Trading & Retail Partnerships Assistant

Blue Moon Recruitment; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Ramsden International is seeking a proactive partnership specialist to support the management of relationships with Waitrose and Co-op, reporting to the Category & Trading Manager. This varied role offers exposure to the sales team and our private label brands, with international collaboration.

Based at our Grimsby head office with hybrid working (Mon & Fri remote; Tue-Thu in office), the ideal candidate has 2–3 years in commercial or customer service, plus experience in CRM and a drive to

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial/customer relationship management.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced export team environment.
• Ability to identify areas of change, recommend actions and implement.
• Project management skills with end-to-end delivery.
• Strong commitment to aligning operations with customer needs.
• Proactive approach to testing and improving processes.

Responsibilities

• Support the category and retailer own-brand business with the manager.
• Assist in delivering Waitrose and Co-op category strategies.
• Contribute to annual budget delivery through cross-functional collaboration.
• Manage Waitrose end-to-end order process and fulfilment.
• Maintain range and pricing files and communicate changes.
• Coordinate with Product Data and Compliance teams on product information.

Skills

Commercial CRM

Customer relationship management

Fast-paced environment

Project management

Communication across levels

Excel basics

Numeracy

Tools

Advanced IT skills

Excel (Beginner to intermediate)

Job description

Ramsden International is seeking a proactive partnership specialist to support the management of relationships with Waitrose and Co-op, reporting to the Category & Trading Manager. This varied role offers exposure to the sales team and our private label brands, with international collaboration.

Based at our Grimsby head office with hybrid working (Mon & Fri remote; Tue-Thu in office), the ideal candidate has 2–3 years in commercial or customer service, plus experience in CRM and a drive to