Skills you will acquire or deepen
These are the skills the recruiter listed you would acquire during the placement.
Education
Team Management
Big Data
Line Management
Management
Sales
Sustainability
Team Building
Business
business building
Retail
Key Account Management
Performance Management
Food
Sales Management
Sourcing
Time Management
Credit
Oil
About The Opportunity
This job is part of the UK GOVERNMENT’S KICKSTART SCHEME, SO YOU HAVE TO BE 24 OR UNDER & ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT to complete the 6-month part-time work placement with us. The opportunity is based in London, working a minimum of three days, but for the right candidate we would be willing to offer a full time position after the first month. You’ll be responsible for supporting the UK Sales Team with the day to day management of Piccolo’s key retail customers. Your job will include: Account administrative tasks Winning new business Building strong relationships with existing accounts Completing the new line & promotional forms Building category data reports Reporting on weekly sales which allows the sales teams to track performance and forecast future sales How to apply: Please send us your resume and a few paragraphs telling us why you are fit for the role to workwithus@piccolofoods.uk Why join Piccolo? This is an incredibly unique opportunity to join the team at an exciting period of fast growth. The environment is fast moving and changing, so an efficient and nimble individual is required to join the hard-working and collaborative team based in the heart of central London. Aside from the limitless opportunity with the role itself, there is also the family-culture fit. We are a company with a work culture driven by a passion to learn something new every day. This is a 'challenger' and 'always-on' culture but with big rewards. About Piccolo Launched in 2016, Piccolo is the UK’s fastest growing baby food company. We are passionate that children should enjoy the healthiest and most nutritious food from the very start of their weaning journey. Our range of 100% organic pouches and meal pots are inspired by the Mediterranean approach to health and wellbeing, centred around fresh ingredients that have been lovingly prepared and shared with friends and family. We have an unrivalled range of healthy and delicious Stage 1 and Stage 2 pouches, veg only and Pure fruit purees, and Stage 3 meals all crammed full with a wide variety of fruit and veg, hints of herbs and spices and a dash of olive oil to help encourage baby’s taste buds to learn flavour from natural means and promote a lifetime of healthy eating. We believe in giving back and keep sustainability and provenance at the heart of our sourcing decisions. Many of our 100% organic ingredients are planted and nurtured in independent family farms across the Mediterranean. Voted in the 30 most philanthropic businesses in the UK, we are committed to giving 10% of our profits to food education programmes providing practical support around baby nutrition to parents. www.mylittlepiccolo.com
About Piccolo Foods
About Piccolo.
Launched in 2016, premium baby food company, Piccolo, focuses on nutritious food and family time spent together. Piccolo makes healthy (and very tasty) baby meals, cooking products and snacks to help you get the right balance every day.
At Piccolo, giving back and sustainable sourcing are core values of the business. Piccolo works with small producers and places provenance at the heart of its sourcing decisions, with many of its organic ingredients planted and nurtured in independent family farms across the Mediterranean.
Drawing from founder Cat Gazzoli’s Mediterranean roots, Piccolo makes organic baby food, snacks and cooking ingredients packed with vegetables, fruit, herbs and spices to make it easy for parents to give their families a nutritious start in life and promote a lifetime of healthy eating.
Piccolo is also committed to giving 10% of profits to charities supporting local families and has donated over 200,000 baby meals to families in need over the last two years. It is currently working with Little Village and City Harvest to help local families provide their children with the best start in life. Piccolo can be found in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Asda, Coop, Boots, Morrisons, Ocado, Whole Foods Market and Planet Organic as well as many independent and online retailers, including its own subscription service.
About Your Recruiter
Catherine Gazzoli
Founder of Piccolo baby and toddler organic food brand
I am Founder of Piccolo, an infant, baby and toddler food brand, supporting parents to give the very best start to their littles ones. My background is in the make a difference space from being a global board member of the Slow Food organisation to working at the United Nations promoting sustainable livelihoods for farmers.