Title:  Product Manager

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Product Manager

We are now looking for a Product Manager to join our Supplier and Product Management team in the Nordics. The position is a permanent position with an immediate start. As our new Product Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that we meet our key initiatives.

The job

As a Product Manager you will collaborate closely with colleagues within our different sales teams, supply chain, operations and our European Product Management team, securing our volume growth targets. Your most important tasks will, among other things, include:

•Achieving sustainable volume and profit growth of your product portfolio

•Manage your own portfolio to achieve your budget and ensure product information within our systems is accurate.

•Review customer visit reports and ensure that the sales activity and target pipeline is sufficient to deliver planned growth.

•Effectively launch new products into the product range and ensure appropriate personnel receive the relevant training

•Implementation of a defined pricing strategy, monitor, update selling schedules and any price movements when appropriate

•Interface with suppliers and colleagues to improve service levels and delivery performance

•Effective management of Product Portfolio in line with Working Capital KPI's

•Providing commercial product and market updates

•Work closely with Sales to provide commercial support, and ensure awareness of product specifications, sourcing and purchasing arrangements, availability, and pricing

•Liaise with Supply Chain to determine forecasts and appropriate stock levels

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has an education in Business administration, or equivalent.  We hope that you have a few years of previous experience from a similar position as Product Manager and that you are good at collaboration and communication. If you have experience in the chemical industry, it is a great asset. It is a requirement that you are fluent in English, both spoken and written, as it is our organizational language. Preferably fluent in Swedish.  Since we work daily with SAP, Salesforce, and Excel, we’re looking for someone with solid experience using these tools.

Personal characteristics

Above all, we are looking for a candidate who has the right attitude and personality. You are comfortable solving problems and handling situations independently when needed. But you also have great colloaboration skills and enjoy working togheter wiht your colleauges. You typically prefer to carry out important tasks with minimal supervision, but you appreciate clear instructions when the situation calls for it. While you are open to listening to others’ perspectives, you are confident in standing by your own opinion when you disagree. It is important that you have good communication skills and are good at creating networks within the organization. You are meticulous and have a structured way of working. We believe that you are good at prioritizing and can handle a high work pace.

What does the team look like? We work in a Nordic organization, it means that you will find your colleagues in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The team is based in Malmö, and so is this role. And you will report to Group Product Manager, based in the UK.

What can Univar Solutions offer you? Univar Solutions will provide an onboarding, and we will provide you with all the necessary information, training and knowledge about the company's activities so that you are fully equipped to perform the job.

Here, you get the opportunity to work for a large global company in an international environment, where we emphasize well-being and the individual employee's development both professionally and personally. You will be part of a professional team in an informal and inspiring working environment, where we strive to have fun together, support each other and rejoice in each other's successes.

Practical information

Working hours: Full time

Place of work: Malmö

Joining: Joining will be as soon as possible, but we are of course waiting for the right candidate.

Salary and pension: Salary is agreed upon individually according to experience and skills.

Apply for the job

If the above has caught your interest, send your application and CV (as well as any recommendations) via our website.

Univar Solution Nordic is a leading specialist within distribution of chemicals, additives, ingredients and lubricants. A position reached by a strong corporate culture focusing on quality, environment, safety and being a leader in finding innovative solutions for our customers. No other supplier in the Nordic offers a wider product range than Univar Solution Nordic. This enables us to offer solutions to customers within a large range of industries, areas of usage and working environments. The ability to deliver the right solutions to our customers, demands more than good product knowledge. Deep specialist competence within the industries we serve is an important prerequisite for success. Univar has approximately 10,000 employees worldwide. 

Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more.  Our team of more than 9,500 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet!

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as diverse benefits offerings to support our employees' physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. 

Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe.

We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry. 

Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.