Strategic Marketing Manager Personal Care

At Nouryon our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer societys needs today and in the future.

We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you

About the job:

The purpose of this role is to leverage our collective understanding of industry drivers along with Nouryons capabilities to develop a compelling vision for the future of Nouryons business in the Personal Care market. The Global Strategic Marketing Manager while leading the overall strategic marketing of the segment creates and executes the business strategy co-owns the Personal Care innovation portfolio with R&D by driving projects through stage gate diligence and supports M&A activities essential for the segment.

In your future role as a Global Strategic Marketing Manager you will be responsible for:

Strategy & Marketing:

• Developing and rolling out a compelling global business strategy and strategic marketing plan for the global Personal Care market
• Translating global strategy into actionable regional and segment-level initiatives working closely with regional market managers sales product management R&D and supply chain ensuring regional plans are clear and actionable
• Creating and supporting long-range planning
• Conducting market research and competitive analysis
• Developing go-to-market strategies and pricing logic for new applications and products developing and monitoring KPIs market share and performance vs. plan to measure success
• Developing thorough launch packages for new products including promotional materials availability of samples regulatory actions and price guidelines
• Tracking execution of strategic initiatives and key growth projects
• Monitoring competitive customer and market developments and adjusting strategic initiatives accordingly in a timely manner
• Leading a global cross-functional team (MMT) that shares regional market insights leverages successes and learnings and ensures overall alignment
• Acting as the marketing lead for strategic accounts to enable account-specific strategies and growth
• Interacting and building relationships with participants across the value chain to understand issues gain insights and identify opportunities
• Partnering and liaising with relevant industry consortiums
• Attending trade shows and industry conferences and serving as a company representative for select interviews and presentations
• Supporting trade shows conferences and digital marketing initiatives
• Supporting the Global Marketing Director as needed for various initiatives and reviews

Innovation:

• Developing and maintaining a robust innovation project portfolio including working with the R&D counterpart to prioritize and select new projects and encouraging the submission of new product ideas from all functions in the organization
• Leading and supporting innovation projects by directly or indirectly providing and updating the business case and launch plan for projects in the portfolio; coordinating product launches campaigns and technical communications
• Conducting extensive voice-of-customer work and in collaboration with R&D defining customer needs applications and formulation opportunities thereby creating new innovation projects
• Developing and refining business cases for innovation projects including concept statement development addressable market definition and building an economic model; creating multi-generational product/application plans; advancing projects through stage-gate reviews while working cross-functionally across the organization
• Developing value propositions for new and existing applications products and sub segments

Stakeholder Management Governance & Miscellaneous:

• Interfacing with regional marketing product management sales and business leadership
• Preparing presentations for leadership reviews gate meetings and strategy updates
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of marketing processes and tools
• Serving as an informal global ambassador of Nouryons values behaviors and company brand

We believe you bring:

• Bachelors degree preferably in Marketing Business Administration Chemistry Chemical Engineering or an engineering-related discipline (MBA desirable)
• 10 years of relevant strategic segment/marketing experience
• 2 years of experience in an internal strategy group or at a top-tier strategy consulting firm Extensive knowledge and experience of the Personal Care market
• Experience in sales (desirable)
• Fluency in English (required); skills in other relevant languages are a plus
• Experience in the chemicals industry
• Comfort working across global cultures
• Strong communication interpersonal and critical-thinking skills; strong listening written and verbal communication; influencing skills; entrepreneurship; results orientation; negotiation skills; proven problem-solving abilities; and strong business acumen
• Project management capabilities and skills
• Ability to work effectively in a global matrixed organization
• Willingness to travel up to 30%

Good to know:

• This is a permanent position on a full-time basis reporting to the Global Marketing Director Consumer and Life Sciences and can be based in Radnor PA or Bridgewater NJ or Rotkreuz Switzerland

• Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once its with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process visit: look forward to receiving your application!

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  AboutNouryon:

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  If youre looking for your next career move apply today and join Nouryons worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care cleaning paints and coatings agriculture and food pharmaceuticals and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities in a dynamic international diverse and proactive working environment.

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