Global Portfolio Manager

Elementis; Porto; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Elementis, a global specialty chemical company, is seeking a Global Portfolio Manager based in Porto with a hybrid work arrangement. The role leads the portfolio for Coatings and Personal Care across multiple regions, steering lifecycle decisions, rationalization, and sustainability alignment to optimize customer value and working capital.

The position requires 8–10+ years in product/portfolio management within multinational settings, a Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred), and strong

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree is required in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Chemistry, or equivalent.
• MBA is desirable.
• 8–10+ years in product management, portfolio management, supply chain or commercial roles in multinational environments.

Responsabilités

• Drive portfolio strategy and positioning clarity.
• Define portfolio structure and category roles aligned with segment priorities.
• Define lifecycle strategies (MTS, MTO, limited run, phase-out) and lead programs.
• Lead SKU rationalization with clear business cases and value impact.
• Maintain a rolling rationalization roadmap balancing working capital with customer experience.
• Own sustainability alignment within the portfolio and lead related portfolio topics.
• Coordinate lifecycle priorities across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, Sales, and Innovation Delivery.
• Ensure data-driven decisions with governance and reporting.

Connaissances

Portfolio management

Lifecycle strategy

Rationalization

Sustainability

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic marketing

Supply chain coordination

Multi-region portfolio

KPIs and governance

Formation

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Description du poste

About Us Elementis is a global specialty chemical company, with 1,300 employees operating 17 manufacturing sites across the globe. At Elementis, we bring a distinctive combination of expertise, innovation, and teamwork to every formulation challenge. We create high-value specialty additives that enhance the performance of our customers' products and make a positive change in the world. Combining our leading positions in the science of materials flow, surface modification, and formulation with access to unique natural materials, Elementis delivers unique chemistry, sustainable solutions to customers in a wide range of markets, including cosmetics, anti-perspirants, decorative and industrial coatings, automotive and ceramics.

The Global Portfolio Manager is responsible for the Elementis portfolio's across the global Coatings and PC market. Sets up long-term strategy and positioning for the different product categories and steers the product portfolio life cycle, ensuring optimal balance between customer experience, working capital and operational efficiency. The role leads life cycle decisions (MTS/MTO/ETO, rationalization, phase‑out, production transfers) and acts as the central coordination point across Strategic Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Sustainability, and Innovation Delivery.

About Us Elementis is a global specialty chemical company, with 1,300 employees operating 17 manufacturing sites across the globe. At Elementis, we bring a distinctive combination of expertise, innovation, and teamwork to every formulation challenge. We create high-value specialty additives that enhance the performance of our customers' products and make a positive change in the world. Combining our leading positions in the science of materials flow, surface modification, and formulation with access to unique natural materials, Elementis delivers unique chemistry, sustainable solutions to customers in a wide range of markets, including cosmetics, anti-perspirants, decorative and industrial coatings, automotive and ceramics.

The Global Portfolio Manager is responsible for the Elementis portfolio's across the global Coatings and PC market. Sets up long-term strategy and positioning for the different product categories and steers the product portfolio life cycle, ensuring optimal balance between customer experience, working capital and operational efficiency. The role leads life cycle decisions (MTS/MTO/ETO, rationalization, phase‑out, production transfers) and acts as the central coordination point across Strategic Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Sustainability, and Innovation Delivery.

Job Description Responsibilities 1-

You drive portfolio strategy and positioning clarity

Define portfolio structure and category roles aligned with segment priorities. Apply clear positioning logic (e.G. good/better/best) across the portfolio. Ensure trademark oversight for key portfolio brands and decide to create, maintain of exist. Ensure alignment between portfolio strategy, segment priorities, and value propositions to drive consistent positioning and market impact.

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You drive lifecycle strategy and portfolio health.

Define and steer lifecycle strategies (e.G. MTS, MTO, limited run, phase-out). Lead structured lifecycle programs to assess portfolio health and performance. Initiate next‑generation and optimization actions to strengthen portfolio competitiveness and value creation.

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You drive rationalization and phase‑out leadership.

Lead SKU rationalization with clear business cases and value impact. Maintain a rolling rationalization roadmap to ensure continuous portfolio optimization. Balance working capital reduction with customer experience and service levels.

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You own sustainability alignment within the portfolio.

Act as the Strategic Marketing lead for sustainability and PRSA‑related portfolio actions. Drive mitigation actions for at‑risk products and POCOC exposure, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and long‑term portfolio resilience. Lead sustainability‑related portfolio topics, including PARC activities, sustainability scoring, and improvement actions, working closely with Sustainability teams and Segment Managers.

Coordinate Portfolio life cycle priorities across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, Sales, and Innovation Delivery, ensuring transparency and alignment on upcoming changes and risks. Lead cross‑functional decision‑making, ensuring alignment, accountability, and execution. Ensure decisions are data‑driven and actionable, supported by clear portfolio governance standards. Drive availability of accurate lifecycle data in PIM and define requirements for reporting tools.

Decision making

You have authority to approve all small projects for Coatings and Personal Care.

You set portfolio strategy globally and decide on product rationalization, taking into account the input of sales and marketing segment leaders.

You define the relevant KPIs to track progress and reports regularly on them to the Global Head of Strategic Marketing.

Additional Job Description Job Competencies

Strategic mindset

: Having a strategic mindset allows you to set clear direction and vision, identify market trends and opportunities, ensure product management efforts are strategically positioned to meet current and future customer needs and aligned with the company's overall strategy.

Effective communication enables you to articulate the strategic goals, provide guidance, ensure everyone is aligned with the company's objectives, facilitate collaboration within and across the teams, ensure ideas and feedback are shared openly and ultimately enhance the quality of innovation efforts.

Agility and adaptability:

ability to adjust decision and processes and steer resources in a complex environment, with diverse portfolio of product, assets and markets, bringing customer needs at the center of decision making.

Plan and align:

Planning and aligning to execute is essential for managing multiple projects effectively. It enables you to allocate resources, ensure research activities are synchronized with project timelines, execute projects with precision, maximize productivity and achieve desired outcomes.

Effective collaboration ensures you can harness the collective expertise and insights of various stakeholders including R&D teams, Marketing, Regulatory affairs, Procurement and Supply Chain. You can facilitate the exchange of ideas, align diverse perspectives, promotes synergy and accelerate business growth.

Technical Knowledge and Skills

Highly skilled in managing a complex, multi-plant and multi-region portfolio:

Ability to view the portfolio holistically, understanding interdependencies between products, customers, operations, and working capital. Translates this understanding into clear, fact‑based life‑cycle decisions that support both short‑term execution and long‑term strategy.

and operational judgement:

Balances customer experience, profitability, sustainability, and operational constraints to make sound portfolio trade‑offs. Applies judgement to complex situations where data, risk, and stakeholder interests intersect.

alignment and decision facilitation:

Actively brings diverse functions together to create shared understanding, surface trade‑offs, and drive alignment. Enables timely, transparent decision‑making across Strategic Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, and Innovation.

Ability for Data‑driven

Uses product performance data, demand patterns, financial indicators, and risk signals (e.G. working capital, POCOC exposure) to prioritize actions and focus resources where business impact is greatest.

Position Requirements Education:

Minimum of Bachelor's degree is required in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Chemistry, or equivalent. MBA is desirable.

Experience:

8–10+ years in product management, portfolio management, supply chain or commercial roles in multinational environments.

Skills:

Language:

Working arrangements:

Porto based, hybrid working.

Travel:

30% - 40% of time, travel is required.