SUMMARY:
Product Manager – Industrial Chemicals - JHB
POSITION INFO:
Product Manager – Industrial Chemicals - JHB
One of our esteemed clients, being a leading stockist and supplier of chemicals, raw materials and ingredients, is seeking a Product Manager for their Industrial business (chemicals and raw materials).
Key responsibilities
- Maintaining current sales volumes per product.
- Identifying key customers per product who form the core of total volumes sold.
- Developing a strategic plan to ensure this business is not lost with these customers.
- Identifying all lost business per product / customer on a regular basis and having a strategic drive to ensure lost business is regained.
- Identifying new potential customers / business and having strategic drive to ensure this business is gained for the purpose of volume growth per product.
- Building up a product / customer data base per product under the portfolio.
- Identifying the opposition and acquiring in depth knowledge about their company, product, source and pricing, etc.
- Identifying and developing new products / agencies.
- Responsible for slow moving stock as well as redundant stocks with the product portfolio.
- Assist in co-coordinating sales of product and ordering of stock on a national basis.
- Playing a strategic part in assisting with the setting of monthly price lists.
- Manage and implement strategy to drive growth across all sectors the Supplier is present.
- Co-ordinate and arrange any site visits | audits for customers
Knowledge & Skills
- Extensive knowledge of the Industrial market segment.
- Experience in Overseas and Local Principal Management.
- Ability to introduce new principals and product ranges to the market.
- Team Player.
- Self-motivated individual who has the discipline to manage themselves.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work in a very pressurized environment.
- Knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent planning ability and execution ability
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- A tertiary qualification, preferably a Chemical Degree or Diploma
- A Minimum 3 year’s technical sales experience of Industrial Chemicals and Commodity Products into the Industrial market segment
Remuneration:
Cost to company will be max R87 500pm and based on numerous factors such as experience etc. There is a management incentive scheme, performance bonus based on personal performance and EBITDA and possible share scheme. All interested candidates to send their updated CV’s, cover letter and their current/previous remuneration details to
