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Sales Office Support (Animal Feed)
W & H Marriage & Sons (Marriage's) is looking for a Sales Office Support Assistant at our site in Chelmsford city centre, Essex.
Company profile:
This is a milling company, owned and directed by the Marriage family. The feed mill supplies farms, gamekeepers, equestrian yards, agricultural merchants and pet food retailers. In combination with its flour milling operations, the company employs 150 people across sites in Essex, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and remains family-owned after nearly 200 years.
The role:
This is a varied and busy role for a dynamic new entrant to the animal feed milling industry. You will give mainly office-based support to our sales team, with potential involvement with operations and events.
Key tasks:
- First point of contact and general administration of:
- New sales enquiries
- Small customer accounts
- Technical enquiries
- Customer complaints
- Customer credit control
- Administrative support to the wider field sales team.
- Marketing support:
- Mailing promotional materials
- Preparing product samples
- Staffing event stands (possibly at weekends)
- Providing occasional cover for the sales and sales orders teams.
The person:
Candidates will need administrative and customer service skills, as well as an interest in animal nutrition and husbandry.
Essential skills and experience:
- An understanding of good customer service.
- An excellent manner face-to-face and on the telephone.
- An interest in animal nutrition and husbandry.
- Experience of agriculture, animal nutrition or animal/veterinary science.
- The ability to cope under pressure, use initiative and work with a team.
- Good arithmetic and grammar.
- A category B driving licence.
The salary is competitive and negotiable with experience. Training and continued development will be provided. The role is permanent and full-time with working hours from 0830 to 1700, Monday to Friday. The site has private parking and is within walking distance of the city centre.
Deadline for applications 31 July 2018
Hygiene Operative
W & H Marriage & Sons is looking for a Hygiene Operative at our site in Chelmsford city centre, Essex.
Company Profile:
Marriage's is a milling company, owned and run by the fifth and sixth generation of the Marriage family. Marriage's produce quality flour and animal feed. Our Chelmsford site has 110 employees across the office, mills and transport fleet.
The Role:
The Hygiene Operative is responsible for hygiene and housekeeping, helping to drive continuous improvement across the site and ensuring quality for our customers.
The basic hours of work will be 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Key tasks:
- Ensuring all areas of the mill and warehouse are kept clean and tidy at all times.
- Cleaning walls, floors, machinery, equipment, utensils and the removal of rubbish.
- Detailed cleaning for some machinery.
- Using bailing machinery for waste materials.
- Some heavy lifting.
- Complying with all company Health and Safety rules.
- Any other duty as directed by the management.
The Person:
We are looking for a member of staff who will fit in to our small team, work with good attention to detail, and have high personal and professional standards.
Essential:
- Able to prioritise workload.
- Able to work in a safe manner.
- Numerate and literate.
- Comfortable working outdoors.
- Physically fit.
Desired:
- Previous factory experience in the food industry would be an advantage.
- Able to work autonomously and with a team.
Deadline for applications 24 July 2018.
Feed Mill Operative vacancy
W & H Marriage & Sons is looking for a Feed Mill Operative at our site in Chelmsford city centre, Essex.
Company Profile:
Marriage's is a milling company, owned and run by the fifth and sixth generation of the Marriage family. Marriage's produce quality flour and animal feed. Our Chelmsford site has 110 employees across the office, mills and transport fleet.
The Role:
This is a multifunctional role in the Feed Mill including: picking materials for packing, packing product using a computerised process, dealing with rejected product, forklift truck driving and maintaining high standards of cleanliness in the Feed Mill.
The hours of work will be 6am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Key tasks:
- Responsible for packing orders for distribution to customers and loading vehicles.
- Using a forklift truck to move product to onsite warehouses and ensuring stock rotation.
- Receiving, checking and labelling incoming ingredients and packaging before stowing these.
- Wrapping pallet loads and labelling where necessary.
- Operation of a mechanised bag packing line, and maintenance and cleaning on packing equipment.
- Accurately completing production paperwork, loading documentation and cleaning records.
- Assisting in the Feed Mill, plus any other cross-functional duties as requested.
- Responsible for hygiene and housekeeping in the coarse mis packing area and warehouse area.
- Complying with all company Health and Safety rules.
The Person:
We are looking for a member of staff who will fit in to our small team, work with good attention to detail, and have high personal and professional standards.
Essential:
- Able to prioritise workload.
- Numerate and literate.
- Comfortable working in and outdoors.
- Physically fit.
Desired:
- Current driving licence.
- Fork Lift Truck licence.
- Warehouse / stores experience.
(Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted. No agencies.)
Deadline for applications 24 July 2018.
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