Leadership Development Program - Commercial Excellence

Synthomer is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection - growing markets that serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in London, UK and publicly listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,900 employees across our 5 innovation centres of excellence and more than 29 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia.

Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products. At our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, Germany, China, Malaysia and Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Since 2021, we have been proud holders of the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.

Synthomer is a specialty chemicals manufacturer and one of the world's foremost suppliers of water-based polymers with market leadership positions across the globe. Our polymers help customers create innovative new products and enhance the performance of existing products in key industries such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and nitrile medical gloves. To support our long-term growth strategy, we’re looking for individuals that have a technical foundation and are passionate about driving change, enhancing Synthomer's operational capabilities and have a desire to develop into a future leader of our organization.

Our Leadership Development Program is an exciting career accelerator that offers a unique opportunity to tackle high impact business challenges, work with colleagues and senior leaders at all levels within the organization while accelerating your professional development.

• CRM optimization and process improvement impacting enablement, adoption, effectiveness
• Evaluating sales enablement technology for innovation that aligns with the global strategy
• Project management support across markets, global regions, and teams
• Enhancing & building sales KPI and Metric capability
• Crafting internal communications for Commercial Excellence

• Commercial Excellence Leadership
• Sales Management

• Candidates must be highly motivated, results-oriented, and possess a passion for strengthening operational, strategic thinking and leadership skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in Operational Excellence, Project Management, Business, or related field from an accredited university. (MBA preferred)
• Minimum of one internship or CO-OP that provide practical experience in strategic marketing or market development (two or more preferred)
• 3.2 GPA
• Minimum Participants must be geographically mobile during the program, including ability to relocate within the U.S. based on assignment location and travel internationally.
• Permanent work authorization in the Unites States is required

• Competitive, market-aligned compensation
• Discretionary global bonus scheme
• Discretionary Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) - for senior positions
• Company car or car allowance - varies by region and role
• Healthcare - tailored to regional locations
• Parental leave and family support - maternity, paternity, adoption (aligned with regional policies)
• Working options - flexibility where it matters, based on role and business needs
• Learning & development opportunities - training, online platforms, buddy/mentorship programs, Internal Synthomer University with L&D offers
• Wellbeing support - employee assistance program (EAP), mental health resources, wellbeing initiatives
• Retirement / pension contributions - plans vary by country
• Culture of Inclusion - where everyone can thrive
• Performance culture, global reward & recognition programmes

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