Product Manager Engine Oils

Lubrizol Corporation; Shottlegate; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational chemical company is seeking a Product Manager to lead their European Passenger Car Engine Oils product portfolio. The role involves developing market strategies and fostering client relationships within a hybrid work environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong marketing background, excellent communication skills, and experience in product line financials. Competitive salary and ongoing learning opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Ongoing learning opportunities

Career advancement potential

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Global team collaborations

Qualifications

• Experience in category or technical marketing.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Understanding of financial aspects including pricing, margins, and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead European Passenger Car Engine Oils additive portfolio strategy.
• Develop and execute product, price, promotion, and place strategy.
• Foster long-term relationships and provide intelligent guidance to clients.

Skills

Leadership skills

Market analysis capabilities

Excellent communication skills

Technical understanding of chemical products

Job description

Job type: Permanent

Type of role: Hybrid

• Shape the future of our Engine Oils portfolio with high-level impact and visibility.
• Build Your Portfolio – Develop and execute the European Passenger Car Engine Oils additive product, price, promotion and place strategy for your portfolio
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Enjoy hybrid working with the option to be based in Hazelwood or London UK.

About the role

As a Product Manager you’ll lead your assigned European Passenger Car Engine Oils additive portfolio strategy. This is a commercial role and is ideal for someone who thrives on combining market intelligence, customer insight, and market strategy with technology. Within this role, you'll be at the forefront of developing and driving market and customer focused product line strategies to deliver the long-term financial health of the portfolio, collaborating with a diverse group of passionate individuals to deliver sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life.

Through the art of creative partnerships, you’ll foster long-term relationships and provide intelligent guidance to help our clients better serve their customers. Taking a value-oriented approach, you are encouraged to build, own and manage the entire lifecycle of your portfolio and bring solutions to customers which help them overcome challenges and capitalize on opportunities.

About you

You will bring experience of working within a category or technical marketing role, have commercial and technical acumen with strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.

Alongside this you will have a strong understanding of the financial aspects of a product line, including pricing, margins, and profitability alongside the ability to make sound business decisions based on data analysis.

You will thrive on Leadership and collaboration, demonstrating skills in people engagement, motivating and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including R&D, operations, sales, and marketing.

You will also bring:

• Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with a variety of stakeholders, including customers, internal teams, and senior leadership and market analysis capabilities.
• Technical understanding of chemical products or lubricants is a plus.
• Strong understanding of the relevant markets, including customer needs, competitor analysis, and market trends and market analysis capabilities.

What we offer

• On-going learning opportunities in a rewarding work environment.
• Career experience with opportunities to develop into more Senior roles within the organization, that can span different businesses and functions.
• Competitive Salary and comprehensive benefits
• The chance to work on global teams with colleagues around the world and in different locations
• Develop your professional career in a highly respected, industry leading, multinational company which is part of the Berkshire Hathaway group

Working at Lubrizol

For nearly 100 years, Lubrizol has been at the forefront of innovation, delivering breakthrough solutions that advance mobility, improve well-being and enhance modern life. This progress is delivered by the expertise, passion, and commitment of people like you.

Lubrizol invests in our people, and we expect that same level of commitment and ownership from every employee. Our employees deliver results that enable our competitiveness and, in turn, their growth. They deliver the strategic inputs that impact our desired outputs. They own their careers and their future. They act with urgency to deliver and collaborate to enable our engaged and inclusive culture.