Ashland · 23 hours ago
Director Global Strategic Marketing - Personal Care
Bridgewater, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
10+ years expAshland is a leading global specialty chemicals company, and they are seeking a Director of Global Strategic Marketing for their Personal Care business. This hybrid role involves strategic planning, commercial collaboration, and innovation management to drive profitable growth within the division.
ChemicalCommunitiesManufacturing
Responsibilities
Serve as a key member of the Personal Care senior leadership team and share responsibility for division-wide business priorities
Work closely with the global Personal Care general manager to implement and drive the Personal Care strategy
Identify, develop, and drive key strategic initiatives to enable profitable growth for the Personal Care business
Help shape and implement the Personal Care global strategy
Lead the annual strategic planning process and support Board of Director and Investor presentations and communications
Identify, coordinate and recommend merger & acquisition targets for Personal Care
Collaborate with the regional Marketing and Sales team to realize commercial initiatives by utilizing market research, business intelligence and competitive analyses
Support the development of customer development roadmaps and market trends
Partner with the regional Marketing team and Technology team across five areas of innovation: (1) new project ideation, (2) project pipeline management, (3) new product introduction sales performance, (4) technical service projects and (5) management of customer briefs
Collaborate with regional Marketing on business case development and manufacturing strategies
Key stakeholder in the innovation process (project ideation / identification, innovation pipeline management and responsible for working with Sales and R&D to commercialize new product introductions)
Qualification
Required
A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a technical field (science, math or engineering)
10+ years in a strategic and/or technical role influencing commercial and innovation in B2B market
Strong experience in the Specialty Materials Industry and consumer products
Strategic & analytical thinking skills, collaborative style, and executive presence
Ability to be a self-starter, work independently, and function at both strategic and operational levels
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Benefits
Industry competitive salary and benefits
Pay-for-performance incentive plans
Company
Ashland
Ashland provides specialty chemical solutions to customers ranging from consumer to industrial market.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2022-03-04Post Ipo Secondary
2018-11-15Acquired
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Alessandra Faccin
Senior Vice President & General Manager Life Sicences
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