Assistant Account Manager
Location: Tonbridge
Salary: Competitive + Parking + Bens
6 Month FTC
My client an international award-winning company have a fantastic opportunity to join their team on a 6 month fixed term contact based in Tonbridge
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Supporting the Account Manager –

• Monitoring & reporting on sales
• Liaising with clients on estimates, uptake, quality and packaging information
• Communicating with various sites regarding labels and packaging
• Updating documentation and internal systems on a weekly basis to include label ordering, packing details for growers, price sheets and data entry into PR3
• Compiling and developing reports as requested by the Account Manager/retail clients
• Store visits, attending meetings to review season progress
• Organise samples and participate in store events
• Attend the daily round up meeting and provide updates to the customer when required
• Prepare all the label/packaging information (Backsheets)
• Any other activities the job requires
• Cover weekend tasks as part of the sales team rota

PERSON SPECIFICATION

1. Evidence of experience working in a comparable role, preferably within the soft fruit industry
2. Strong appreciation of our business needs and resourcefulness in coming up with solutions to their challenges
3. Ability to relate to key client personnel in a professional and credible fashion
4. Well developed personal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with a wide range of employees
5. Creativity
6. Ability to delegate effectively and to follow-up as appropriate
7. Ability to work as part of a team with colleagues across professional, operational and cultural boundaries
8. Proactive approach and prompt responses to all service requests
9. Ability to identify needs and issues and recommend suitable and pragmatic courses of action and solutions
10. Good time management and organisational skills with the ability to multi-task, meeting deadlines as required
11. Very good organisational, analytical and numerical skills.
12. Good IT skills including experience of Excel and MS Office.

Interpersonnel UK Ltd is acting as a recruitment consultancy on behalf of our client.
Interpersonnel is an equal opportunities employer.
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