Commercial Planner - Marsh, United Kingdom - J E Piccaver & Co

Description

• To Support the Commercial team.
• Adopt existing planning processes and tools and introduce, maintain the formal planning procedures that will enhance the overall performance of the business.
• Act as a key contact for customers and suppliers to ensure that JEPCO meets expectations.
• Buy packaging against customer and budget requirements.
• Manage CHEP, IFCO and Europool accounts.
• Cover of Transport coordinator.
• Upsell to customers.

• Serve as an internal member of the commercial team, ensuring that key information is uploaded to the system and shared in a timely manner throughout the business.
• Improve costs through planned negotiations for packaging and consumables.
• Manage communications between departments, enabling efficient and effective process.
• Always look to fill space on vehicles by up selling when customers place orders.

• Development of customer relationships existing and new
• Order management
• Inputs
• Amendments
• Upselling
• Development and management of a suite of customer KPI's
• Internally for the management team
• Externally for customers and selected product and service suppliers
• Packaging buying
• Boxes, Film, Bags, Labels
• Consumables (Print Ribbons, Shrinkwrap, Strapping, Corner Pots, etc )
• Manage CHEP, IFCO and Europool accounts and plan deliveries
• Stock management
• Manage usage of Packaging with packing rigs (reduce waste and control cost)
• Raw material
• Consumables (Potential to take on the buying and budget for this area)
• Traffic Planning

• Allocation of space and resource
• Subcontracted space management
• Amendments
• Liaising between the growing operation and the commercial team
• Product requirements
• Customer requirements
• Timings
• Assist commercial team with AD-HOC tasks

• Clear communication process between commercial, harvest and yard
• Further personal development within the company
• Meeting Budgetary expectations
• Meeting action plans laid out by your line Manager
• Continual improvement in all aspects of the business
• Improve customer relationships.

• Solutions Driven (not problems)
• Confidence
• Team working & cooperation
• Interpersonal skills
• Takes responsibility
• External relationship building
• Takes the initiative
• Multitasking
• Analyse, validate & interpret information
• Adaptable & flexible

• MS Office
• Calm under pressure
• Highly numerate
• Team working & cooperation
• Planned & organised able to prioritise
• Results oriented goals/agenda & outcomes
• Judgement draw conclusions & take/recommend action
• Quality focused (work/output)
• Communication skills written, verbal & presentations
• Recognising opportunities

• A general understanding of the fresh produce industry.
• Crop quality specifications with particular focus on crop temperatures and cooling rates and transportation of delicate crops.

• Production planning in a fast moving environment with perishable crops.
• An understanding of Haulage and Distribution
• Stock Control
• Customer service
• Commercial awareness
• Good Communicator

• Holiday requests longer than two weeks must be signedoff by the MD
• As member of commercial team you will be working on weekends rota

• Company pension

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

• Gedney Marsh: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

• Supply chain: 1 year (preferred)