Commercial Assistant

**About Us**

Aurora Food Marketing, established in 2009 as a family business, we have built our success on providing customers with high quality products which meet their requirements. We offer a comprehensive range of products to retail supermarkets, foodservice and manufacturing sectors in the UK and across Europe.

**Job Overview**

You will be joining our growing team assisting in the management of our sales, purchasing, logistics and accounting functions. You will gain exposure to many aspects of our business and will have the opportunity to develop within our small team.

You will have good planning skills and show initiative, pay attention to detail and be able to manage priorities and your own time whilst working under pressure to achieve deadlines.

**Roles & Responsibilities**

As the job title suggests, this role is all about providing high-quality commercial support and administration to the business. Your general day-to-day tasks will involve but won' t be limited to:

- Liaising with various customers and suppliers on new projects
- Helping to manage customer accounts
- Dealing with sample requests and ensuring they reach customers within timely manner
- Monitoring retail and food pricing movements across Europe & UK
- Assisting in marketing our products and exploring new business opportunities
- Assisting with logistics and booking slots with customers and suppliers
- General administration, such as event planning, organising samples, record keeping

**Qualifications & Experience**
- Previous experience in the food industry - advantageous
- Previous experience in a small business and in a similar role - advantageous
- Good understanding and able to use MS Office & Google Software - advantageous

**Skills & Personal Qualities**
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to learn from mistakes
- Confident on the phone
- Strong attention to detail
- The ability to prioritise tasks
- Able to work using their own initiative

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £26,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Yearly bonus

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: CA1
Expected start date: 01/05/2024