Global Flame Retardants Product Manager

Job Highlights

• Global Marketing Strategy: Develop and implement marketing strategies for the portfolio of plasticizers and specialty additives, ensuring strong product positioning, deep customer intimacy, and understanding of target markets and key success factors to drive market development.
• Pricing & Profitability: Apply and refine data-driven pricing strategies to optimize and grow profitability, leveraging existing tools and ensuring targeted margin achievement across product lines.
• Portfolio & Market Analysis: Manage product portfolio strategy, conduct market analysis, and identify growth opportunities in collaboration with Sales and Application Technology, enabling innovation together with customers.
• Contract Management & Negotiations: Oversee contract creation, administration, and support Sales in customer negotiations to ensure effective and profitable agreements across product lines.
• Market Presence & Customer Engagement: Contribute to customer visits, promotional activities, trade shows, and industry associations; maintain strong relationships with key accounts and external and internal stakeholders.
• Forecasting & Planning: Prepare short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts to ensure accurate business planning.

Experience and Skills

• Master in Business Administration or Chemistry preferred
• Minimum of 5 – 10 years of relevant experience in global organizations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Analytical thinking and acting with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Profound knowledge about financial KPI’s and adequate marketing and pricing strategies
• Excellent communication and presentation skills tailored to diverse stakeholder groups
• Ability to build strong relationships and negotiate effectively at all organizational levels
• Willingness to travel (20%)