Product Administrator

Apetito; Broxmore Park; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK food supplier is seeking a Product Administrator to manage and maintain product data across multiple systems, ensuring integration with business operations. Responsibilities include maintaining SAP master data, overseeing product specifications, and driving continuous improvement in data processes. The role requires expertise in SAP and PIM, with benefits including a competitive salary, 25 days holiday, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer

25 days holiday per year

Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday

Discretionary annual bonus scheme

Pension scheme – employer matched contributions up to 4%

Life assurance scheme

Subsidised canteen

Free parking

Free turkey or voucher at Christmas

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Sound understanding and experience with SAP, PIM and ERP systems.
• Familiarity with data integration between multiple systems.
• Experience in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Good commercial awareness and financial understanding.
• Previous experience within a food production/ retail environment desirable.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain SAP master data for all finished products.
• Manage product status, define sales options, categorise products.
• Oversee data model management and create reports.
• Maintain product, ingredient and specification databases.

Skills

SAP

PIM

ERP systems

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Continuous improvement initiatives

Commercial awareness

Consumer food law

Job description

As apetito Product Administrator you will play a pivotal role in managing and maintaining product data across multiple systems-ensuring seamless integration with our business operations. You'll be at the heart of the product lifecycle for all apetito SKUs, supporting every product area and sales channel. From regulatory compliance to enabling Commercial, Development, and Operational teams, your work will directly impact our daily operation and continued success.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain SAP master data for all finished products within the apetito portfolio.
• Input volumes, product data and maintain shelf-life data and lab testing classifications.
• Manage product status, define sales options, categorise products for statistical reporting.
• Manage product status for delisted stock exit.

Product Information Management (PIM)

• Manage data mapping to integrate with the NPD recipe system.
• Own and maintain all PIM product data.
• HFSS calculations.
• Oversee data model management and create reports.

Other Responsibilities

• Maintain product, ingredient and specification databases to support development activities.
• Label approvals.
• Drive continuous improvement in data processes and systems.
• Maintain "live product" and "where used" lists and product information sheet tracker.
• Commercial and systems support for the development team.
• Provide monthly product sales data.
• Update Dynamics product data.
• Product development lead for new and amended systems.

Qualifications

• Sound understanding and experience with SAP, PIM and ERP systems.
• Familiarity with data integration between multiple systems.
• Attention to detail and analytical thinking.
• Ability to manage multiple data sources and ensure consistency.
• Experience in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Good commercial awareness and financial understanding.
• Understanding of consumer food law & its application.
• Previous experience within a food production/ retail environment desirable.

You’ll be part of our multi‑functional Product Development Team, a dynamic group including chefs, developers, technologists, dietitians and other specialists. Together, we bring a broad skill set supporting our goal to create innovative, high‑quality products that meet the needs of our customers and the business.

Apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings. Our meals are expertly crafted by our dietitians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness. Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Benefits

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme – employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• Apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts