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?Location: Office based in Cambridge - Hybrid
Our client is a rapidly expanding chemical distributor looking for an Assistant Product Manager who will work closely with and support the Head of Product Management on product and development activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Calculate cost pricing and support the sales teams regarding all product related matters.
- Liaise with suppliers and global product managers with respect to product availability and price developments
- Actively monitor price and market developments of the product portfolio.
- Oversee supply chain of goods and ensure efficiency in all aspects of the process
- Preparation of demand forecasts in close dialogue with the sales teams and head of product management
- Regularly liaise with operations on the levels of inventory at warehouses
- Coordinate and organise sample management, liaise with sales and logistics on sample ordering and despatch from supplier to the warehouse
Technical skills
- Highly numerate the ability to calculate pricing, margins and costs are key to this role.
- Excellent listening skills
- Ability to pay great attention to detail
- Must be adept in use of MS Office, Excel and Word, Internet, email
- The ideal candidate will have CRM and ERP experience (SAP)
- Ideally the candidate will have experience in an international trading and/or distribution environment and be familiar with incoterms
- Ability to maintain accurate documentation and accustomed to working with business processes, policies and priorities
Personal Skills
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and able to work on own initiatives
- Polite, tactful, friendly and open-minded
- A good understanding of the needs of customers
- Good planning and organisational skills, ability to prioritise competing demands
- Good problem-solving skills and able to work efficiently and effectively under pressure to meet targets and deadlines
- A willingness to learn
