Food Department Trading Assistant (part-time)

Food DepartmentTrading Assistant (part-time)

Ref: WL46909


A Japanese global trading company is currently seeking to recruit a Trading Assistant in their Food Group.

This role involves handling cocoa and sugar physical shipments, and SAP entries.

The ideal candidate should be an all-round flexible team player to support in their Food Department with the capability and mindset to develop new skills.


TYPE: part-time (25 hours per week)

WORKING HOURS: 9:00 - 15:00, Monday to Friday

SALARY: £19,5k (£27,3k pro rata)

START: ASAP

LOCATION: London


Trading Assistant Main Responsibilities:

  • Handle Fresh Food business shipments, related correspondence, payments, and SAP entries
  • Issue invoices
  • Communicate with suppliers/customers related to shipping
  • Handle shipping documentation, checking and sending physical documents to customers
  • Handle administrative ad hoc tasks for both Fresh food and Food distribution


Trading Assistant Ideal Candidate:

  • Experience of handling invoices and payments, as well as shipping documentation
  • Effective time and task management
  • Numeral accuracy
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Can do attitude
  • Motivated personality
  • Solid knowledge of Excel and SAP


** All applicants for the Trading Assistant must have the right to work in the country as the Company is not able to offer visa support.

*We regret that we cannot accept applications from Working holiday visa, Graduate or Student visa holders.


If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.

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