Product Coordinator

PVC Product Coordinator

Prime Plastics, Sindos, Central Macedonia, Greece (Hybrid)

PRIME PLASTICS is a Vinmar Company:

Vinmar is a global marketing and distribution company that brings value to the world’s leading producers and users of plastics and chemicals through the supply of best-in-class products and tailored business solutions.

With over 45 years of experience and success, Vinmar has grown into one of the world’s largest plastics and chemicals marketing and distribution companies. The company has over 50 offices in more than 35 countries with sales in excess of 110 countries.

We have a truly global commercial footprint while providing our customers and partners with the local intimacy they require and value. At the core of our business is our strict adherence to international compliance standards and Vinmar’s business ethics and code of conduct policy.

Purpose of Job: 

A competent supply chain professional who will manage the end-to-end import lifecycle of PVC resin from FOB origin (China, Qatar, Korea, USA, etc.) to DDP European customers’ plants or CIF.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in international logistics and supply chain
• Able to be based in our Greece hub office, “in-office position”
• Knowledge of Incoterms
• Familiarity with enterprise software
• Advance in Excel and other MS Office apps
• Financial acumen
• Fluency in English
• Willingness to travel 15% of the time
• Strong cross-functional communication skills

Responsibilities on Sales:

A.     CSR - after order confirmation

• Send order to customer-make sure commitments/terms/periods are defined correctly and in detail
• Receive purchase order from customer- make sure commitments/terms/periods are defined correctly and in detail
• Follow up on advance or LC from customer, if applicable
• Coordinate required inputs from customer if any credit issue
• Update customer on order status, progress, and ETA
• Follow up payments where applicable
• Inform PVC commercial team if there are risks on order execution, so that commercial team can assess and take actions to protect margin
• Visit customers when required, and also periodically for building relationships
• New customer registration

B.     Coordination with other teams

• Oversee with Europe Operations Teams for customs clearance, clearance from port, delivery to warehouse or delivery to customer plant
• Make sure vendor capacities are sufficient: warehouse, silotruck, silo, drayage truck
• Make sure timely deliveries are done

Responsibilities on Purchases

A.     Product Coordination: Origin to Europe

• Follow up with origin office for schedules: ETD and ETAs
• Make sure ETDs/ETAs are in line with sales and inventory requirements
• Make sure proper currency hedge is done for volumes shipped if floating unsold
• Make sure proper currency hedge is done for sales-to be shipped
• Keep “currency hedge sheet”: long and short currency hedge positions
• Maintain correct hedge rates are applied to each order
• Maintain correct and efficient intercompany transfers VILLC > TMBV

B.     Allocations

• Make sure each SO is allocated to correct PO (unsold floated or to be shipped)
• Make sure each truck DDP SO is allocated to correct PO-if a sale is for 2000 mts, there are 100 SOs in system. Very inefficient, but required by Operations Head.
• Make sure changes of schedules are reflected correctly to PO allocations on FIFO basis, and smart allocation for cost saving is done within optional grades in inventory or incoming
• Maintain allocation changes, if required all of the 100 SOs of one actual SO, if ETA or a change in customer’s intake capacity requires this.
• Maintain PO/SO/inventory/position sheet/report
• Review reports with Shonda/Jonathan/Onur weekly, and take actions decided
• Coordinate all system actions and docs with VBS

C.    Forecasting and Vendor Alternatives

• Forecast vendor capacities and needs, and maintain we have required capacity for our needs
• Find new vendors for cost saving, increasing efficiency and for diversification
• Vendor onboarding

Reporting To:

Director of Operations – Global Plastic Distribution

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