Objectives of the Position

• Business steering: Manage Strategic Business Unit Antioxidants and Process Stabilizers globally, ensuring strategic alignment and profitability maximization
• Position is responsible for leading the global asset and portfolio activities, to meet the financial and strategic objectives of the Plastic Additives business and for global product management while harmonizing with regional business management.

Responsibilities

1) Price management

• Frequently review demand and supply globally. Decide on pricing guidelines accordingly.
• Ensure positive margins and maximum asset utilization in a long market, ensure maximum profitability in a short supply situation.
• Provide global limits & approve deviations from set limits.
• Ensure profitability, volume and value growth according to the budget and long-term strategic plan

2) Global optimization of cost of supply

• Monitor asset utilization and drive inventory optimization for assigned product group
• Actively steer production and supply within the global asset footprint to optimize cost and maximize profitability (including co-manufacturing and tolling partners)
• Define and optimize global product strategy (make to stock or make to order)
• Allocate and manage volumes in shortage periods as well as products under declaration of “force majeure”
• Drive global inventory decision together with supply chain.
• Define global co-manufacturing (make-or-buy) and tolling strategy for defined product range.

3) Product portfolio management

• Analyze the respective portfolio, coordinate and initiate required actions, e.g. product positioning, pruning, etc.
• Drive portfolio development. Identify portfolio gaps, understand market trends and implication to the portfolio. Initiate and support innovation and product development projects.
• Develop positioning of new products in line with the global portfolio strategy and re/position existing products in the portfolio. Approve product market introduction (with input from IPM)
• Assure the product availability for the launch preparation of a new product
• Define competitive positioning of current and new products in the portfolio
• Assure compliance (liaise with PS&R) and quality for the product portfolio (in framework of NCM and MOC process).
• Develop and drive marketing and sustainability strategies for the portfolio.

4) Strategy development

• Develop, implement and monitor the respective main-group / product strategies in line with global SBU strategy. Define corrective measures where required
• Initiate restructuring and investment projects for defined products or product ranges
• Support strategic projects in terms of commercial evaluation

5) Functionally drive all portfolio related topics into the regional organizations.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent in chemistry, material science, business administration or business related field
• Min. 10 years business experience, ideally across various functions such as marketing, sales, product management, R&D, production, controlling
• Proven leadership experience including but not limited to project management or change management initiatives, with a focus on developing and motivating teams to achieve results.
• Strong analytical, project management, technical and commercial background
• Excellent communication skills, a good team player who is able to interact in a multicultural and multi-functional environment
• Experienced in planning (budgeting, controlling)
• Able to occasionally travel across regions
• Flexible in accommodating evening calls