Job Description

The Midlands Farm Trading team, based in Witham St Hughs are looking for somebody to take on the role of Commercial Support Assistant/Trainee Farm Trader to join us on a permanent full-time basis.

The successful candidate will provide administrative and commercial/customer support to the Commercial team (Midlands Farm Traders). Our Farm Traders play a key role in facilitating our business by promoting Frontier\'s services and products and building outstanding customer relationships.

This is the ideal opportunity for candidates with the ability, skills and desire to develop a career in a commercial sales role. A background in sales is not essential as we are looking for people with an interest in agriculture, coupled with strong commercial ambition.

Ideal candidate

• Strong time management and organisational skills
• Flexible approach to work and managing changing priorities
• Excellent eye for detail
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally at all levels
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft office
• Experience of meeting multiple deadlines in a very time sensitive environment
• Self-motivated
• Experience of working in a customer focused industry
• A friendly, and professional person who is solution focussed and passionate about getting things right
• The ambition and resilience to develop new business
• Strong commercial awareness
• Previous success in dealing with farmers desirable but not essential
• Ability to build outstanding professional relationships with colleagues and customers
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• A high level of initiative with strong planning and organisational skills
• High standard of numeracy and literacy and good attention to detail
• Good computer skills including Microsoft Excel

The role - Key responsibilities

• To be an ambassador for Customer Support.
• Supporting the Commercial team in all aspects of administration to include contracts and managing customer issues.
• Responsibility for organising and arranging team meetings
• Involved in developing external relationships with customers.
• Responsible for producing and coordinating reports for Commercial team locally.
• Offer a high standard of service to internal and external customers.
• Supporting in promoting, managing and developing Frontier\'s business, products and services
• Supporting Farm Traders in buying Grain, Oilseeds and Pulses from Farmer customers both established and new.
• Supporting Farm Traders in selling seed, fertilisers and other inputs and services to farmer customers and developing new sales opportunities.
• Establishing a network of colleagues from within the business and across relevant departments to support your work and the needs of the Midlands customers.

Why work for Frontier?

At Frontier, we believe in rewarding our people for a job well done. As an employee you will have access to the following benefits:

• Opportunity to apply for flexible working
• A contributory pension plan to help you save for your future. The plan offers a choice of contributing levels up to 7% of salary, which is matched by us
• 25 days\' holiday (per annum) in addition to Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to an additional five days\' holiday per year
• Life Assurance of three times your salary
• You and your friends and family (up to five people) will have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides 24-hour support and advice in a variety of areas including financial and wellbeing.
• Access to money saving discounts at selected retailers through our Employee Discounts Programme and our Cycle to Work scheme
• Dedicated learning and development specialists to support your ongoing development
• Access to free eye tests across all roles
• Complimentary parking on site

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than \xc2\xa31.5 billion.

With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Award winning for our commitment to people, we have been recognised by Great Place to Work institute since 2012 and we are proud to be ranked by them in the top 30 UK best large places to work.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values - Integrity, Customer focus and Expertise - or \'ICE\'. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.

Frontier Agriculture