Supply Chain Executive - Export

Lotus Bakeries, Milan; St Albans; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site four days a week

Delicious branded snacks

Job summary

Lotus Natural Foods in St Albans is seeking a Finance Controlling Manager to manage export sales orders, coordinate with Switzerland, and oversee stock availability with Inventory and 3PL.

You will ensure accurate documentation, monitor SAP idoc errors, and support profit improvement initiatives, with a strong emphasis on customer service and cross-team collaboration.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree, 2 years FMCG supply chain experience, and solid Excel skills; sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Right-To-Work within the UK (no sponsorship).
• Bachelors level education or higher.
• Minimum 2 years FMCG experience in supply chain/logistics.
• Intermediate IT skills including Excel.
• Numerical reasoning and analytical ability.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• SAP experience would be advantageous.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers.

Responsibilities

• Process export sales orders and coordinate with international teams.
• Liaise with Switzerland team managing international orders.
• Arrange international collections with freight agents.
• Request health certificates / certificates of origin as required.
• Monitor SAP idoc errors and resolve issues.
• Provide excellent customer service and resolve order queries.
• Maintain stock availability with Inventory and 3PL.
• Transmit orders to 3PL or factories for despatch.
• Contribute ideas for profit improvement and cost reduction.

Skills

FMCG experience

Supply chain & logistics

Excel

Analytical ability

SAP

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Lotus Natural Foods, the healthy snacking division of Lotus Bakeries and a portfolio of 5 incredible brands; BEAR, TREK, nakd. Kiddylicious and Peter’s Yard, all having their own distinct proposition and role within our business. We have great ambitions for all our brands, ensuring that as a business we deliver sustainable growth over the long-term. We believe that taste and quality are 100% of what underpins us as brand leaders within our categories, and what pulls us apart from our competitors. All of our brands started right here in the UK, as the first market for distribution, but over the years we can now be found across the globe, our ranges have got bigger, along with us as a business. To date we have achieved so much, but there is still plenty of room to grow further and that means we need more brilliant people, those that share an ambition for making a difference and want to join us in delivering the next chapter of growth. Fancy getting involved, then read on…

The key focus areas of the role and where you will spend the majority of your time are:

• Working across all our brands: Peter’s Yard, Nakd, TREK, BEAR, Kiddylicious, Biscoff
• Liaising with the team in Switzerland managing international orders
• Arranging international collections with freight agents
• Requesting health certificates / certificates of origin as required
• Processing export sales orders
• Providing excellent customer service resolving all sales order queries and any issues, escalating when necessary to your line manager
• Advising export account managers of customer shortages
• Maintaining close relationships with the Inventory team and 3PL to ensure stock availability to fulfil sales orders and helping to achieve agreed service level targets.
• Ensuring that orders are transmitted to 3PL or factories for despatch.
• Monitoring and fixing SAP idoc errors on a daily basis.
• Investigating and raising credit notes against customer claims.
• Participating in weekly team meetings. Contributing ideas for profit improvement, cost reduction, system and process improvement.
• Raising export documentation as necessary.
• Any other duties, which might reasonably be requested in association with this role in order to meet the needs of the business.

Profile

Working across all our brands: Peter’s Yard, Nakd, TREK, BEAR, Kiddylicious, Biscoff, this is your chance to make a real mark.

Alongside living our TOP values, you will need:

• Right-To-Work within the UK (without sponsorship)
• Minimum Education to Bachelors Degree level
• 2 years FMCG experience, background in Supply Chain and Logistics,ideally gained within the food industry
• Intermediate IT skills including Excel
• Numerical reasoning
• Analytical ability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, good communicator and pro-active
• SAP experience would be advantageous
• Maintaining a professional and constructive relationship with customers.

Desirable skills and experience with:

• Managing international orders
• Arranging international collections with freight agents
• Requesting health certificates / certificates of origin as required

Team

• Be a team player, we all get stuck in to achieve results here at Lotus Natural Foods and we love our team to look beyond their own role, whether that be contributing to innovation workshops or building upon ideas to amplify the overall result that perhaps sit outside of your role.
• Culture is hugely important to us here at Lotus Natural Foods and we look to our employees to positively contribute to that.

Please note this role is a full-time position at our beautiful offices in St Albans, with four days a week spent on-site. Please only proceed if this works for you.

"Each day holds new and exciting challenges that drive me to continuously improve my knowledge and skillset. It’s a nice feeling knowing when you leave work, you’re still hungry for more...”

Finance Controlling Manager

Offer

Grasp the opportunity to join an ambitious and driven team with a mix of talents! Being part of a fast growing, international company, you will get tons of on-the-job-learning and acquire new insights.

In addition, you will be part of a culture where passion, team spirit and open dialogue are our main drivers.

And of course, on top of that, you can enjoy delicious branded snacks every day!

Do you want to be part of a terrific team with the ambition to create small momentsof happiness every day? Meet our people, discover their unique skills and get excitedto join them in a great work environment.