in Ulster Business Top 100 Companies 2023.

We're a family-owned team that cares about our people and the community in which we live. Our leaders care about employees and our employees succeed together and celebrate the success of others. We are interested in your aspirations, interests and skills and we strive to support and inspire you to do well.

**A look into the role**
Henderson Wholesale is a leading Wholesaler in Northern Ireland and supplies goods to over 450 stores across various brands such as SPAR, EUROSPAR and VIVO. We source from local farmers, growers and producers and are proud to contribute to our local economy and environment.

We achieved Gold accreditation against the Investors in People standard framework in 2023 in recognition of people management excellence and our commitment to investment in people.

**The Purpose of the role**:
As a **Business Support Assistant**, you will:

- Use Initiative and business acumen to identify and support process improvement, business performance and profitability.
- Identify areas for process improvement across existing ways of working relating to systems process and people.
- Engage directly with stakeholders to drive business outcomes.
- Be willing to develop in the business’ transformation capabilities e.g Digital and Business analytics programs.
- Help ensure that a proposed process improvement meets requirements, supporting the design, build, and test of the changes and business readiness/training activities.
- Be focused on data integrity and data management.

**Skills for Success**

Joining us as **Business Support Assistant,** the minimum criteria you’ll need is:

- GCSE in English and Maths Level C or higher (or equivalent)
- 1 years’ experience in project or process improvement
- Strong numeric analysis, presentation and Process Mapping and requirement gathering skills

The **attributes** you’ll need include:

- Exceptional aptitude for process improvement
- Ability to set and follow priorities, managing multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
- Analytical thinking and ability to use insight and data to inform work.
- Use of initiative and problem solving skills
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills.
- Resilient and able to deal with challenges/ objections confidently
- Willingness to learn new skills and develop within the role

It is **Desirable** if you have:

- Qualifications in software platforms such as Power Automate, sharepoint or Power BI.
- Project Management qualification
- Experience of working in a FMCG environment.
- Working experience of Power Automate, Sharepoint, Business analytics’ tools e.g Power BI or Qliksense, Excel Macros

**Are we right for you?**

As part of this role, it will be important that you feel aligned with the values that we live and work by.

**Ambition **- We always strive to be better. We seek new challenges and look for ways to do things better.

**Customer First **- We provide exceptional service. We put customers at the heart of everything and support our communities.

**Teamwork -** We succeed together. We help colleagues to succeed, and we share our knowledge and skills.

**Integrity - **We are fair, honest and ethical. We treat everyone with dignity and respect. We are inclusive and champion diversity.

**The Reward**

The impact you can make with Henderson Group goes far beyond your day to day. You will be part of a business supporting defibrillator installations and school sports days.

You will have the balance necessary to enjoy your job and your life. We will help you to feel proud of what you do and achieve. And we will be here to celebrate your success.

Our business has been recognised externally for delivering excellence in employment. We value employee development and heavily invest in our people.

Benefits include market competitive salary, contributory pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, employee assistance programme, social club, Perks Offers/Discount scheme throughout UK/Ireland, staff discount (grocery/fuel) at SPAR/EUROSPAR Henderson Group company-owned stores and many more.

This is a full-time position working 36.5 hours per week. Working hours will be 8:45am-4:45pm Monday to Thursday and 8:45am-3:45pm Friday. Hybrid working arrangement available.

We are an equal opportunities employer.



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