HPC Technical Marketing Leader – Americas

Evonik; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Evonik Corporation seeks a Technical Marketing Manager / Regional Head HPC Americas to manage the North American HPC portfolio, drive profitable growth, and execute regional/global strategies. You will align demand planning with supply, coordinate with operations, and support commercial activities to ensure customer success.

You will lead pricing, negotiations, and cross-regional shipments while guiding regional projects and ensuring operational excellence across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related technical field.
• Experience in technical marketing, product management, commercial leadership, or business management within the refining, hydroprocessing, catalyst, or chemicals sector.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, sales forecasting, inventory management, and supply chain operations.
• Experience supporting commercial organizations through customer engagement, strategic account management, and business development initiatives.
• Knowledge of pricing strategy, contract management, commercial negotiations, and profitability improvement.
• Strong analytical and financial skills with the ability to evaluate business performance and identify growth opportunities.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders across sales, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, and product development functions.
• Excellent communication, project management, and strategic planning skills with the ability to operate effectively in a global matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage the HPC product and service portfolio across North America while supporting profitable business growth and strategic execution.
• Develop and maintain regional sales forecasts, opportunity pipelines, and demand plans for short- and mid-term business planning.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Production Technology, and Operations teams to optimize inventory, production planning, and demand fulfillment.
• Make regional product allocation and prioritization decisions during supply constraints and production bottlenecks.
• Support sales teams in customer management, business development activities, and strengthening the value proposition of HPC products and services.
• Develop pricing recommendations, support contract negotiations, and ensure alignment with global commercial guidelines.
• Lead regional spent catalyst inventory planning, acquisition opportunities, material allocation decisions, and coordination of cross-regional shipments.
• Drive profitability, plant reliability, product development initiatives, and execution of regional and global business projects.

Skills

Technical marketing

Product management

Commercial leadership

Business management

Demand planning

Sales forecasting

Inventory management

Supply chain operations

Pricing strategy

Contract management

Commercial negotiations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related technical field

Job description

Evonik Corporation seeks a Technical Marketing Manager / Regional Head HPC Americas to manage the North American HPC portfolio, drive profitable growth, and execute regional/global strategies. You will align demand planning with supply, coordinate with operations, and support commercial activities to ensure customer success.

You will lead pricing, negotiations, and cross-regional shipments while guiding regional projects and ensuring operational excellence across teams.