Supplier / Commercial Coordinator - Global Chemicals Leader

Supplier / Commercial Coordinator - Global Chemicals Leader (Widnes)
Widnes
£24,000 - £26,000 + Full Company Benefits Package

++ Excellent product management career-development opportunity for a commercially minded candidate with excellent numeracy skills to join a global leader. Chemicals experience is preferable ++

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Commercial Coordinator to join our busy Chemical Solvents team in Widnes. Within this role you will be responsible for a portfolio of circa 30KT of Chemical Solvents. You will work closely with sales and stock teams on areas of pricing and stock availability as well as other areas of the business to ensure smooth running of your portfolio.

About the Company:

With over 115,000 customers across 100 countries, we are a leading $10 billion global distributor of speciality consumables, food ingredients and chemicals serving the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and manufacturing industries.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

You will be able to act on your own initiative and demonstrate a pro-active approach to maintaining effective supplier relationships and product information. 

You will be responsible for the preparation of annual targets and budgets, information that is used to measure and review our performance. You will negotiate with our suppliers to secure the right prices and terms for purchase of products as well as controlling selling prices to maximise our gross margins. You will be working closely with the European Product Managers and sales teams to ensure we maximise all our opportunities.

You will set up, monitor and update selling schedules for products. You will need to liaise with our stock controllers to decide forecasts and stock levels. It will be your responsibility to deal with aged stock and implement the changes needed to drive continuous improvement.

We Are Looking For:

To be successful in this role you will have excellent rapport building skills and be a confident communicator, especially with negotiation and influencing of others, ideally within a chemicals or solvents background.

We are looking for you to be commercially and technically minded with good experience of data manipulation and highly numerate. The successful applicant will be an organised, disciplined self-starter with a desire to succeed & develop.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised individual looking for career progression within Supplier & Product Management.

Along with a competitive salary, we offer:

+ 33 days holiday
+ Generous pension scheme
+ Death in service benefit
+ Discounted childcare vouchers
+ Discounted private healthcare
+ Discounts with 1,000+ retailers

We are a great team of people, a great place to work and offer all the benefits you’d expect from the world leader at what we do. Come and join us in a business with a global focus where your quality can make a real difference!

You may have worked in the following capacities:
Product Assistant, Supply Chain Assistant, Supply Chain Account Manager, Supply Chain Analyst, Purchasing Coordinator, Sales & Marketing Executive, Product Sales & Marketing, Buyer’s Assistant, Product Coordinator, Junior Product Manager, Product Administrator, Supplier Coordinator, Stock Administrator, Inventory Coordinator, Procurement & Supplier Coordinator.

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