Job Description

Do you have strong relationship building and communication skills? Do you enjoy problem solving and have experience of working within Supply Chain? If so, this might be the ideal role for you!

Drawing on your exceptional account/people management skills, you will manage a large portfolio of market leading magazines, coordinating the delivery of copies from print to retail, to ensure titles hit the shelves on time.

The role requires system information and schedules to be maintained for your titles, with daily monitoring of any changes.

By liaising with key contacts including, Publishers, Printers and finishers, Carriers and internal teams you\xe2\x80\x99ll ensure successful and cost effective delivery to retail \xe2\x80\x93 with a hands on approach to dealing with any problems that arise. With many of our contacts being external or located elsewhere, you will need to be eager to make calls for quick results.

As well as building strong relationships with internal and external teams, you\'ll be able to proactively problem solve, think on your feet and thrive in a busy, fast moving environment in a friendly team.

Planning, organization, and reactivity are key, along with end-to-end ownership of magazines and the ability to manage costs on behalf of our publishers.

Benefits

At the Frontline Group we offer great training, and a range of salary sacrifice flexible benefits which you can select based on your lifestyle; benefit options include private medical insurance, holiday purchase and a tech scheme to name a few.

On top of that we also offer:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Coaching with accredited coaches
• Hybrid Working
• 2 paid days to volunteer for a registered charity

Info

We have a Hybrid working approach by which colleagues should attend the office a minimum of 8 times over a 4 week period.

Essential Skills

• Relationship-building, and strong communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Ability to prioritize in order to meet strict deadlines
• Planning and organization
• Problem-solving and basic negotiation skills
• Working knowledge and experience within Supply Chain

About Company

The Frontline Group is made up of Frontline, Seymour, Gold Key Media and Routes to Retail. We\xe2\x80\x99re the market leading UK Distributor and the biggest global exporter of magazines. This means in your career you will have the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting and iconic magazine brands as well as on titles that operate with highly engaged and passionate audiences. Our publishers produce market leading brands such as Radio Times, Good Housekeeping, Closer, Autocar, Paw Patrol, Grazia, Vogue, Slimming World, Match of the Day, National Geographic and many more. As a Distributor we work closely with UK and International retailers, wholesale, International Distributors and other parts of the supply chain to ensure our publishers sales, retail marketing and distribution objectives are met.

The Frontline Group is owned by two of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading publishing companies, Bauer Media and Immediate Media Company. This will give you the opportunity to grow your career across a number of different businesses and functions, including trade marketing, publishing, brand marketing, sales, finance and supply chain. We strongly believe in developing our own people and have a great track record of taking people from account exec level through to senior positions within the Group.

Our teams are made up of the most talented and widely respected people in our industry and are seen as the experts in their fields. At the Frontline Group we celebrate our differences and seek to ensure everyone feels welcome, trusted and valued for being their authentic selves.

Bring \xe2\x80\x98You\xe2\x80\x99 to the interview

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. We want to make sure that our selection processes are as fair as they can possibly be, providing a level playing field for anyone who wants to come and work with us. Therefore, if you require any adjustments to an interview process, please feel free to get in touch with natalie.palmer@flgroup.co.uk who will be happy to discuss your needs in complete confidence and we will do everything we can to make this a fair opportunity.

We want to make sure that we find the best people to work in our teams, and one of the ways we do this by ensuring that all our roles reflect a hybrid approach, a combination of in-office and remote working.

Want to see what our People say about working for us? Head on over to our website to find out more.

Frontline Group