Trade Credit Supervisor

Middleton |

Employer: LWC Drinks
Sector/Specialism: Accountancy

Overview
This role is a key part of the strategy and growth of the credit function, having the responsibility for managing a team and liaising with Depot Credit Control teams to ensure timely payments, mimise credit risk and maximise the cash flow for the Depots and the business.

Main Duties

• Conducting regular aged debt reviews with Depot credit controllers.
• Escalating issues with to your Line Manager in a timely & effective manner.
• Supporting & development of Depot credit controllers as part their day-to-day role.
• Commercially minded, with an ability to build a positive rapport with both internal & external customers.
• Reviewing customer credit limits, and where required preparing business cases for sign off from the Senior Leadership Team.
• Project management support as and when required by your Line Manager.
• Liaising and assisting business support colleagues in relation to queries and various requests.
• Ad hoc duties as required by your Line Manager.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Excellent Credit Management skills gained in a B2B environment.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal across all levels of the business structure.
• Flexible work approach, and the ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure.
• Great teamwork & time management skills.
• Strategic thinker, who enjoys a targeted environment.
• An ability to problem solve, and not always rely on a straight forward outcome to resolve a problem or query.
• Track record excelling in a Credit Control role at a Supervisory - Management level.
• Excellent Microsoft office package skills.
• Change management skills.
• EDI experience would be a benefit but not essential.
• Abode online document signing experience, beneficial but not essential.
• A desire to study towards a Credit Management qualification as part of your long term development.

LWC Drinks Ltd provides licensed establishments with all their bar and sundry supplies. However we are more than just a distributor, becoming the fastest growing privately owned drinks company in Britain, placing 24th in the Sunday Times PWC Profit Track 100. Our aim is to provide the best customer service in the industry, employing over 1,300 people, at 15 depots across the UK, with a Support Centre and Hub Distribution Centre based in Manchester.