Job Description

Do you have a keen eye for detail and enjoy supporting teams to deliver high‑quality work? Are you organised, proactive, and confident working across multiple stakeholders in a fast‑paced environment? If so, you could be the newest addition to our team as an Admin Assistant.

Be part of the movement - and play your part.   

About the role  

Working Monday to Friday, 08:30–17:00 on a Fixed Term Contract of 3 months, you’ll provide key administrative support across category, marketing, and operations teams. You’ll help ensure plans are delivered smoothly, accurately, and on time, supporting a range of commercial and operational activities.

You will be responsible for:

Supporting Category Managers, marketing, and operations teams with day‑to‑day administrative tasks

Liaising with marketing teams and suppliers to support promotional activity

Managing weekly vessel/shop communications to ensure clarity and engagement

Implementing cost and retail price changes within the LS21 system

Setting up new product lines, promotions, and supporting forecasting activities

Maintaining accurate master data, ensuring ranging decisions are reflected correctly

Coordinating supplier and route visits, and supporting planogram management

About you 

You’ll be a confident communicator with excellent attention to detail and a strong ability to work accurately under pressure. You’ll have good organisational skills and be comfortable managing multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast‑paced environment. Strong IT skills are essential, particularly in Excel, along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Experience in a retail or similar environment is desirable but not essential. You’ll thrive in this role if you’re proactive, reliable, and enjoy working collaboratively with different teams to keep things running smoothly.

We think the strongest teams are built on diversity and inclusivity. Contrasting opinions, varied skills and strong characters bring out the best in us all. And we cannot wait for you to join.   

Working at DFDS  

Join the movement and grow with us.  

Now about what we can give you. You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

Life assurance cover

Contributory company pension scheme

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips

Full employee assistance programme including:

Proactive financial, emotional, mental, and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family.

Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers

Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more.

Access to myStrength, our Wellbeing platform, which has plenty of content to support and improve your mental wellness needs.

Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing.

While you’re with us, we want you to develop. At DFDS, we believe that development happens first and foremost through activities in the workplace. We will also offer training courses that can support you in your role, if needed.   

Are we a match? Then what are you waiting for? Apply Now.   

If you think your personality, skills, experience, and desire match this role, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your CV as soon as possible, as we’re keen to meet potential candidates on an ongoing basis.   

We look forward to hearing from you