Trading Assistant

Musgrave NI; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned business in food innovation is seeking a Trading Assistant to join their team in Belfast. You will provide comprehensive administration support to Trading Managers, ensuring timely and accurate processing of data. The ideal candidate will have experience in administration/data input, excellent time management skills, and strong knowledge of Excel. This role offers hybrid working opportunities.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of administration/data input.
• Experience working to tight deadlines whilst ensuring accuracy of output.
• 1 year experience working in a busy working environment.
• Ability to develop and maintain cross functional working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administration support.
• Collation, verifying and presentation of information.
• Timely and accurate processing of data.
• Build effective cross functional relationships.

Skills

Administration support

Data input

Excel

Time Management

Communication

Education

A-level or 3rd level qualification (business or commercial related)

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Trading Assistant to join our Trading team in Belfast, based in Dargan Drive. The role is Full time, Hybrid working.

Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one-in-three people in Ireland through 18 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.

We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world, and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Reporting to the Trading Manager, the trading assistant will be responsible for providing administration support to a group of Trading Managers.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administration support
• Collation, verifying and presentation of information
• Timely and accurate processing of data
• Gather, coordinate and maintain all key trading information from suppliers or any other source on behalf of designated trading managers.
• Pass accurate paperwork to Price File team for processing.
• Proactive resolution of supplier pricing queries/range cleansing
• Build effective cross functional relationships to enhance service delivery
• Ensure adherence to company policy and calendar deadlines
• Act as focal interface on behalf of trading for retailer related activity/outputs
• Collation of retailer bulletin information and communications as required
• CRM query resolution from inception to conclusion on behalf of Trading Managers on all product and services queries.
• Analyse, review and suggest improvement to ways of working to reduce CRM queries
• Work effectively with Trading Managers to ensure smooth running of promotional activities and the transfer of key data

The successful candidate will possess the following

• Previous experience of administration / data input
• Experience working to tight deadlines whilst ensuring accuracy of output
• 1 year experience working in a busy working environment
• Experience of using databases and working with high volumes of data
• Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent Time Management skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to develop and maintain cross functional working relationships
• Can do attitude with the ability to embrace change
• Strong communication skills

Desirable

• Previous administration experience within a trading or retail environment
• A-level or 3rd level qualification (business or commercial related

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.

Musgrave operate aWork Smarthybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely.