Credit Manager

Competitive Pay & Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and more.
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system.
• Safe and inclusive working environment, culture of rewards, recognition, and respect.

Core-Mark emphasizes personal growth and development for all associates. We believe that when you succeed, the company succeeds. We promote internally whenever possible and provide frequent training opportunities in several formats to help you meet your personal and career goals.

• Reports to the Spokane OpCo (4007 N Industrial Park 1st Street, Spokane Valley, WA 99216). Will travel between two locations (Spokane & Portland: 17225 SE 120th Avenue, Clackamas, OR 97015).
• Work Schedule:
  
  Onsite Monday‑Friday, normal business hours (subject to change based on business needs).
• Travel:
  Average of 3 days quarterly between Spokane & Portland.
• Compensation: $80k‑$90k base salary, depending on experience, plus bonus potential based on KPIs.

As the Credit Manager, you will play an integral part in supporting our business today and planning our business for tomorrow. You will manage a diverse customer portfolio and engage directly with customers and Core-Mark personnel to identify and mitigate customer credit risk through proactive credit management. You will actively monitor and evaluate existing and new prospective customers to ensure terms, conditions and credit limits are appropriate relative to known and potential risks.

You will oversee credit analysts and work closely and proactively with Core-Mark employees at both the corporate and division level.

• Investigate and verify the financial status and reputation of prospective customers applying for credit and leverage system resources including Bectran to establish proposed credit limits and payment terms in accordance with identified risk factors, risk score and Core‑Mark policies, procedures and standards of operation.
• Leverage SAP Financial Supply Chain Management tools (Collection Module, Credit Module, Dispute Management Module) to prioritize daily activities, identify and evaluate at‑risk customers, monitor key credit performance metrics and manage customer disputes.
• Partner with division personnel (Division Finance Director and Division President) to ensure effective communication and collaboration on credit risks, adequacy of accounts receivable reserves and performance metrics.
• Ensure compliance with credit management policies, procedures and associated standards of operations.
• Interact closely with the Executive Business Services (EBS) accounts receivable team responsible for the application of customer payments and credit memos, reconciliation and dispute communication.
• Collaborate with division sales and national account sales teams on collections efforts and identification of unusual or at‑risk customer activity.
• Use external collection agencies and/or attorneys when necessary to enhance collection pursuits.
• Identify opportunities to improve the timeliness of collections and accuracy of cash and credit memo application, encouraging electronic payment remittance where appropriate.
• Monitor, influence and drive improvement to key performance metrics: days sales outstanding, customer terms and limits, timeliness of collections, dispute resolution and completeness of credit applications.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls designed to mitigate risk and fraud.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED certificate.
• Minimum of five years of credit management experience.
• Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.