(Technical) Product Manager 80-100%
With approximately 480 employees, KLK Kolb is one of the leading alkoxylation companies in Europe and offers a wide range of surfactants, chemical specialties, paper process chemicals and customer-specific products for various industries. KLK Kolb is a member of the global KLK OLEO Group. We sell our products worldwide and currently have three manufacturing sites in the heart of Europe (Hedingen/CH, Moerdijk/NL and Delden/NL).
(Technical) Product Manager 80-100%
You are responsible for the strategic development and maintenance of our product portfolio for one or more focus technical markets, such as Home Care and I&I, Textile & Leather, Paints & Coatings, Adhesives & Elastomers, Lubricants & Metalworking Fluids. You bring with you necessary and relevant technical and/or commercial experience in one or more of those markets to drive our growth efforts.
A taste of what you will do at KLK Kolb
- You manage several product groups throughout their life cycle. You work out new product and product groups launches and their pricing strategies, sales and margin analyses. You also start and coordinate the phase out of products nearing the end of their life cycle.
- You identify customer needs and challenges, provide first line technical support to customers, and develop together with the R&D department suitable solutions and products. Further, you contribute to devising unique selling propositions, key features and benefits, and develop marketing materials such as flyers, brochures, newsletters, and social media posts. You lead your own and customers’ projects with multidisciplinary teams, and execute margin and sales analyses.
- You also identify market trends, have a close eye on our competitor landscape, and implement the necessary measures. You coordinate actions to fulfill regulatory requirements. You actively participate in maintaining and revising the product portfolio allocation to our production plants, with interdisciplinary focus on low carbon solutions, supply chain, packed good policy and warehousing, shelf-life, and make-or-buy decisions and financial KPI.
- You also collect and prepare the needed information to open new products in SAP and contribute to keep and improve the quality of the product master data.
- You present at internal or external events and also travel together with sales managers to customers.
- Completed chemical education
- Experience in non-ionic surfactants chemistry, and/or application, and/or formulation.
- Technical and/or commercial experience in one or more focus technical markets.
- Fluency in German and English needed
- Willingness to travel up to 20%, primarily in Europe
- You like to act with flair as the interface between production, laboratory, sales, management and our customers with your good analytical skills, strong result orientation, and high own initiative.
- You are clever and independent, with business acumen and at the same time a team player, sharing back to the team key learnings and Do’s and Don’t’s
- Ability to grasp complex information and communicate in a concise manner
- A challenging, versatile and responsible job in a rapidly growing international company
- Working place is Hedingen / up to 40% remote office is possible
- A professional, established organisation with an open, international, and creative working environment
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Attractive employment conditions
Contact
Marianne Pantli
HR Manager
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À propos de l'entreprise
Hedingen / CH-8908 Hedingen
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