PVC 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
#PrimeEurope

Work arrangement
No