Rhode Island Teknor Apex | RI Location 505 Central Ave. Pawtucket, RI 02861, USA
Teknor Apex is a sought-after global provider of compounding solutions. Our unbridled passion for technology combined with our customer-centric approach allows us to deliver customized solutions worldwide. We take pride in our core values that focus on driving innovation, partnership, sustainability, and integrity. With nine U.S. locations and operations in Belgium, Germany, Singapore, and China, we provide an atmosphere that stimulates and develops our diverse workforce to bring together the best ideas and talent across all value chains.
To drive our global growth ambition, we are looking for an experienced Product Management Director who will be responsible for articulating and implementing global product strategy in support of Teknor's vision/purpose. As the Global Head, you will play a critical role in shaping the organization's product portfolio and driving its success in the global market. Your strategic vision, leadership skills, and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams will be key to delivering innovative products that meet customer needs and drive business growth.
Teknor's core is organized across two value chains, and each value chain has multiple business units. Working closely with value chain global leaders, global business leaders, sales and business development leaders, and the technical team, this role will report to the Senior Vice President of Value Chain. This role is part of the value chain core leadership team – it is a high impact role with high growth potential that offers an excellent opportunity in shaping Teknor's future growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Strategy: Working across value chains, develop and execute comprehensive global product strategy in alignment with Teknor's business objectives. Focus on market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape will be critical to developing a product roadmap and identifying opportunities for product innovation.
- Product Development: Collaborate with market-facing teams and work closely with technical functions to enable product development from concept to commercialization. Define product attributes with validated customer insight, translate customer needs into viable product concepts, and drive product improvements.
- Portfolio Management: Rationalize and build a healthy portfolio of products, build product life cycle strategy to maximize product impact, manage product & product design pipeline, and manage product IP.
- Product Integration: Ensure product fit and integration in end-user applications, coordinate product testing with commercial and technical teams, and engage with operations for product prototyping and ramping.
- Maximize Product Profitability: Establish value pricing and support pricing strategy in collaboration with market-facing teams, maximize profit throughout the product life cycle, and continuously evaluate product offerings to maximize margins.
- Product Roadmap: Build market insight for key products, understand competitive landscape, define global product roadmap, and drive product launch plans, working cross-functionally to develop go-to-market strategy.
- Team Leadership: Drive functional excellence by identifying and implementing functional tools, and building the right level of competency in the product organization. Lead a team of product managers, providing guidance and mentorship.
Profile:
- A highly experienced product manager with a demonstrated track record of delivering successful product strategy and execution at a global level.
- Experience in rationalizing product portfolios across multiple businesses and markets.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to balance technical and commercial aspects of product management.
- Core competencies in product analysis, portfolio analysis, product profitability, and developing go-to-market strategy.
- Demonstrated leadership skills through positive influence across different levels in the organization.
- Strong communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask and lead/manage complex projects.
- Strong team player with the ability to build followership in a matrix organization.
- B2B marketing experience.
Requirements:
- At least 15 years of experience in product management in a multinational organization, with at least 5 years in a global role.
- Preferably, 10+ years of experience in the specialty plastics or chemicals industry.
- Strong knowledge of working across global markets.
- Experience working with international teams from the US, Europe, and Asia.
- Cross-regional and cross-cultural working experience.
- A degree in engineering or chemistry; an MBA is desirable.
- Ability to travel about 30% of the time within and outside the region.
- Agreement to a comprehensive background check including references and verification of employment history.
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