The Product Manager is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing market product mix and program strategies. This position is a hybrid function between Purchasing and Sales, accountable for overall category management, and assisting with sales support and margin growth.

Responsibilities:

• Manage cost of goods reduction within the market with emphasis on increasing Bunzl imports and private brands.
• Negotiate vendor costs for market parity.
• Negotiate local vendor market programs without adding to cost of goods.
• Sales team category point of contact.
• SCR point of contact.
• Alignment with the Division Strategic Category Management team.
• Sourcing of new vendors and products.
• Manage all product launches within a category management structure.
• Vendor and SKU rationalization
• 120-day and aged inventories disposition.
• Implementation and execution of all CLI’s.
• Manage New Item Request process for the market of assigned categories.
• Ecomm compliance.
• Sales training for product knowledge development and marketing support

Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent, Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5 years experience in purchasing or relevant business experience is required; preferably in a distribution environment
• Must have proven experience negotiating with vendors
• Proficiency with Excel and working knowledge of Word and Power Point
• Must possess strong planning, organizational and time management skills as well as strong analytical problem solving skills
• Must be able to multi-task with the ability to change direction quickly and often
• AS400 experience is highly preferred

So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.

Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non-Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America.

Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match.

Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)