Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.
Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave Market Place.
We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to ensure that happens.
Role Purpose: To gain an understanding of a Food Wholesale Business specifically in the areas of Product Development, Food Innovation, Seasonal activities, and Store Operations events & projects.
This position will provide valuable work experience including opportunities to develop practical experience in key projects across Sales, Trading, Operations, and Marketing. This role will enhance culinary skills, product development and launch to market, customer relations, communication, organizational, reporting, and interpersonal skills.
Role Scope:
This role will engage and support different functions within the business specifically:
* Food Service Customer Support
* Demonstrations (In our Food Service Emporiums and on-site at customers' premises)
* Customer Solutions
* Supplier Demonstrations
* Training
Retail Customer Support:
* Supporting our National and Key Account customers
* Innovation and menu development
* Group insight and innovation team support
Trading Support - Supplier EPD and NPD:
* Mitigate availability issues by introducing new suppliers - benchmarking vs. incumbent supplier
* Mitigate pricing issues by introducing new suppliers - benchmarking vs. incumbent supplier
* Trading Support - Quality Assurance
* Completing own brand QA checks with Trading
Marketing & PR:
* Recipes and solutions for Food Service Flyers
* SME, Retail, and Foodservice photoshoot content, from design, styling to picture
* Branch Event planning and execution
* Food service event planning and execution
* Passionate about food – willing to taste all products
* Applicants should have excellent planning, organization, and interpersonal skills
* Self-starter, drive, and enthusiasm
* Communication Skills
* Thorough approach to work/attention to detail
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite is required.
Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.
We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.
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