Product Manager

Working for HELM has advantages which go beyond many attractive benefits.

We are one of the world’s leading chemical marketing companies. For our partners, we take on the function of international marketing, steering worldwide distribution, warehousing and logistics, as well as other services. We have a global network of subsidiaries and affiliates in more than 30 countries.

In the role of Product Manager, you will be part of a young and motivated team which operates in an international context within the Americas region and cooperates closely with our regional teams Europe and Asia.

Strong partnerships with our suppliers guarantee access to a competitive market environment that requires constant optimization, risk management and new ideas to continuously grow. In line with our polyester customer segment sustainable trends, new production processes and raw materials are already part of our strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Ownership and accountability for the P&L results of the allocated products
• Bring up creative ideas and solutions that increases the size of our business / increases profitability / decreases costs
• Control, monitor and manage inventory and price risk (incl. long/short positions) of the allocated products
• Define and execute the strategy for the allocated products
• Respond to inquiries from Sales Managers for pricing, product information and documentation for the allocated products
• Monitor/guide the activities of Sales Managers regarding the allocated products
• Regularly control P&L-calculations for the allocated products on accuracy and completeness
• Calculate and set sales prices
• take part in budgeting and forecasting process for the allocated products
• Establish and maintain sustainable customer and supplier relationships through phone/video calls and personal meetings which includes travel
• Develop in depth product and market knowledge (applications, markets, capacities, demands, product flow)
• Actively present Helm, our products, prices and value proposition to our partners
• Proactively grow the allocated products in the region
• Handle purchase agreements with predefined producers (annual contracts, spot purchases)
• Handle sales agreements in predefined territories (annual contracts, spot sales), via Sales Managers or directly

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 + years of experience in the petrochemical industry
• Experience working with commodity chemicals
• Experience in areas such as:

Contract negotiations

Formula pricing

Behavior in increasing / falling markets

Risk management

Commodity trading

Optimization through swaps

Helm US Corporation