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Harvest Fine Foods is always on the lookout for talent…

Trading since 1988 Harvest has grown to be one of the largest Independent Food Service providers in the South of England. With a broad clientele base covering restaurants, hotels, schools and hospitals as well as many other sectors we are renowned for offering first-class service levels to our customer. Our product range is extensive and includes high-quality butchery, chilled, frozen, ambient and fresh food as well as a range of non-food sundries.

Our job roles cover sales, marketing, purchasing, finance as well as drivers and our day and night warehouse crew. We are always on the lookout for talented people who always put the customer at the forefront of their mind. 

 If you feel you have something to offer us we would love to hear from you. 

We offer a great working environment, competitive rates of pay, and a huge discount on our product range.

 

Our company values:

Trust

Be honest and treat others with respect. Value the contribution of your colleagues.

Accept responsibility for your actions.

Be consistent in your actions.

Be a credible leader and good role model.

Courage

Be willing to learn new skills.

Stand up for what is RIGHT, not what is EASY. Learn from your mistakes and failures.

Have a positive effect on all those around.

Respond positively to feedback from all colleagues.

Passion

Strive for excellence – always be looking for ways to improve.

Be pro-active, adopt a “can-do” attitude.

Always think about how you can help and support your colleagues.

Always think about how we can exceed the customer’s expectations.

Spread happiness and Smile. Be energetic and enthusiastic

 

Business Development Manager

Are you passionate about food and excited to drive sales growth? If so, please read on:

 

Hampshire – M3 corridor

Full Time – Permanent

Salary c£35k plus monthly bonuses

Company Car or Allowance

 

The Role

As a Harvest Business Development Manager, you will be established and experienced in:

  • · Exceeding sales and profit margin target targets via existing and new business foodservice customers within your territory.
  • · Managing existing independent or small groups of Foodservice accounts.
  • · Providing best solutions that support and enhance your customer’s business whilst growing your own.
  • · Identifying new growth opportunities through regular prospecting of independent or regional groups that enable organic growth.
  • · Selling multiple food and non-food categories into customers
  • · Achieving objectives and contributing to the team’s goals and targets in revenue and profitability.

 

About You

At Harvest, we Trust our colleagues to be Courageously Passionate about our products and customers. We are looking for someone who shares these values with the addition of these key attributes:

  • · You will have a strong passion for the foodservice industry, be highly service focused and the love of all things food will be in your DNA.
  • · You will be a resilient, dynamic self-starting salesperson with an energetic driven approach to achieve results.
  • · You will have a good all-round knowledge of the foodservice marketplace and be experienced in selling into Hospitality and Catering marketplace.
  • · Will possess proven selling skills and have natural relationship building capabilities to speak to decision makers at various levels.
  • · You’ll be customer centric with an instinctive curious approach understand your customers business needs.
  • · You are tenacious, highly organised and accustomed to the fast pace within foodservice wholesale supply.
  • · You will be experienced in working to and delivering sales and profit targets and can track own performances against targets and KPIs.
  • · You may now be scoping out the next chapter of your foodservice career and maybe be seeking a greater role responsibility and more autonomy.
  • · You will be living within your territory boundaries and have great local networks.

 

Benefits

  • · We offer a great working environment
  • · Competitive salary
  • · 31 days holiday, including Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time
  • · Amazing discounts on our products
  • · Company pension scheme
  • · Free parking
  • · Paid volunteer time
  • · Company events.
  • · Company car or allowance 

 

Apply

Don't miss out on this opportunity, apply here!

 

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Telesales Executive (Sales)

Do you love food and selling and leading a team? Are you looking for an evening role?

Location: Totton, Southampton (onsite)

Hours: Part Time Evening Role - 30 hours per week

Shift Pattern:  5.15pm to 11.15pm Sunday to Thursday (potential to negotiate)

 

Role

Reporting to the Telesales Manager, your role within the Telesales team is to lead the evening shift team and work with colleagues to manage and process all customer orders and grow business through selling new categories and ranges. The function of the Telesales Team is to build relationships with existing customers, taking inbound and outbound telephone orders, retrieving and processing answerphone and email orders and upselling new products and ranges. You and your team will have sales targets and bonuses available to earn each month. You will work closely with other departments within the business including Warehouse and Transport with handovers & liaison with days teams in Telesales, Purchasing, Field Sales, and Accounts, to ensure the best possible experience is received by our customers.

Every day is different, you will learn something new. Changes in seasonal foods, chefs working with some foods you will never have heard of. It’s exciting, its fun, and it’s different.

 

You

At Harvest, we Trust our colleagues to be Courageously Passionate about our products and customers. We are looking for someone who shares these values with the addition of these key skills:

We will provide full training it is essential you are:

  • · Passionate about food and sales
  • · Great attention to detail
  • · Fantastic communicator
  • · Confident in using IT equipment

It would be an advantage if you had any of:

  • · Experience in any hospitality setting as a team leader

 

Benefits

  • · We offer a great working environment
  • · Competitive salary
  • · 31 days holiday, including Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time
  • · Amazing discounts on our products
  • · Company pension scheme
  • · Free parking
  • · Paid volunteer time
  • · Company events.

 

Apply

E-mail a cover letter with CV to telesalesadmin@harvest.lls.com

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £18,500 per annum (30 hours)

 

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Transport Supervisor

We need you - The driving force of our business!

Location: Totton, Southampton

Hours: 42.5 hours

Rota: Fully flexible working 5 days over 7 days, Monday to Sunday.

Salary: £32,720

 

Role

Your role will be to support the Transport Manager in all areas of the transport department including routing, forecasting, driver training & development, driver management, compliance, fleet maintenance and many other Transport functions.

 

You

At Harvest, we Trust our colleagues to be Courageous & Passionate about our products and customers. We are looking for someone who shares these values with the addition of these key skills:

  • · Supervisor experience within a transport environment.
  • · Good knowledge regarding drivers' hours, working time directive and key legislation is essential.
  • · Strong people management skills.
  • · Ability to work smart in a fast-paced logistics environment.
  • · Natural leader with strong team player skills.
  • · Flexible and adaptable, as shifts will vary and may involve evenings.
  • · Full driving licence required.

 

Benefits

  • · We offer a great working environment
  • · Competitive salary
  • · 31 days holiday, including Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time
  • · Amazing discounts on our products
  • · Company pension scheme
  • · Free parking
  • · Paid volunteer time
  • · Company events.

 

APPLY HERE

 

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Multi Drop Delivery Driver

The driving force of our business, check out our role here.

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