Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• Bachelor’s 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
• 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%

Preferred

• MBA desirable
• Experience in sales (desirable)
• Skills in other relevant languages are a plus

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) will be eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are also eligible to enroll in our company’s 401k plan.
• Employees will also receive paid time off and the mandated company holidays throughout the calendar year.