Product Manager

Description

Responsible for defining strategic product direction and driving operational results through deliberate management of the portfolio and product mix, including quality, regulatory, and supply chain cost activities. The role ensures maximum return on assets and supports variable margin delivery for the business, while developing and executing pricing and contract strategy. Continuous monitoring of offer behavior informs business decisions using analytics, customer‑centric recommendations, and product expertise.

Develops, communicates, and executes pricing strategy, manages profitability metrics, and identifies variable margin improvement opportunities across orders, customers, market segments, applications, geographies, and products, ensuring quick and consistent quoting. Leads mass price change initiatives, monitors competitive activities, and provides price forecasts for Integrated Business Planning to close monthly financial gaps. Manages contracts and incentives, oversees the product portfolio lifecycle, and utilizes win/loss analysis for optimization.

Leads competitive intelligence efforts across business, sales, strategy, pricing, manufacturing, and technology, synthesizing data on competitors’ assets, capacities, costs, and strategies to recommend actions that defend and grow market volume and maximize margin. Collaborates with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and technology teams on asset strategy, inventory management, product specifications, complaints, and qualification strategies, and facilitates commercialization of new products and market entries.

Ensures S&OP plans align with product strategies, initiates actions to address variances, and communicates critical inputs such as quality specifications and customer preferences to manufacturing for integrated business planning. Defines contract volumes and coordinates commitments with the Pricing Manager/Analyst, supports the Market Leader in responding to customer inquiries, and participates in stage‑gate projects or segment teams as required.

• Define and execute strategic product direction and portfolio management.
• Develop and communicate pricing strategies to improve variable margin.
• Lead mass price change initiatives and monitor competitive market activities.
• Provide price forecasts for Integrated Business Planning and close financial gaps.
• Manage contract and incentive processes in partnership with sales and leadership.
• Oversee product lifecycle, including formula rationalization and discontinuation.
• Conduct competitive intelligence to recommend margin‑protective actions.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally on manufacturing, quality, supply chain and technology projects.
• Facilitate commercialization and launch of new products across markets.
• Align S&OP plans with product strategies and address performance variances.
• Coordinate contract volume commitments with pricing analysts.
• Support market leaders in customer inquiries and participate in stage‑gate projects.

Requirements

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance or a related field and have at least five years of experience in supply chain, procurement, sales or product management, preferably in the chemical industry. Required attributes include strong financial and global business acumen, strategic and operational planning ability, high integrity, teamwork, innovation, and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, communication, negotiation and presentation skills, advanced Microsoft Office proficiency, a valid driver’s license and willingness to travel are also required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing/Finance and 5+ years relevant experience required.
• Strong financial, analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; hold a valid driver’s license and be willing to travel.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance