Production Support Coordinator

PA / Production Support Co-ordinator – West Sussex – to £48,000 pa

The Company

A successful, profitable and expanding organisation operating within the Produce sector. With a track record in supplying products to the major multiple retailers, this organisation has an immediate requirement for an experienced Personal Assistant with experience of working within the Agricultural, Horticultural or wider Produce/Food Industry.

The Role

The PA / Production Support Co-ordinator will support the Production Director and wider business in a range of Administration and Support duties. This will include: arranging meetings, distribution of meeting agendas, recording of information agreed at meetings, communication of follow-up actions. There will be a requirement to work with Spreadsheets and use Pivot tables to display information in reports.

There will be a requirement to work closely with the Productivity team, HR and the Training Team, and collate data relating to their activities. The PA / Production Support Co-ordinator will act as a resource to Site Managers, Technical Managers and Farm Managers, who may need you to disseminate information or information relating to yield, quality, efficiencies, productivity etc.

Other duties includes dealing with customer and supplier enquiries and Coordinate visits by technical advisors and growers. Using top-class organisational skills, the jobholder will provide a PA service to the Production Director and other senior figures within the business, including the arrangement of flights, car hire and hotel accommodation for both UK and Overseas visits.

The Person

We are seeking to appoint an individual with an understanding of the Agricultural, Horticultural or wider Produce/Food Industry. Presentation skills, the ability to communicate at all levels and previous experience of working in a PA/Co-ordinator type role is required. Experience of developing Spreadsheets and Pivot tables, combined with high levels of concentration and attention to detail is also expected.

This role is commutable from-: Portsmouth, Littlehampton, Waterlooville, Fareham, Billinghurst, Petersfield, Gosport, Havant, Hampshire, West Sussex, Chichester, Bognor Regis, Worthing, Brighton, Horsham, Crawley, Alton, Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton