Working Hours : Monday – Friday 9am-5pm
23 Days holiday + bank holidays
~ Pension
~ Private Health care
~ Life Cover
~ Onsite parking
Elevation Recruitment Group - Marketing Division are excited to be working with a national distributor with a sustainability ethos and a great employee culture.
The Product Manager will be required to travel to other Group locations to work alongside colleagues and for external meetings as appropriate (including internationally). This is a hybrid role and is office based 3 days per week after probation.
The product manager will be responsible for ensuring the company has a well-constructed, competitive range of products for the different sales channels. Commercial success is critical to the role. Alongside the Purchasing team, develop unique private label product ranges from suppliers in the UK, Europe and the Rest of the World
Identification & development of long-term suppliers for existing and new products in accordance with the business strategy & range control plans
Source, evaluate and select new products to present to the Category Manager for pre-approval, include all key commercials & reasoning
Ensure due diligence is performed on all new suppliers in accordance with Responsible Procurement policy and coordinating with the Compliance Manager on new products
Report on supplier performance and manage communication with suppliers on issues and improvement plans where required.
Support Group Inventory with problematic suppliers and negotiate solutions to poor performance
Experience buying products from manufacturers and major international brands
Ability to project plan the introduction of new products and moving products between suppliers
Strong numeracy skills, the ability to manipulate and present data
Ability to successfully deliver multiple projects simultaneously