About Us
Newly Weds® Foods is a leading, privately owned global food ingredients business and has been innovating since 1932. The European division is a market leader in the manufacture of coatings, seasonings and functional ingredient systems. Today, Newly Weds® Foods is a world leader in food ingredient technology. A network of R&D, manufacturing and service facilities around the globe allows us to serve our customers’ needs in more than 68 countries. But despite our size and scope, we’ve continued to be an independent, family‑owned business answerable only to the demands of our customers. That’s why we continue to invest in infrastructure, human resources and capacity to keep pace with our customers’ needs and expectations.
The Role
Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Operations function and wider business, ensuring the efficient delivery of operational activities and supporting cross‑functional teams as required. This is a fixed‑term 18‑month contract.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain consignment stock levels by placing daily and weekly orders, replenishing stock locations, and ensuring inventory availability (including some manual handling duties)
- Manage the ordering, distribution, and stock control of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) across the site
- Review and process agency invoices, investigating and resolving discrepancies to ensure accurate and timely payments
- Raise purchase orders, ensuring compliance with procurement procedures
- Maintain and update employee training records, ensuring personnel training information remains accurate and up to date
- Coordinate business travel arrangements, including booking flights, accommodation, and transport in line with company policies and requirements
- Attend meetings, ensuring accurate minutes are taken, actions tracked and distributed in a timely manner
- Provide general administrative duties to support the Operations team
- Monitor and replenish stationery, including placing orders as required
- Provide basic holiday and absence cover for the Operations and Admin Support Manager
- Cross‑functional administration duties as required to support with holidays and absences across the administration team, including reception cover
- Miscellaneous
- To undertake such training as is viewed necessary by the company to improve personal performance or to meet the overall business objectives
- The above responsibilities and duties are not exhaustive, as you will be expected, as required and directed by your manager to accept changes in responsibility or other duties within the department or other areas, subject to suitable knowledge or training.
Person Specification
- Administration and reception experience
- Excellent communication skills and telephone manner
- Strong organisations skills
- Ability to liaise with a wide range of people
- Self‑motivated with the ability to work unsupervised
- Proficient with Microsoft packages i.e. Word, Excel and Outlook
Additional information
- Pension Scheme
- Attendance bonus
- Health care plan
- Social club & sports
- Working hours – Monday to Friday 08:30am until 17:00pm, 1 hour lunch.
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