**Description** Your career path has many avenues available for you to succeed. Are you looking to advance at a rate that matches your ambition and skill set? At Bunzl, we understand and want to invest in you. With our multi-career options, you’ll not only be able to find the adventure you are looking for today, but can be confident that new opportunities will be there for advancement in your future. At Bunzl, we know that our employees are our number one asset. We seek to recruit and retain the right people who are passionate about our business and we provide opportunities for our employees so that they may progress within our company based on their talents, experiences, and their aptitude. **_Responsibilities:_** + Work to develop "Best Value" product opportunities that include best performance, customer acceptance, and continuous improvement for the users + Monitor market needs, competitive products, and the changing production schedules of approved manufacturers to improve competitive positioning + Provide sales support and product training material to field sales, and inside sales staff + Develop product pricing policies and negotiate best cost vendor programs to improve payment terms, and improve margin + Rationalize and consolidate product lines to improve inventory turns and create volume cost improvement opportunities + Support sales staff with special product requirements and prices. Work to improve go-to-market strategy and speed of new product implementation to ensure sales staff has every opportunity to grow packaging department volume sales + Support sales staff by problem solving and recommending new and different packaging materials as they become available **_Requirements:_** + Bachelor's degree required + 5+ years experience in flexible packaging purchasing or relevant business experience is required; preferably in a distribution environment + Must have proven experience negotiating with vendors + Working knowledge of the raw materials used in food processing is preferred; also an existing working relationship with packaging material manufacturers is preferred + A thorough understanding of basic film structures and performance is preferred + An Understanding of packaging machines and their film requirements is preferred, as well as experience with designing custom packages for most food packaging applications + Must possess strong planning, organizational and time management skills as well as strong analytical problem solving skills + Must be able to multi-task with the ability to change direction quickly and often + Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) + Enterprise purchasing system experience is highly preferred **So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.** Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non-Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America. _Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company_ _match._ _Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law._ Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)