Global Market Manager - Automotive
Grand Rapids, MI (Unknown)
Posted 4 days ago
Top 1% of applicants do these two things.
The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.
Job Summary
Own and steer Americhem's global automotive growth agenda, translating market insight into product roadmaps, partnerships, and strategic investments across OEMs, Tier suppliers, and emerging platforms.
- Lead Voice of Customer, market intelligence, and competitive benchmarking
- Develop market entry and expansion strategies for new vehicle platforms and regions
- Collaborate with Product Management, R&D, and cross-functional teams to deliver growth initiatives
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute global automotive market strategies that drive profitable, sustainable long-term growth across OEM, Tier 1, and Tier 2 customer segments.
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize emerging opportunities within the automotive industry, including electric vehicles (EVs), autonomous and connected vehicles, lightweighting, interior aesthetics, sustainability, battery technologies, and advanced mobility solutions.
- Analyze automotive market trends, customer needs, competitive dynamics, regulatory changes, and technology advancements to shape strategic direction and strengthen Americhem's competitive positioning.
- Identify high-growth automotive applications and platforms that align with Americhem's material technologies, innovation capabilities, and value proposition, and develop targeted growth strategies for each.
- Develop market entry, expansion, and commercialization strategies for emerging automotive technologies, vehicle platforms, and geographic markets.
- Support Americhem's M&A strategy by identifying and evaluating acquisition opportunities, strategic partnerships, and technology investments that strengthen the company's automotive portfolio and market position.
- Lead Voice of Customer (VoC), market intelligence, and competitive benchmarking initiatives to identify unmet customer needs, future mobility trends, and new business opportunities.
- Partner with Product Management and R&D to translate automotive market insights into product roadmaps, material innovations, technology platforms, and portfolio investment priorities.
- Evaluate market attractiveness, competitive positioning, investment opportunities, and business cases to support strategic planning, resource allocation, and long-term growth decisions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Business Development, Product Management, R&D, Marketing, Regional Commercial Teams, Operations, and Corporate Development to successfully execute automotive growth strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, or related field; MBA preferred.
- 7+ years in market management, commercial strategy, or segment leadership roles, preferably within the plastics, polymers, or specialty materials industries.
- Proven success in segment execution, financial analysis, and global collaboration across sales, marketing, and technology functions
Preferred
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify and develop new growth opportunities.
- Demonstrated curiosity and passion for emerging technologies, materials, and end-use applications.
- Experience evaluating and entering new markets or industry verticals.
- Ability to connect market needs with innovation, product development, and commercial strategy.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building strategies for markets where Americhem has limited existing presence.
Americhem
Founded in 1941, Americhem is a globally recognized designer and manufacturer of custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds and performance technologies. Our business is built around delivering Performance, Solutions and Trust through close collaboration with customers seeking to optimize their polymer products. All of the company's products are backed by complete technical support that ensures quality, reliability and value. Americhem operates 10 manufacturing plants and maintains sales offices throughout the world. Central research and development facilities and headquarters are located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.We pride ourselves on solving highly complex technical problems and delivering a level of service far beyond expectations. Our custom solutions are created by becoming fully immersed in each customer's business, goals and vision. Working as an extension of our customers’ workforces, our collaborative, value engineering approach is evident in each step of every project by:•Serving as customer consultants by drawing from an established knowledge base with technical acumen and product expertise gained through years of work in the lab, production and field service.•Offering customer training in color theory, feeder operation, processing methods, performance technology and more throughout the development process.•Conducting tests with on-site process simulation equipment that mimics our customers’ own processes and uses their raw materials, methods and conditions to quickly and cost-effectively test the final product to get it right the first time.•Setting and continually refining industry standards, determining end-product testing methods, and influencing regulations on end-products through our participation in industry organizations.
