The Global Product Portfolio Marketing Manager will be responsible for executing activities as directly related to managing the existing product portfolio, including product rationalization, raw material strategies, portfolio growth, productivity enhancements, supply chain assurance, and execution of innovation projects and programs.
What You Will Do:
- Create and implement strategies and plans for products and programs driving improved customer service levels through local manufacturing.
- Support the execution of the programs and tactics established as part of the strategy planning.
- Manage Products and Raw Material and supplier set ups
- Improve the portfolio competitiveness through:
- Cost savings/avoidances in cross functional projects
- Optimization of Raw Materials and product lines
- Partnering with Supply Chain to localize sourcing and manufacturing globally
- Identify and address risks (cost, supply, competitive threats)
- Grow portfolio
- Determine and execute effective solutions for product related issues while also resolving product supply issues, and coordinating alternative solutions for product related issues.
- Manage and improve global samples program through:
- Process design improvement
- Order management of Raw Materials
- Logistics management
- Partner with regions, RDE and Supply Chain on executing the sample program related processes (set up, re-stocking management, coordination across teams)
- Ensure accurate representation of Ecolab to the community with regards to product specific regulations and information.
- Leverage cross functional groups to couple knowledge of customer needs with existing and future technology capabilities.
- Stay current on market standards, trends and practices and understand impact on Ecolab product line and business.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 7 or more years of professional experience in a business to business environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong problem solving, analytical, and project management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work well in a group as a solid team player
- Ability to build and maintain relationships and coordinate projects across different functional groups regionally
- Attention to detail; strong sense of urgency
- Learning and people agility
- Familiarity with: SAP, Six Sigma
- Experience with wide range of marketing tools
- Bachelor's Degree preferably in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry
- Solid business acumen
- Must have demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks
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