Credit Team Leader with French and English

Job description

Job Purpose We are looking for a highly self-motivated and detail-oriented Credit Team Leader to join our Credit team. This role reports hierarchically to the Head of Credit Management, with a dotted line to the Regional Finance Director. The Credit Team Leader supports Bridgestone’s financial goals and sales efforts by maintaining healthy account receivables within the organization’s risk framework. The role involves close collaboration with supply chain, sales, and finance teams to improve processes and ensure compliance with credit policies and regulations. Responsibilities: - Manage credit approval and collections activities, applying policies and maintaining procedures - Lead and develop a team of credit and collections staff, ensuring ethical and effective operations - Monitor customer credit risk, recommend exposure limits, and manage special credit arrangements - Negotiate collateral and security agreements - Support collection procedures and handle escalations, including client visits - Identify target accounts to improve payment habits and support sales through secured transactions - Prepare and manage dashboards to monitor KPIs - Supervise credit application approvals -...