Sales Product Coordinator - Career Progression. Global Leader - 17471

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Ready to advance your career with a global leader that understands that success results from the incredible hardworking, dedicated, and diverse people like you we are proud to call our colleagues?

If you are highly motivated and you want to advance your career with a $9 billion leader that can provide you with stability and exciting challenges, whilst supporting your personal growth and career ambitions, we’d love to hear from you.

Role Info:
Product Coordinator
Tamworth
£28,000 - £30,000 & Excellent Company Benefits
Company: Global Distributor of chemicals & ingredients used in everyday products
Your Skills: Commercially Minded, Organised, Proactive
Level: Graduate, 2nd Jobber, Career Change or progression

Univar Specialty Consumables is offering an excellent opportunity for a Product Coordinator to continue to develop a commercial career within product management.

Reporting directly to the Commercial Manager you will take on responsibility for the Transportation strategic supplier base, working proactively with existing and new suppliers to develop and maintain a strong product portfolio whilst managing costs to maximise profit.

This is a great opportunity to develop further into commercial activities with a view to future progression.

Key Responsibilities:
+ Support Sales & Commercial with pricing and system data
+ Maintain and grow our business relationships with key, strategic suppliers.
+ Negotiating with suppliers to maximise sales and margins
+ Working with sales teams to proactively grow profitable sales
+ Liaising with Stock, Operations and Customer Service teams
+ Advising sales teams of best product choice to maximise sales growth
+ Respond to sales and other departmental enquiries in order to enhance sales growth and maintain customer satisfaction
+ Support the S&PM team with price queries and new enquiries

About you:
+ Exceptional organisational skills
+ Numerically competent and confident
+ Commercial and cost analysis experience is desirable
+ Eager to learn and develop
+ Commercially minded with an interest in project management
+ There may be a need to occasionally travel to see suppliers/customers so you will need to be comfortable travelling and meeting new contacts
+ You should be proactive in your approach, an excellent communicator with good persuading and influencing skills in order to robustly negotiate with suppliers
+ An interest in understanding the supplier, product and customer base and the key business drivers

What we can offer you:
You’ll get 33 days annual leave per year and can buy or sell days too. We’ll give you access to a generous pension scheme which can be enhanced to well above the legal minimum and peace of mind with death in service benefits. To help support your physical and mental wellbeing you can join our cycle to work scheme, discounted private healthcare plan and will have access to 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.

Who we are:
With revenues in excess of $9 billion, Univar Solutions is one of the largest chemical distribution businesses in the world. Our portfolio spans almost every industry, ranging from food ingredients and automotive to pharmaceutical, cosmetic and manufacturing industries. We deliver industry-leading products, services and technical support to help our customers find the right solution to their problems.

We are committed to fair employment practices for all our employees, regardless of race, nationality, religion or belief, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, maternity status or any other status protected by law.

Our Values:
+ Serious about safety
+ We do what we say
+ Where people matter
+ Valuable to others
+ Together we win

Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Leadership Team.

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