SENIOR SALES OPERATIONS CO-ORDINATOR (NEWHOUSE BASED)
Come and join the number one food service company in the country…
With a turnover of over £2.6bn, Brakes Group is a leading supplier to the foodservice industry in the UK, Ireland, France and Sweden. The group comprises a family of specialist businesses which are able to deliver everything the caterer needs, including their very successful own brand ranges developed specifically for chefs.
A highly professional self-starter, you will already be accustomed to working within a fast-paced environment where the delivery of excellence in service is paramount.
Pro-active and strongly self-motivated, you will be highly IT literate; customer-focussed; commercially astute and confident in your approach with both internal and external partners alike.
The role of Sales Operations is to effectively bridge the gap between customer; sales; finance and a number of other areas within such a large-scale and diverse company as Brakes.
Looking after your own portfolio of big name customers, your Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities will include:
¨ Develop and maintain strong relationships, at head office level, with your Portfolio of Customers
¨ Attend Customer and Business meetings/calls
¨ Be a primary point of contact on Customer and Business queries and issues
¨ Engage with your Account Managers through regular meetings to discuss actions and activities in support of both Business and Customer
¨ Work pro-actively to improve and enhance the Customer Experience
¨ Produce and deliver regular and ad-hoc Sales, Product, Pricing and Delivery reports
¨ Maintain Approved Buying Lists (ABLs) and Discounts
¨ Update Promotional Pricing activity
¨ Action Credit Rebates
¨ Issue regular Price Reviews and maintain Customer pricing
¨ Continually analyse pricing data to recommend margin improvements
¨ Co-ordinate onboarding of New Customers
¨ Order and organise Sales and Promotional Samples
- Provide administrative and systems data support for the Scottish Procurement and Category objective.
Sales Operations is an incredibly diverse and hugely rewarding environment that connects with every area of business.

• Provide administrative assistance covering system updates and maintenance
• Support sales growth across the business

In addition to your professionalism, initiative, confidence and adaptability, our ideal candidate should have experience in the following:

• Working in a fast moving, pressurised team environment
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving and organisational skills
• The ability to prioritise workloads and work well under pressure
• Working within, and contributing to, a highly dedicated team
• Highly proficient use of MS Office – in particular Excel
• Experience of working