We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and professional Admin Assistant to join our office team in Farningham to provide administrative support to the Commercial and Farm team. The ideal candidate will have previous administration experience and must be happy to work in a fast-paced environment. Due to the location of the role, access to your own transport would be required.
What does the job involve?
- Accurate data entry including inputting timesheets and updating information into the system
- Assisting with Inductions for seasonal new starters
- Collating and issuing reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Managing and updating invoices
- The answering of telephones, relaying messages and responding to enquiries.
- Greeting and signing in external visitors to the Farningham site
- Supporting the Procurement team with updating records
- General administration tasks to support the Procurement, Commercial and Farm team
Key Skills / Experience
- Dependable, organised and ability to prioritise workload efficiently
- Accuracy, strong attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines and achieve targets
- Ability to work on your own initiative as well as supporting the team
- Self-motivated with a positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Determined and driven with a strong desire to achieve results
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build good working relationships with colleagues
- Knowledge and aptitude to using and advancing Microsoft Office skills.
- Ability to work additional or flexible hours as and when required by the business
- Previous experience of the retail, wholesale, food service business, food manufacturing, and food hygiene would be an advantage
Working hours
Monday to Friday 08.00 until 17.30 plus one in four Saturdays 07.00 until 12:00.
About Us
Watts Farms is a third-generation family run business. We grow fresh produce, which is picked and packed on site, with our head office based in Farningham, Kent.
Our production sites are based in Kent and Essex and include organic land, polytunnels and modern glasshouses. We are specialist growers, who over the years have developed both growing techniques and varieties to provide our customers with the best quality and flavour.
We pride ourselves on quality and service and are passionate about food and ensuring we provide a first-class service to our customers.
We meet the requirements of the BRC standard for Food Safety.
What we can offer you…
- 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Staff discount of 20% on our online shop
- Long Service Awards
- Payment reward for friend referrals
- Childcare Vouchers
- Training & Development opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment.
Please note: Employment checks will include Drugs & Alcohol test