Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Marketing and Category team as a Category and Technical Coordinator. The ideal candidate will have good communication skills and excellent attention to detail whilst being extremely diligent and methodical in working. They will be comfortable handling data and working in Excel and ideally proactive. We are looking for a strong team player who can support and drive our growth plans for 2023 and beyond.

Salary: Competitive basic salary DOE

Location: 7a Oldhams Trading Estate, St Albans Road, Watford, WD24 7RY

Hours of work: 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day Monday to Friday. Start and finish times to be agreed but need to be between the hours of 07.30 \xe2\x80\x93 19.00.

Main purpose of the role:

You will be part of the Category team, which manages the range of high-quality products, differentiated in the market and are backed by the highest standards of technical compliance.

The wider Marketing and Category team are responsible for defining the business proposition ensuring we have a vibrant and exciting range, with a strong focus on product innovation. This team devises the strategy for products whilst maintaining our strong brand as the original plant-based foodies.

This role will report into the Category Manager and support them through efficiencies around range optimisation and product set-up. This role will also support the Technical Manager to ensure data integrity and accuracy in relation to supplier information and product data.

Key job responsibilities:

Category:

• Maintaining and updating New Product Development tracker
• Setting up product codes on SAGE
• Managing admin of supplier product approval
• Managing sample process
• Reporting
• Coordinating the private label packaging process
• Ad-hoc admin support for wider marketing and category

Technical:

• Coordinating supplier approvals
• Inputting product information on an access database
• Requesting product specifications from suppliers
• Inputting new products and updating portal information
• Uploading allergen information for customer portals
• Completing customer questionnaires

Skills and Competencies required:

• 2-3 years previous administration experience

• MS Office
• Strong attention to detail and high level of organisational skills
• Extremely diligent and methodical
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to multi-task
• Highly computer literate
• Polite and professional manner
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Team player
• Good timekeeping
• Quick learner with the ability to retain knowledge

What will differentiate you?

• Sage 200 system or other WMS/CRM

• Previous experience in technical admin environment
• Dealing with extensive product data
• Previous experience in the food sector would be advantageous
• Interest in food

Who are we?

Vegetarian Express specialise in supplying plant-based ingredients, ideas and inspiration to chefs across the UK for eating out of home. Supplying over 3000 top chefs and operators such as Foodbuy, Baxterstorey, Oakman Inns, Hilton, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and events at Wimbledon and Wembley to name just a few.

We\xe2\x80\x99re plant-based foodies, with the largest range of plant-based ingredients in the UK, cutting edge innovation and industry leading plant-based expertise.

We\xe2\x80\x99re proud to be a certified B Corporation. This means we\xe2\x80\x99re part of a growing number of progressive businesses around the world that truly believe in the power of business to do good things and, more importantly, are doing something about it.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Administrative Assistant, Administrator, Officer Administrator, Office Admin, Executive Assistant, Office Assistant, Office Support, General Admin, EA, Team Administrator, Business Support Assistant, PA, Personal Assistant, Admin Assistant, HR Administrator, HR Admin, HR Assistant, HR Coordinator, Human Resource Administrator, Human Resource Admin may also be considered for this role

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