Job Title: Market Lead
Reporting To: Supply Manager
Salary Range: £30 000 (Dependent on experience)
Contract Type: 1 Year (With the possibility of extension)
Location: East London (New Spitalfields Market and our Poplar Depot)
Hours/Days per week: 37.5 hours per week, 5am 1.30pm, 5 out of 6 days Monday Saturday.
Our Vision: A UK where No good food goes to waste .
Felix rescues high quality edible surplus food, from across the food industry and gets it to over 8,000 organisations across the UK who are working to strengthen communities and improve lives.
The charity manages seven depots across London, Suffolk, Merseyside and Hampshire and works with 16 network partners who operate a further 26 regional depots across the UK.
Over the next year our ambition is to rescue enough food nationally to provide nearly 200 million meals, turning an environmental problem into social good with measurable impact for people, planet, and the economy.
Our Mind Sets
SAFETY FIRST ONE TEAM ONE MISSION BUILD TRUST IN EVERY INTERACTION GROWING TOGETHER
Duties and Responsibilities
* Identify, secure and quality control surplus produce to be taken to our East London depot and distributed to the local community.
* Liaise with the depot teams over any day-to-day issues.
* Manage the supplier base so deliveries of stock are consistent and maximised.
* Manage and maintain market relations, ensuring Felix fulfils its partnership commitments with the City of London.
* Coordinate daily logistics between New Spitalfields Market and all areas of Felix, including liaising between our East London Depot, Food Supply, Volunteering and Transport /Logistics Teams.
* Account manage all market traders.
* Manage the Felix office on site.
* Work closely with traders to ensure the relationship with The Felix Project is mutually beneficial.
* Manage volunteers onsite, including induction tours and delegating quality control.
Your normal duties and responsibilities will be set out in your job description. However, the charity may require you to perform other duties from time to time.
Application procedure
Once you apply you will be directed to our recruitment portal. Please upload your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role and make sure that they are both uploaded before submitting your application. After you have submitted your application, you have 24 hours in which you can access you application and make edits. We will only consider applications with both CV and cover letter submitted.
Recruitment timeline
We reserve the right to close advertisements early and we might assess candidates and arranging interview as applications come in, so please apply as soon as possible, to avoid missing out on this opportunity.
Due to the anticipated large number of applicants, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of your application, we regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful. Consequently, will not be able to provide feedback.