Strategic Marketing Manager

Job description

General Information

Location:

·  City:Princeton
·  Country:USA
·  Region:North America

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·  Country:France
·  Region:Europe

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·  Country:Netherlands
·  Region:Europe

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·  Country:United Kingdom
·  Region:Europe

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·  Country:Italy
·  Region:Europe

Job Category: Marketing and Sales
Job Type: Regular
Type of Contract: Permanent
Working time: Full-time
Work schedule: Day shift

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program.

Technology Solutions is a global leader in specialty mining reagents, phosphine-based chemistry, and solutions for stabilization of polymers. Its portfolio includes world class, leading-edge technologies and unrivaled technical service and applications expertise that support our customers in developing tailor-made solutions, in particular for mining, where Solvay's products allow customers to extract metal concentrates from increasingly more complex and depleted ores.

Job Overview and Responsibilities

The Role: Strategic Marketing Manager

Technology Solutions is searching for a Strategic Marketing Manager whom will be responsible for developing a deep market understanding and providing insights into the company customers, market, and competitors at a global and regional level. The tole is responsible for driving the strategic marketing planning process across 3 Technology Solutions business lines: Mining Solutions, Polymer Additives & Phosphorus Specialties. In this role, he/she will be working closely with the BU Marketing team to scout for new opportunities and ensure a sustainable competitive advantage for the GBU. 

In addition, he/she will assist Marketing Managers of each business line in existing product lines and new product offerings, create and execute on cross-functional plans to capitalize on new business opportunities, stage-gate process of idea qualification, and support project commercialization. Strategic Marketing Manager will be responsible for developing consolidated process for GBU, monitoring long term project and portfolio management. 

The position reports to the VP of Strategy and the position is located Princeton, NJ . 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·   Work closely with the Strategy VP and BU marketing teams to develop and execute the strategic imperatives to support the business growth 
·  Work with the Strategy VP and the BU Marketing teams to build and develop the annual Business Strategic Review (BSR)
·  Monitor industry statistics and follow trends in literature and on-line data sources
·  Perform data analysis and synthesis on various marketing and sales datasets to identify trend and competitive threats 
·  Support development of long term projects and portfolio assessment and actively challenge exiting processes to drive simplification and improvement
·  Work cross-functionally to assist Marketing Manager of each Business Lines in new product industries, including existing product lines and potential new product offerings 
·  Create and execute on cross-functional plans to capitalize on new business opportunities (i.e., product launches) stage gate process of idea assessment/qualification, leading to support of project commercialization efforts
·  Competitive Intelligence: Develop a consolidated process for the GBU and conduct research (primary and secondary) analyses that will lead to market segmentations to support overall sales productivity 
·  Work cross-functionally with Marketing and sales team  to ensure timely, accurate and reliable analysis to determine opportunities that can uncover business insights and improve business results 
·  Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or closely related field (Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business or related field will also be considered)
·  Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
·  Minimum 3-5 years of experience in marketing research or business analysis (in Specialty Chemical industry is preferred)
·  Experience in data visualization and business intelligence tools
·  Previous experience in interpreting marketing and sales data to drive actionable insights 
·  Excellent written and spoken English skills
·  Fully proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Skills

·  Demonstrate and adhere to Solvay values and behaviors
·  Strong analytical and critical thinking with the ability to interpret data and recommend actions
·  Demonstrated experience and thorough knowledge of the use and application of value chain analysis, product and technology road mapping, market segmentation, value analysis, competitive analysis and other current Best Practice strategic and marketing concepts
·  Demonstrated ability to rapidly assimilate new products and technologies and dialogue with confidence and competence within the R&I, Sales/Marketing and communication communities– both internally and externally
·  Project Management expertise with ability to drive projects to decision points in a timely fashion
·  Must be detailed oriented, hands-on and well-organized
·  Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to successfully interact with and influence other functions – Global Marketing, R&I, Application Technology, Product Management, Sales and Operations
·  Exceptional Communications skills – effectively, clearly and concisely conveys ideas, concepts and growth opportunities at all levels and functions – in written, verbal and presentation format
·  Ability to concurrently support and/or manage multiple and complex projects in a fast paced and innovative environment

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.