Senior Product Market Manager

GLOBAL RECRUITMENT & HR SPECIALISTS ACROSS THE PLASTICS, PACKAGING, PETROCHEMICALS, CHEMICALS, ENERGY AND RECYCLING SECTORS SINCE 1975.

Location: Netherlands or Belgium

Client Overview:

The company is a global technology leader in Poly Lactic Acid (PLA). PLA is a versatile, biobased and biodegradable polymer made from annually renewable resources.  They are a young and fast-growing company with a factory in Asia and a second site planned for Europe.

Role Overview:

Develop and make available the product portfolio that will enable the company to successfully grow its business.  “Make sure the products we need to accomplish our strategy are available and sustainably profitable today, tomorrow and in the future"

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute product strategies
• Manage the operational aspects within the relevant portfolio
• Lead the discussions around product, market segment & regional profitability
• Lead and manage the execution of selected projects via the stage gate process, including contacts to key validation partners, planning, budget and reporting to top management.

• Responsible for maintaining a consolidated overview of the competitive landscape; using the intelligence to come to well-articulated insights and specific recommendations.
• Train our commercial team on all aspects of our portfolio, the PMC's and our value proposition.

 Candidate Profile:

• MSc or BSc within marketing/business administration and/or technical/polymer science/chemistry
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in marketing, product management, business support or sales
• Experience in plastics industry
• Balance of commercial, supply chain and technical know-how, skills, affinity and experience
• Multidisciplinary - ability to bridge across functions, ability to get commitments from various other functional departments
• Ability to analyse complex situations (where not all data is known) and define a course of action

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