EMEA Premium Product Manager - paints / coatings sector

Axalta; Mantes-la-Ville; Sur place; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic EMEA Premium Product Manager to lead product initiatives in the paints and coatings sector. This pivotal role involves managing a product portfolio, understanding customer requirements, and collaborating with various teams to drive strategic direction. The successful candidate will leverage their extensive experience in marketing and product management to execute key initiatives, analyze market trends, and support new product development. If you're passionate about innovation in the coatings industry and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in marketing or product management in coatings or automotive sectors.
• Strong technical knowledge of refinish and automotive coatings.

Responsabilités

• Manage product portfolio for the EMEA region, focusing on strategic direction.
• Liaise with sales and technical teams to provide product support.

Connaissances

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Project Management

Market Analysis

Customer Understanding

Formation

Bachelor's Degree

Equivalent Industrial Experience

Outils

Product Life-Cycle Management

New Product Development

Description du poste

Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers’ products – whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals – and add dimension and beauty with colorful finishes. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.

We are currently looking for an EMEA Premium Product Manager (paints / coatings sector) for our Refinish Premium segment in EMEA.

This highly visible role is for an individual who manages the product portfolio for a particular segment in the EMEA region. The chosen candidate will be responsible for the management and delivery of projects within EMEA, to either add new products, sunset products which are to be obsoleted or otherwise manage product changes within segment.

The regional product manager is responsible for building an understanding of the customer product requirements; this includes an understanding of the market landscape, competitive intelligence, and emerging new trends. The candidate will work closely with technology platform managers to convert these insights into clear requirements for project deliverables.

The role holder needs to have a close interaction with the other marketing, sales, and technical teams in their region, to understand any market needs and to execute the global initiatives within their region.

Key responsibilities:

• Execute segment strategic direction and key product initiatives within EMEA.
• Follow-up of execution of the premium segment, product & business initiatives within EMEA.
• Collect market & technical input from regional organizations to be input into the global segment teams.
• Establish overview, knowledge & understanding of the customer segment regarding product-technical-color and process aspects of the Axalta Refinish offering.
• Understand competitive landscape and market drivers within the segment.
• Define segment related opportunities and business cases.
• Liaise with sales and technical teams to provide required product support.
• Support the regional organizations on business related requests.
• Support / assess private label initiatives.

Key requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industrial experience
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in marketing, technical, R&D, and / or product management within the coatings, chemical, collision repair, automotive, or another industrial segment.
• Proven technical / product knowledge of refinish and / or automotive coatings including their application, performance, and commercial aspects
• Possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to proactively identify process and efficiency improvement opportunities
• Technical knowledge and experience in managing new product development and product support programs
• Understanding of product life-cycle management
• Demonstrated success in project management
• Understands customer processes and competitive market dynamics
• Travel availability around 25%