Sales / Marketing Assistant
Description✓Sales / Marketing Assistant
✓Location: Hockley, Birmingham, B18 5AY.
✓Salary: £25,000.
✓Contract: 40 hours Monday-Friday 09.00am – 17.30pm.
✓We are a national manufacturing company with an exciting opportunity for a Sales / Marketing Assistant to join our team!
✓Sales / Marketing Assistant – The Role:
✓We have a fantastic opportunity for a Sales & Marketing Assistant to undertake administration and other office duties that supports the sales team in achieving the business sales targets
✓As well as support in the development of marketing of the various brands, by undertaking the company’s marketing plan.
✓You will need excellent clerical and keyboard skills and a keen sense of customer service
✓A good standard of education is essential for the role and the ability to cope with the pressure of deadlines and making decisions.
✓Key Responsibilities:
✓Sales
✓• Send out literature on the company, and products for new enquires
✓• Price change admin e.g., new products, promotions
✓• Check invoice prices particularly over promotion periods
✓• Arrange samples for prospective and new customers
✓• Help completely new line and other customer forms [New Supplier and Promotion forms, CPIs]
✓• Deal with day-to-day queries regarding orders, deliveries and stock issues
✓• Communicate with suppliers so that they are well-informed on various aspects of the business
✓• After training become conversant with supermarket supplier websites/portals so that relevant forms can be completed and submitted
✓• To produce sales orientated reports from the data and comment on trends.
✓• Participate in the preparation in product management plans.
✓• Maintaining and circulating promotion plans to advise internal staff
✓• Prepare and administer product launch plans
✓• Prepare and administer account profitability plans
✓• Create and distribute internally, actual sales figures, projects and forecasts of future
✓• Generate sales reports from SAGE to identify trends
✓• Contact potential customers
✓• Answering switch board and directing queries to the right departments
✓• Support with production planning
✓• In store merchandising as and when required
✓• Attend customer meetings when required
✓Marketing
✓• Research market trends, demographics, pricing strategies, and other relevant information that helps managers and directors develop marketing plans
✓• Analyse surveys, polls, and other market research to look for patterns and trends
✓• Delivers reports on research findings through written documents and verbal presentations
✓• Assists in creating promotional materials, including brochures, blogs, marketing copy, etc.
✓• Provides fact-checking, copy-editing, and formatting assistance during the creation of mailers, coupons, website content, and other promotional materials
✓• Helps maintain social media accounts for brands, products, or services
✓• Enters marketing data into spreadsheets and helps to create data and financial reports for managers and directors
✓• Organises and plans the production of all major marketing materials by working closely with printers and other involved parties
✓• Ensure all channels are updated and current including Google, website and social media platforms
✓• Helps to plan and deliver promotional events hosted by the company
✓• Assist with the planning of exhibitions with the Events and Marketing Manager
✓Essential
✓• Relevant degree or at least 3 years sales and marketing experience
✓• Knowledge of business social media accounts
✓• Adept with Canva for content creation
✓Requirements
✓• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
✓• Excellent customer service skills
✓• A high level of proof-reading accuracy and attention to detail
✓• Ability to manage a varying workload
✓• Strong initiative, drive and a flair for creativity and innovation
✓• Ability to manage the social media accounts and generate ideas
✓• The ability to establish a desk-based relationship with key buyers and support staff;
✓• Good general administration and organisational skills
✓• A positive team player with the ability to think and act on own initiative in an integrated sales and marketing environment
✓• Good time management
✓• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to deal with people at all levels
✓• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
✓• Dealing with the top supermarkets and wholesale would be an advantage
✓• Previous food manufacturing experience would be an advantage
✓If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role then apply today Show more →
✓Location: Hockley, Birmingham, B18 5AY.
✓Salary: £25,000.
✓Contract: 40 hours Monday-Friday 09.00am – 17.30pm.
✓We are a national manufacturing company with an exciting opportunity for a Sales / Marketing Assistant to join our team!
✓Sales / Marketing Assistant – The Role:
✓We have a fantastic opportunity for a Sales & Marketing Assistant to undertake administration and other office duties that supports the sales team in achieving the business sales targets
✓As well as support in the development of marketing of the various brands, by undertaking the company’s marketing plan.
✓You will need excellent clerical and keyboard skills and a keen sense of customer service
✓A good standard of education is essential for the role and the ability to cope with the pressure of deadlines and making decisions.
✓Key Responsibilities:
✓Sales
✓• Send out literature on the company, and products for new enquires
✓• Price change admin e.g., new products, promotions
✓• Check invoice prices particularly over promotion periods
✓• Arrange samples for prospective and new customers
✓• Help completely new line and other customer forms [New Supplier and Promotion forms, CPIs]
✓• Deal with day-to-day queries regarding orders, deliveries and stock issues
✓• Communicate with suppliers so that they are well-informed on various aspects of the business
✓• After training become conversant with supermarket supplier websites/portals so that relevant forms can be completed and submitted
✓• To produce sales orientated reports from the data and comment on trends.
✓• Participate in the preparation in product management plans.
✓• Maintaining and circulating promotion plans to advise internal staff
✓• Prepare and administer product launch plans
✓• Prepare and administer account profitability plans
✓• Create and distribute internally, actual sales figures, projects and forecasts of future
✓• Generate sales reports from SAGE to identify trends
✓• Contact potential customers
✓• Answering switch board and directing queries to the right departments
✓• Support with production planning
✓• In store merchandising as and when required
✓• Attend customer meetings when required
✓Marketing
✓• Research market trends, demographics, pricing strategies, and other relevant information that helps managers and directors develop marketing plans
✓• Analyse surveys, polls, and other market research to look for patterns and trends
✓• Delivers reports on research findings through written documents and verbal presentations
✓• Assists in creating promotional materials, including brochures, blogs, marketing copy, etc.
✓• Provides fact-checking, copy-editing, and formatting assistance during the creation of mailers, coupons, website content, and other promotional materials
✓• Helps maintain social media accounts for brands, products, or services
✓• Enters marketing data into spreadsheets and helps to create data and financial reports for managers and directors
✓• Organises and plans the production of all major marketing materials by working closely with printers and other involved parties
✓• Ensure all channels are updated and current including Google, website and social media platforms
✓• Helps to plan and deliver promotional events hosted by the company
✓• Assist with the planning of exhibitions with the Events and Marketing Manager
✓Essential
✓• Relevant degree or at least 3 years sales and marketing experience
✓• Knowledge of business social media accounts
✓• Adept with Canva for content creation
✓Requirements
✓• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
✓• Excellent customer service skills
✓• A high level of proof-reading accuracy and attention to detail
✓• Ability to manage a varying workload
✓• Strong initiative, drive and a flair for creativity and innovation
✓• Ability to manage the social media accounts and generate ideas
✓• The ability to establish a desk-based relationship with key buyers and support staff;
✓• Good general administration and organisational skills
✓• A positive team player with the ability to think and act on own initiative in an integrated sales and marketing environment
✓• Good time management
✓• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to deal with people at all levels
✓• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
✓• Dealing with the top supermarkets and wholesale would be an advantage
✓• Previous food manufacturing experience would be an advantage
✓If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role then apply today Show more →
