Corporate Plastics Product Manager

About the role

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success. If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Responsibilities

• Overall development strategy for Plastics across the Corporation, aligning market/product needs, business cases and prioritization.
• Integration of plastics materials development to existing/new/partnership processes to “productize” a material i.e. processing to deliver highest value finished products.
• Aligning corporate plastics manufacturing strategy inputs / outputs with EVSMs, and ensuring capex plans and investments are aligned with the corporate plastics product roadmap.
• Cross-BU coordination of platform type developments that cross BU boundaries (i.e. cross linked portfolio, go-to-market strategies for stock shapes, etc.).
• Coordination with TMO on Project Management requirements, cross functional alignment on TD/NPD.
• Collaborates with the Global Product Managers and other Product Managers to support creating the product line strategy. Provides insights on risks or opportunities and recommends strategic initiatives to pursue. Provides financial, pricing, or other data analyses to help inform the product line strategy.
• Leads strategic initiatives such as New Product Development (NPDs) and/or technical, commercial, or operational improvements to existing products. Strategic initiatives may include, but are not limited to, relaunching mature products in new markets, market penetration campaigns, cost reductions, manufacturing capability extension, internal process improvements, and product rationalization. Works cross-functionally to scope tactical plans, detailed requirements, action items, schedules, and investment costs. Drives the successful cross-functional execution of strategic initiatives.