Product Manager Engine Oils

Lubrizol; Wolverhampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading chemical solutions company is seeking a Product Manager to manage its European Passenger Car Engine Oils additive portfolio. This role combines market intelligence, customer insights, and technology to develop strategies that drive portfolio success. Candidates should have experience in marketing, strong leadership skills, and the ability to analyze financial aspects. The position offers ongoing learning and competitive compensation within a hybrid work model.

Benefits

On-going learning opportunities

Career development in senior roles

Competitive salary and benefits

Global teamwork opportunities

Professional career development in leading company

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead the European Passenger Car Engine Oils additive portfolio strategy.
• Develop market strategies to ensure long-term financial health.
• Foster and manage relationships with various stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership and collaboration

Market analysis capabilities

Communication Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Overview

Job Location: Hazelwood, Derby

Job type: Permanent

Type of role: Hybrid

• Shape the future of our Engine Oils portfolio with high-level impact and visibility.

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.

• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively interact with a variety of stakeholders, including customers, internal teams, and senior leadership.
• 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.

At Lubrizol, you’re part of a winning organization critical to daily life, delivering clean water, efficient transportation, reliable infrastructure, critical medicines and countless consumer goods we use every day. Behind every advancement are proud Lubrizol innovators who think boldly, apply diverse perspectives, take action and execute with agility to help us deliver and help us grow.

We win because we bring science-based solutions to industry-leading organizations across the globe.

We win because we deeply understand our customers and deliver innovative chemistry with differentiated value.

We win because of our inclusive culture and our incredible talent.

We win because of you.