Product Manager - Formulated Solutions Americas
Olin · Houston, TX · 1 wk ago
Marketing$142k–$180k/yrFull-time
Essential Responsibilities
- Closely monitor supply and demand balance, collaborate closely with finance, planning, manufacturing, procurement, and sales to maximize asset and business margins.
- Cook up global peers to optimize asset strategy and network to support medium/long-term business growth.
- Steer commercial aspects of operational planning to minimize inventory while ensuring smooth supply to meet customer demand.
- Lead product allocations during periods of supply disruptions by providing clear prioritization to manufacturing and supply chain and working closely with sales to manage communication to minimize customer supply disruptions.
- Support the execution of marketing strategies, price management, and contract strategies by working closely with the sales account manager and business management team.
- Conduct constant market research to understand market trends and pricing direction to set pricing strategies for various products and applications to maximize growth and profitability.
- Lead the process of upscaling new products and make versus buy decisions, coordinate with technology, marketing, sales, manufacturing and procurement.
- Drive operational improvements and foster cooperation between planning and manufacturing teams.
- Work in close alignment with the global marketing, sales and planning teams to set global customer strategies and maximize downstream asset profitability.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree* in Chemistry, Business, Supply Chain, Basic Sciences, Engineering, or related discipline; Master's Degree* preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of related experience in product management, supply chain, marketing and/or sales; specialty chemicals industry preferred.
- Knowledge and/or experience with epoxy or related industry/customers preferred.
- Strong verbal/written communication skills; ability to influence without authority.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in presentation and report design/delivery.
- Willing and able to travel up to 30% of the time.
- Prior Olin experience in a relevant position preferred.
- Must possess a valid US Driver's license.