Product Manager Duties and Responsibilities:
The PM will be the sourcing champion in the country and replenishment support. The PM will actively support the commercial in the country in their sales and development efforts through the following key functions:
1. Portfolio Risk Management - establish risk mitigation strategy to alleviate as many risks from the product portfolio as possible to avoid negative impact to the business, particularly a catastrophic one.
2. Portfolio Optimization – establish strategy to enhance the most cost-effective manner to oversee the portfolio such as achieving profit with lower cost input, achieving profit with lower risk, etc.
3. Portfolio Performance Improve – establish strategy to improve the portfolio to achieve the organizational goal, i.e., KPIs such as sustainable volume and gross profit growth.
4. Cultivation of suppliers - establish authentic business collaboration, promoting our unique value-added competencies to secure products at competitive prices.
5. Supplier management – lead sourcing negotiations, cost reduction and cost containment, quality discussions.
6. Portfolio Stewardship - ensure compliance to all safety and relevant regulatory requirement.
7. Product portfolio market intelligence insight – lead the commercial on supply and demand, pricing trends, and pricing guidelines.
8. Inventory management - ensure timeliness of replenishment and mitigate the minimum threshold of inventory to meet customers’ expectations and corporate working capital.
9. Develop strategy to grow the core product portfolio. Working closely with the regional product line manager to explore products that can be scaled across countries.
Requirement
Bachelor’s Degree required; Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Technical major will be highly preferred.
5 years of operations/business/industry experience. Sourcing or commercial experience will be highly preferred.
Possess excellent verbal, written, analytical, presentation, organizational and negotiation skills. Naturally possess integrity, excellent attitudes, reliability, and the agility to solve complex problem and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve organizational goal.
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Guidelines: Highlight fair salary, bonuses, and other financial incentives if applicable. Mention also non-monetary benefits like health insurance, retirement plans, and flexible working hours. Emphasize any unique company perks or cultural aspects:
Competitive and fair salary
Comprehensive health insurance
Retirement savings plan
Flexible working hours and remote work options
Professional development opportunities
Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.
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What We Do
We are the global market leader in full-line range of chemical & ingredient products and value-added services. Our more than 17,500 employees provide tailor-made application, marketing and supply chain solutions. Our full-line portfolio comprises specialty and industrial chemicals and ingredients of a world-class supplier base. Building on our long-standing experience, unmatched global reach and local excellence, we work closely alongside our partners to make their business more successful. We operate a unique global network with about 600 locations in 72 countries.
