LANXESS

Global Product Manager

LANXESS

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania • United States

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About the role

  • 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.
  • Apply and refine data-driven pricing strategies to optimize and grow profitability, leveraging existing tools and ensuring targeted margin achievement across product lines.
  • Manage product portfolio strategy, conduct market analysis, and identify growth opportunities in collaboration with Sales and Application Technology, enabling innovation together with customers.
  • Oversee contract creation, administration, and support Sales in customer negotiations to ensure effective and profitable agreements across product lines.
  • Contribute to customer visits, promotional activities, trade shows, and industry associations; maintain strong relationships with key accounts and external and internal stakeholders.
  • Prepare short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts to ensure accurate business planning.

Requirements

  • 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%)
Benefits
  • Compensation: We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.
  • Work-Life & Flexibility: We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global “Xwork” program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.
  • Training & Development: We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.
  • Diversity: LANXESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religion, national origin, veteran status and political beliefs. LANXESS has a value-based performance culture. We are seeking a range of human interests, backgrounds, and experiences that can be engaged to achieve respect, ownership, trust, professionalism, integrity and healing across all sectors. We are looking to find diverse and talented people to join our team. Studies have shown that some individuals are less likely to apply if they do not meet 100% of the criteria. We are looking to equalize the gap! If you are excited about this role but your past experiences do not align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We will look to assess your talent against our competencies, values and requirements to get the best organizational fit. You might be the right candidate for this or other roles we have available! Join the LANXESS team!
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Hard Skills & Tools
data-driven pricing strategiesmarket analysisfinancial KPIsmarketing strategiesproduct portfolio strategyforecasting
Soft Skills
analytical thinkingentrepreneurial mindsetcommunication skillspresentation skillsrelationship buildingnegotiation skills
Certifications
Master in Business AdministrationMaster in Chemistry