Trading Support Assistant

Dovecote Park; Pontefract; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Onsite gym

Subsidised canteen

Staff shop

Cycle to work scheme

Shuttle bus

Job summary

Dovecote Park is seeking a Trading Support Assistant to join our Pontefract team. This permanent, full-time role offers 40 hours per week in a hands-on trading operation, focusing on orders, inventory, and client outreach.

You will manage daily purchasing and sales, coordinate cold storage tracking, and maintain stock records, working closely with the Trading Manager to grow our customer base.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent commercial experience in business/agribusiness/food science.
• Excellent communication by phone and email.
• Ability to interact across business levels and teams.

Responsibilities

• Daily purchase and sales orders.
• Coordinate tracking with cold storage facilities.
• Managing order revisions.
• Take ownership of the internal inventory system.
• Track intake dates and monitor shelf-life.
• Flag low-inventory warnings.
• Identify potential new clients via cold outreach and report findings to Trading Manager.

Skills

Clear communication

Phone and email skills

Communicate at all business levels

Second European language desirable

MS Excel for inventory management

Highly motivated and delivery focused

Strong organisational skills

Education

Degree in Business, Agribusiness, Food Science, or equivalent commercial experience

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

We are excited you have visited our Careers page. We are seeking talented individuals that are excellent in their field of expertise and are posed with all potential and skills necessary to help us meet future business challenges.

Trading Support Assistant

Reference: JUL20268366

Expiry date: 2026-08-28 17:30:00.000

Location: Stapleton, Nr Pontefract

Salary: Competitive

Benefits: Free onsite parking, Onsite gym, Subsidised canteen, Staff shop, Cycle to work scheme, Shuttle bus

Trading Support Assistant
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Permanent
Location:Pontefract, WF8 3DD
Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

We are a family business established in Yorkshire in 1997 based in Darrington just outside of Pontefract with a reputation for exceptional product, innovation, and industry leading animal welfare standards. Our facilities combine traditional British butchery technique with some of the best technological prowess in the food sector.

A committed team of over 700 staff oversee the whole process from procuring the best possible livestock from our carefully picked group of farms, through butchery, retail packaging and despatch before it finally arrives on the supermarket shelf or as part of the restaurant dining experience

About you:

• Degree in Business, Agribusiness, Food Science, or equivalent commercial experience.
• Confident with clear communication skills. Good phone and email skills necessary for identifying and contacting new customer leads
• Ability to effectively communicate at all business levels
• Second European language would be desirable.
• Intermediate to advanced MS Excel capabilities for inventory management.
• Highly motivated and delivery focused with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Strong organisational skills, natural curiosity to learn cross-departmental operations, and comfortable balancing multiple data-driven tasks

What to expect:

Provide Support in all aspects of the Trading Operation:

• Daily purchase and sales orders
• Coordinate tracking with cold storage facilities.
• Managing order revisions.

Keep accurate stock records:

• Take ownership of the internal inventory system.
• Track intake dates.
• Monitor product shelf-life.
• Flag low-inventory warnings.

Investigate new customer leads:

• Conduct research to identify potential new clients, such as food service wholesalers, manufacturers, or retail accounts.
• Follow leads through cold outreach and present findings to the Trading Manager
• Free onsite parking
• Staff shop, with products as low as £1
• Subsidised canteen
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Dovecote Rewards scheme where you’ll find discounts at over a 1000 Retailers.
• Yearly attendance bonus - (qualifying criteria)