Regional Portfolio Lead, Personal Care & Infection Prevention - EM is responsible for driving sales and profitability growth of Personal Care & Infection Prevention portfolios in the Emerging Markets (The region covering four different clusters; Middle East Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Australia).
This includes product life cycle management and activation of all innovations into the regional marketplace alongside the development and implementation of various marketing programs.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in engineering, business or a related field
A minimum of 5-7 years of Marketing experience with strong quantitative and qualitative results
B2B experience (Experience from multinationals company is a plus)
Excellent command of both written and spoken English
Experience with managing product portfolio
The ability to work remotely with different people from different cultures and coordinate them for common goals
The ability to think outside the box and define solutions that work
An analytical and data-driven approach, and the ability to generate insights from this
The strengths to turn a strategic vision into tangible actions
Experience in managing both projects and innovation launches
Strong analytical, organizational and project management skills
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge of marketing principles, local country marketplace, sales process, products & systems
Ability to influence and motivate others
Ability to deliver results through others
Effective verbal and written communication
Can do attitude, leads by example, uses and showcases best practice
Curiosity and an unstoppable need for learning
Excellent time management and priority setting ability
Skillful and accomplished with Microsoft office package
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead the adaptation and activation of the value proposition for key customer segments across geographies with existing and new customers (including global strategic accounts), through a matrixed team of regional and local marketeers
Define, implement and deliver with excellence a clear portfolio strategy. Coordinate regional product portfolio management and optimization - analysis and P&L driven approach
Support the Global Strategy Office in the development of the global long term company strategy (where to play and how to win) and ensure that key strategic initiatives are executed in the region and aligned across verticals and amongst the regional team
Develop new product ideas, prepare and execute launch plans for new products with appropriate product positioning, segment/cluster specific value propositions for designated areas and product ranges
Manage innovation cycle - coordinate insights generation and processing, translation into product needs, execution of local/regional/global innovation programs with right market adaptation
Be a facilitator, collaborator and guide on priorities for other functions, on product/portfolio related matters, working in close partnership with peer function leaders to connect the supporting functions behind overall growth priorities
Analyze portfolio performance along key metrics, draw implications and develop recommendations based on key market trends. Ensure a high standard of execution and delivery across all projects getting buy-in from stakeholders in terms of key date and deliverables
Why this team at Solenis:
Possible hybrid model of work
Participation in international projects
Opportunity to grow and learn
Ability to work independently
Open organizational culture
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