Job Description
A specialised international food commodities trading company based in Edgware requires someone with around 2-3 years of office admin, trade support, sales admin, or logistics admin support to provide timely and well executed support to the team.
The role would suit someone with around 2-3 years of stable experience in a similar field, who likes to work an independent and hands-on position.
* TYPE: Full time, Permanent
* LOCATION: Edgware, North London. (During probation/training, you will be required to attend the office, and then hybrid working is allowed)
* HOURS: 9am to 5.30pm with 1 hour lunch break
* SALARY: Up to £35k, depending on experience
Trade Support Responsibilities:
* Contracts administration and maintenance
* Issuing call offs and shipping instructions to suppliers
* Logging customer call offs on ERP (i.e. checking on prices, whether within agreed period, stock levels, Credit check if spot/prompt)
* Customer/supplier liaison
* Forward planning/position analysis/reporting- advising anomalies to traders
* Pricing/cost exercises for new business tenders
* Stock allocations for logistics
* Overall responsibility of maintaining the trading position to support trader in sales
* Issuance shipment F-File from start to finish- Import / export documentation addressing issues/amendments to supplier
* Issuing instructions to agents, shipping lines and warehouses,
* Following up with supplier payments
* Trade finance (collections /LCs where applicable)
* Monitoring ETAs, advising of any major changes to trader which may impact supply to clients.
Trade Support Ideal Candidate:
* 2-3 years in international sales admin, trade support, logistics/shipping admin or related experience
* Strong Microsoft Excel skills
* Fluency in English
* Incoterms desirable but not necessary
* A good team player with strong communication skills and attention to detail, able to independently work when needed
If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 2 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.