Direct To Consumer Partner Support: Southampton Area

Nestlé; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Potential discretionary annual bonus

Generous pension scheme

12 flexible days on top of 25 days pro

2 paid volunteering days

Personal development and growth

Job summary

Nestlé is seeking a D2C Coffee Operations Support to join their Field Based team in the Southampton area. You will ensure stock accuracy, brand standards, and high machine uptime across D2C locations, driving customer satisfaction and commercial performance for the Nestlé Professional coffee portfolio.

The role requires strong interpersonal skills, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to travel to key customer sites.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Results-oriented with a track record of exceeding objectives.
• Able to build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally.
• Experience delivering cross-functional teams and managing senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure NP D2C machines are up and running with minimal downtime.
• Ensure all customer locations receive accurate and compliant stock counts; review variances and escalate.
• Deliver Nestlé Professional brand standards across all D2C sites; act on audit findings and gaps.
• Verify cleaning routines at customer level and intervene where required; support uptime.
• Report field activity accurately through Project MORE and identify improvement opportunities.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders supporting performance delivery.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Autonomy

Tools

Project MORE system

Job description

D2C Coffee Operations Support

Location: Field Based - Southampton Area

Salary £31,000 dependent upon experience + business needs car

Business Area: Nestlé Professional

Benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• 12 flexible days on top of 25 days annual holiday entitlement pro rata
• A focus on personal development and growth

Some Of Our Other Fantastic Benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme
• 12 flexible days on top of 25 days annual holiday entitlement pro rata
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth

Position Summary

Channel Sales & Coffee Operations (CS&CO) is part of our Nestlé Professional Business to Business food service arm. Specialising in Out of Home beverage solutions, CS&CO offers an unrivalled portfolio of fantastic & renowned brands including our primary brand 'We Proudly Serve' STARBUCKS and also NESCAFÉ, and SEATTLES BEST COFFEE. Operating in the exciting out of home marketplace, CS&CO has ambitious objectives and is a growth driver for Nestlé. The team’s aim is to inspire fast paced, profitable growth with our business partners, through the delivery of branded beverage solutions, executed brilliantly. Exciting and delighting their consumers, CS&CO helps our customers to develop their business, driving footfall, spend and increasing their profit.

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented D2C Coffee Operations Support to join our team to contribute to Coffee Solutions growth by delivering excellent in-store execution across D2C customer locations.

You will be responsible for ensuring accurate stock management, consistent brand standards, high machine uptime and compliance with cleaning and operational routines, to maximise customer satisfaction and commercial performance across the Nestlé Professional coffee portfolio.

Your impact

• Ensure NP D2C machines are up and running with minimal downtime
• Ensure all customer locations receive accurate and compliant stock counts. Review variances, identify trends and ensure timely escalation and corrective action
• Deliver Nestlé Professional brand standards across all D2C site; Act on audit findings, customer feedback and execution gaps
• Verify and coach correct cleaning routines at customer level; monitor repeat non-compliance and intervene where required. Support uptime through basic troubleshooting and effective escalation
• Ensure all field activity is reported accurately and on time through Project MORE systems; using data to identify performance trends and improvement opportunities
• Liaise with any other internal and external stakeholders that support or impact on performance delivery

Your ingredients for success

To be successful in this role, you'll have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have previous experience in a sales support or operations role. You'll be results-oriented and have a proven track record for consistently exceeding business objectives.

You'll also have:

• Strong organisational skills, be highly motivated with a positive attitude
• The ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships
• Experience contributing to cross-functional teams and managing senior stakeholders
• The ability to deal with ambiguity and to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• Experience of delivering consistent performance through others
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to influence and persuade
• Problem-solving and planning skills and able to work under pressure to manage a fluctuating workload
• Have a full, UK driving license and be willing to travel to key customer locations in the Southampton area.

What You Need To Know

Advert posting date: 27/07/2026

Advert closing date: 10/08/2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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