Product Manager

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US TN Kingsporttime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
R6682
** Summary
* * Responsible to define strategic product direction and drive operational results through deliberate management of the portfolio and product mix, which includes quality, regulatory, and supply chain cost activities. Ensures maximum return on assets and supports variable margin delivery for the business. Develops and executes pricing and contract strategy. Continuously monitors the behavior of the offer and influences business decisions using effective analytics, customer-centric recommendations, and product expertise.
** Job Responsibilities
*** Develops, communicates, and executes pricing strategy, manages profitability metrics, and identifies variable margin improvement opportunities at an order, customer, market segment, application, geography, and product level while ensuring quotes are provided quickly and consistently.
* Develops mass price change strategies for pricing analyst implementation.
* Monitors, considers, and communicates changing competitive activities including supply and demand and market activity, competitive cost curves, and trade flow information to influence price band modeling.
* Develops price forecast for Integrated Business Planning and review/adjust pricing actions to close gaps in monthly financial performance to expectations. Collaborate action plan as needed with Marketing and Sales.
* Manages contract and incentive processes including providing input to developing strategy, creating key principles document, and partnering with Business Leadership Team and Sales to implement.
* Responsible for the management of the product portfolio as assigned, which includes both strategic and operational oversight, including lifecycle, formula rationalization, and product obsolescence (discontinuation or inactivation).
* Utilizes product portfolio lifecycle analysis approach and analyzes Win / Loss data to make insight-based product decisions for greater optimization.
* Leads competitive intelligence efforts involving business, sales, strategy, pricing, manufacturing, and technology; includes gathering, constructing, synthesizing, and analyzing key competitors and products including assets, capacities, utilization, cost base and strategies. Recommend actions to defend and grow market volume and maximize margin.
* Manages force majeure activities and allocation decisions.
* Monitors and communicates changing competitive asset activities including supply and demand modeling, market share, and conclusions.
* Leads and collaborates with cross-functional groups to produce and procure the product, including manufacturing, quality, supply chain and technology on projects related to asset strategy development, inventory management, product specifications, complaints, and qualification strategies.
* Facilitates commercialization for new products, end markets, applications, and different geographical locations to ensure successful launch or entry.
* Manages asset allocation and product sampling throughout all stages of product lifecycle (e.g. stage-gate, supply chain).
* Oversees enforcement of product quality, customer specification requirements, and regulatory commitments.
* Ensure S&OP plans are managed in alignment with product strategies. Initiate actions to address variances, maximize value.
* Determines how to communicate critical inputs (e.g. quality specs, customer preferences) to manufacturing in order to meet market demand and support integrated Business Planning.
* Defines how much and what type of business to contract, coordinates contract volume commitments based on product/asset utilization with Pricing Manager/Analyst.
* Supports Market Leader in responding to customer inquiries.
* Serve on a Stage Gate Project and/or member of a segment team (as requested).
** Requirements
* ** Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Finance or similar field.
* Minimum 5 years’ professional work experience in a supply chain, procurement, sales and/or product management role (or combination thereof). Chemical industry experience preferred.
* Strong…