Job Title: Portfolio Manager

How will you make an impact??

The Portfolio Manager fully manages a portfolio of products and suppliers for North America. Key priorities include product category analysis, selection / positioning of suppliers within the portfolio, securing appropriate supplier participation / funding for key initiatives or promotional activities, and supporting the sales organization with issue resolution and communications.

What will you do?

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the products/suppliers and maintains cross-functional relationships with internal departments including Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain, among others.
• Demonstrate understanding of the product categories including applications by customers, the breadth of brands and competitors, and the range of category requirements demanded by the research marketplace.
• Serve as primary owner of high number of non-strategic supplier relationships, managing categories and/or suppliers exceeding $50M.
• Deploy strategies to source, negotiate, contract, and implement programs and otherwise drive revenue and profitability growth of the product portfolio.
• Maintain accuracy of product and supplier information in digital environment and internal systems.
• Raise supplier funding for marketing, NSM and regional sales meetings, and other initiatives. Work with suppliers to plan spending of funding dollars each year targeting at promoting portfolio of products.
• Prepare for, analyze data, and conduct quarterly business reviews with key suppliers.
• Ad hoc requests to analyze category and supplier data or to support various financial and operational initiatives.

Travel:

• 10-15% travel in the U.S. and Canada. Valid passport

How will you get here?

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, or a scientific field.
• 3+ years of industry or other relevant market experience, preferably in portfolio or supplier management.
• Knowledge of laboratory products and applications, actual working laboratory experience, or understanding of customer requirements in laboratory settings.
• Sales, marketing, or other commercial functional knowledge preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to develop/implement strategies and recommendations based on both quantitative and qualitative inputs with basic understanding of financial drivers.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Strong proficiency in multi-tasking experience with exceptional organization and time-management skills.
• General business acumen with a basic understanding of financial data and reporting methodologies, various performance metrics and ROI analyses.
• Strong skills with Microsoft Office applications and ability to quickly learn/adapt to new productivity tools.

Relocation Benefits
This position does not offer relocation benefits
 
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