Marketing Director

About the role

This role will report to the VP and will strategically manage all business aspects within a defined core Amcor Flexibles North America market(s).

Responsibilities

• Set a clear commercial strategy for your area of responsibility, applying principles of portfolio management and setting a very clear path forward as to how to execute given strategic disposition (grow, manage for cash, attrition)
• Execute the P&L strategy for your area of responsibility - manage mix and margin
• Set pricing strategy and make pricing decisions for key pieces of business
• Manage spec portfolio
• Prioritize R&D programs and ensure an appropriately balanced pipeline across near, medium, and long term innovation
• Mentor and develop direct reports
• Set strategy and oversee negotiations with significant customers in your markets
• Support and help build core marketing processes, including revenue management processes and stage gate
• Set priorities for and support sales team - target customers and value proposition
• Work with marketing communications to set strategy for and execute trade shows and customer-targeted communications
• Collaborate with other key functions (Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing) to implement key commercial strategies that will maximize top line and bottom line growth
• Drive the high performance culture
• Embody our core values
• Continuously delivers and executes on proactive profit enhancement opportunities
• Continuously supports and develops a high performing team
• Strong business acumen, with continual reinforcement throughout area of responsibility
• Create effective cross functional departmental alignment (Sales, R&D, Finance, Manf.)
• Possess an absolute comprehensive understanding of industry and competition

Qualifications

• A four-year college degree is required with an emphasis on Marketing, Economics, Business Administration, Finance, or Chemical Engineering preferred; an MBA is preferred
• 15 plus years of commercial experience in Flexible Packaging; 3-5 years in a prior Director role preferred
• Robust understanding of raw material substrates, Mfg processes, general product specs and customer applications