The main duties of the person employed on this position will be:

Project phase

• Support development of the product range by collecting and consulting technical product data from customers,
• Understanding customer and market needs, translating these into resin requirements/specifications,
• Develop thorough understanding of the Polish and German polyolefins markets,
• Develop contact with potential polypropylene customers,
• Feedback market needs to the commercial and production teams.

Pre-start-up phase

• Manage product approval and qualification at customers,
• Provide commercial and technical support for the marketing documentation design,
• Support implementation of ISO and quality standards for commercial operations,
• Support implementation of procedures and IT systems supporting commercial operations,
• Support of the development of the customer service organisation.

Post-start-up commercial operation

• Continue supporting Grupa Azoty Polyolefins sales development by expanding customer portfolio,
• Enhance business profitability by continuous development of higher value applications ,
• Initiate and manage value added product and applications development projects in collaboration with Process Technologist and Production,
• Support profitable product line growth through customer qualifications of new, improved or existing products,
• Prepare technical presentations and report out progress to the development team and management,
• Work with customers to help understand and apply customer performance requirements to new product developments ,
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to design and develop new products based on market needs and manufacturing capability,
• Ensure optimum performance of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins product and service at customers - provide support to manufacturing plants including process improvement initiatives and other activities aimed at operational excellence and continuous improvement,
• Commercial focal point for cooperation with the production department on product related aspects,
• Providing targeted technical support to external customers, as well as internal customers such as Business, Sales and Production.

Requirements:

• Experience in commercial operations in plastics industry,
• Good knowledge of plastic’s conversion technologies,
• Autonomy in organising her/his work to meet objectives,
• Caring for a high level of internal and external communication standards,
• Fluent in Polish or German and English allowing free business communication,
• Familiar with SAP, ISO 9001 and commercial regulations and operations,
• Effective communicator (both written and oral) and have an advanced level of technical competency in polyolefins and polypropylene processing technologies.

We offer:

• Work on an interesting investment project, which is currently the largest industrial investment in Poland,
• Non-wage benefits (e.g. training, medical care, sport card, group insurance, co-financing for rest),
• Quarterly bonus system,
• A chance for development and promotion in the organization's structures.