The Role:

Based at our Head Office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley, this is an office based role, with occasional travel to the manufacturing site in Bretherton.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• You will play a key role in managing the day to day needs of your Partners.
• Be the champion of GA products and services that support the delivery of the Partners strategy.
• Plan and organize regular, strategic reviews to create opportunities to showcase NPD development and build mutually profitable growth
• Deliver the ‘Partnership Agreement’ for your Partner Brands
• Demonstrate a ‘Partner Centric’ approach in a prompt, professional and efficient manner
• Deliver the sales growth target for each of your Partner Brands
• With the support of our in-house training team, you will maintain and develop your own technical knowledge and skills
• Maintain the in-house CRM system and ensure all Partner specific information is kept up to date

The Candidate:

Essential:

• Educated to a minimum of A Level or with relevant experience
• An effective communicator with the ability to engage at all levels
• Commercially focused
• Work in a fast-paced, demanding department and have the ability to hit deadlines to ensure that projects run smoothly
• Have the ability to work as part of a team
• Effective time management skills
• Presentation skills
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Excel and Word

The Role:

GA requires a Team Administrator to join the Projects Team to offer cover for maternity leave. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team. The role requires an enthusiastic and highly organized individual.  Reporting directly to the Head of Projects, the successful candidate will primarily be required to assist the Projects Team with a wide variety of administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of a multitude of packaging and formulation projects for national and multinational accounts. 

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Keeping the internal CRM system up to date
• Answering internal and external calls in a professional manner and taking messages where required
• Drafting internal and external documents
• Creating and updating spreadsheets
• Drafting meeting minutes/trackers and conducting follow up tasks
• Organise and prioritise large volumes of emails
• Drafting and updating processes and procedures
• Supporting the Projects Team with any other administrative duties

The Candidate:

The candidate will be an organised and motivated individual who is confident working independently on given tasks and also as part of the Projects Team.  With excellent communication and time management skills, the ideal candidate will be comfortable communicating with internal stakeholders and service teams as well as senior managers within the business. The successful candidate will be required to provide support to the Projects Team.

Essential:

• Highly adept at using Microsoft Office. Particularly Excel and Word.
• Excellent time management and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.

Desirable:

• 1 – 2 years of administration experience is desirable.
• An interest in pet food or projects work would be beneficial

The Role:

Based at our Head office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley, this is an office-based role, with occasional travel to the manufacturing facility in Bretherton. The role will entail the following:

• You will play a key role in developing our Partners in a specified region.
• You will become a solutions specialist and enhance the product offering to our Partners by delivering competitive and accurate solutions for growth.
• Carry out incoming/outgoing calls in a polite and professional manner
• Develop productive business relationships with Partners in your region
• With the support of our In House Training Team, you will maintain and develop your own technical knowledge and skills
• Regularly updating the in-house CRM systems
• Proactively managing your workload in the Line Managers absence
• The desire to always go the extra mile for our Partners

The Candidate:

Essential:

• Communication skills with a positive attitude
• Ability to analyse and utilise and finical and commercial data
• Able to listen and engage with Partners and respond with appropriate solutions and recommendations
• An enthusiastic approach with a willingness to learn
• Effective time management skills
• Target driven
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Excel and Word

The Role:

Based at our Head office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley, this is an office-based role, with occasional travel to the manufacturing facility in Bretherton. The role will entail the following:

• Respond efficiently to queries and concerns from customers via email and by phone
• Take and process orders
• Deal with delivery queries and issues
• Deal with any customer complaints and liaise with the Customer Care Department
• Put together and send information packs where necessary (Brochures, samples, bags, templates etc)
• Keep CRM up to date and log all activity
• Create Leads in CRM and assign them to the Account Manager once converted
• Cover for holidays and take phone messages when necessary
• Monitoring SOPS and SLAs for customers holding stock at GA
• Attend customer meetings
• Prepare Documents for Projects such as Quote requests, Product Brief, Project Forms, etc

The Candidate:

Required:

• Must speak and write Spanish fluently at mother tongue level
• English Grade A to C GCSE or equivalent preferable.
• Good IT skills and be able to use databases and spreadsheets.
• An organised, respectful and enthusiastic individual willing to learn.
• Ability to work within the company structure but also take the initiative when required.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to empathize with Partner’s needs.
• The desire to always go the extra mile for our Partners.

The Role:

Based at our Head office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley, this is an office-based role, with occasional travel to the manufacturing facility in Bretherton. The role will entail the following:

• Respond efficiently to queries and concerns from customers via email and by phone
• Take and process orders
• Deal with delivery queries and issues
• Deal with any customer complaints and liaise with the Customer Care Department
• Put together and send information packs where necessary (Brochures, samples, bags, templates etc)
• Keep CRM up to date and log all activity
• Create Leads in CRM and assign them to the Account Manager once converted
• Cover for holidays and take phone messages when necessary
• Monitoring SOPS and SLAs for customers holding stock at GA
• Attend customer meetings
• Prepare Documents for Projects such as Quote requests, Product Brief, Project Forms, etc

The Candidate:

Required:

• Must speak and write Dutch fluently at mother tongue level
• English Grade A to C GCSE or equivalent preferable.
• Good IT skills and be able to use databases and spreadsheets.
• An organised, respectful and enthusiastic individual willing to learn.
• Ability to work within the company structure but also take the initiative when required.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to empathize with Partner’s needs.
• The desire to always go the extra mile for our Partners.

The Role:

Based at our Head office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley, this is an office-based role, with occasional travel to the manufacturing facility in Bretherton. The role will entail the following:

• Respond efficiently to queries and concerns from customers via email and by phone
• Take and process orders
• Deal with delivery queries and issues
• Deal with any customer complaints and liaise with the Customer Care Department
• Put together and send information packs where necessary (Brochures, samples, bags, templates etc)
• Keep CRM up to date and log all activity
• Create Leads in CRM and assign them to the Account Manager once converted
• Cover for holidays and take phone messages when necessary
• Monitoring SOPS and SLAs for customers holding stock at GA
• Attend customer meetings
• Prepare Documents for Projects such as Quote requests, Product Brief, Project Forms, etc

The Candidate:

Required:

• Must speak and write German fluently at mother tongue level
• English Grade A to C GCSE or equivalent preferable.
• Good IT skills and be able to use databases and spreadsheets.
• An organised, respectful and enthusiastic individual willing to learn.
• Ability to work within the company structure but also take the initiative when required.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to empathize with Partner’s needs.
• The desire to always go the extra mile for our Partners.

The Role:

Based at our Head office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley, this is an office-based role, with occasional travel to the manufacturing facility in Bretherton. The role will entail the following:

• Respond efficiently to queries and concerns from customers via email and by phone
• Take and process orders
• Deal with delivery queries and issues
• Deal with any customer complaints and liaise with the Customer Care Department
• Put together and send information packs where necessary (Brochures, samples, bags, templates etc)
• Keep CRM up to date and log all activity
• Create Leads in CRM and assign them to the Account Manager once converted
• Cover for holidays and take phone messages when necessary
• Monitoring SOPS and SLAs for customers holding stock at GA
• Attend customer meetings
• Prepare Documents for Projects such as Quote requests, Product Brief, Project Forms, etc

The Candidate:

Required:

• Must speak and write French fluently at mother tongue level
• English Grade A to C GCSE or equivalent preferable.
• Good IT skills and be able to use databases and spreadsheets.
• An organised, respectful and enthusiastic individual willing to learn.
• Ability to work within the company structure but also take the initiative when required.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to empathize with Partner’s needs.
• The desire to always go the extra mile for our Partners.

The Role:

Based at our Head office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley, this is an office-based role, with occasional travel to the manufacturing facility in Bretherton. The role will entail the following:

• Respond efficiently to queries and concerns from customers via email and by phone
• Take and process orders
• Deal with delivery queries and issues
• Deal with any customer complaints and liaise with the Customer Care Department
• Put together and send information packs where necessary (Brochures, samples, bags, templates etc)
• Keep CRM up to date and log all activity
• Create Leads in CRM and assign them to the Account Manager once converted
• Cover for holidays and take phone messages when necessary
• Monitoring SOPS and SLAs for customers holding stock at GA
• Attend customer meetings
• Prepare Documents for Projects such as Quote requests, Product Brief, Project Forms, etc

The Candidate:

Required:

• Must speak and write Italian fluently at native level
• English Grade A to C GCSE or equivalent preferable.
• Good IT skills and be able to use databases and spreadsheets.
• An organised, respectful and enthusiastic individual willing to learn.
• Ability to work within the company structure but also take initiative when required.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to empathize with Partner’s needs.
• The desire to always go the extra mile for our Partners.

The Role:

Based at our manufacturing site in Bretherton, the role of the Food Safety Assistant is to ensure compliance and Food safety standards are met.  The role will involve:

Food Safety Inspections and Auditing

Glass and Plastic Audit

• To carry out a High and Low-risk Glass and Plastic Audit as per schedule – this will be done using a tablet.
• To log any damages onto the engineering ‘pirana’ system and to follow up with engineers to ensure this has been completed.

GMP/ Food Safety Inspections

• Carrying out GMP audits as per audit schedule. – this will be done using a tablet.
• Food Safety inspections
• Development of KPI’s to identify problematic areas/ issues
• Chair a monthly meeting with production to discuss KPI results

Environmental Monitoring

To follow the Environmental schedule and to report any fails for investigation

• To work with the hygiene team and production to validate after a clean down – this will require using an instant result ‘ATP’ machine and swabs to be sent externally. Areas include Meat Kitchen, Extrusion lines, Packing and IBC yard
• To support the Food Safety team during investigations to carry out ‘non-routine’ swabs
• To take fines from extrusion and send to the lab to be micro tested
• Water testing once per month to check the chlorine levels and report findings to Environmental
• Water testing sample once per year to be sent for micro testing
• To monitor stock levels for equipment

Calibration

• To ensure all equipment is internally calibrated in line with the schedule
• Management of the Calibration log
• To organise external calibration with the accredited company – liaise with Engineering for this.
• To liaise with external calibration companies if equipment is not working or broken

Quality Assurance Team

• To attend a monthly department meeting to discuss areas of concerns and KPI’s, produce slides to present
• To use a QA tracker to update projects and tasks
• To Support the members of the QA Team as and when required.
• Providing cover as required and working in co-operation.

The Candidate:

Essential:

• Experience of working in a Quality Department working to Quality Standards ISO9001
• Food Safety knowledge (advantage)
• Internal Auditing experience (preferable)
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office to include Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Professional level of communication – both verbal and written
• Good time management, organisation skills, attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and complete tasks with limited supervision
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to use own initiative and take a flexible approach