Product Manager - Microbial Protection (Hybrid/Remote)

Ashland Global Holdings; Montgomery (AL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashland Global Holdings seeks a Product Manager for Microbial Protection within the Personal Care business unit in the USA (hybrid/remote). The role reports to the General Manager for Microbial Protection and collaborates across global marketing, operations, supply chain, regulatory, and commercial teams to achieve profit goals.

Responsibilities include portfolio optimization, NPI, SKU rationalization, forecasting, and managing tolling relationships, with travel around 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience in a technical field (5 years minimum)
• 5 years experience in a product management role or related industry experience
• Strong influence management skills
• Industry background in batch and continuous chemical process manufacturing
• Demonstrated ability to analyze market trends, usage data, and customer feedback to develop and communicate strategic vision for products
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn about the project or product being developed
• Build strong relationships with both internal and external customers and colleagues
• Strong verbal communication skills to speak to customers and delivery team members daily as well as good written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with global and regional marketing, operations, supply chain, procurement, regulatory, and commercial teams to achieve profit goals.
• Support annual business planning process, review and advise the marketing and sales teams on volume, costs, and capacity.
• Partner with global and regional marketing on portfolio optimization, NPI, product lifecycle SKU rationalization
• Allocation of material & production prioritization on constrained assets (Controlled Distribution)
• Conduct capacity studies and portfolio optimization actions (streamlining of products, specification changes, etc.)
• Manage tolling relationships.
• Liaison with supply chain, manufacturing, and regulatory to manage daily S&OP activities (i.e. forecast validation)
• Ownership and understanding of VCER and advising on the needs of the commercial side and the likelihood of approval.
• Manage customer communications regarding packaging changes, obsoleting, and supply issues (for example, force majeure, asset optimization, etc.)
• Management of portfolio product lifecycle including SMOG materials

Skills

Industry knowledge

Influence management

Communication

Market analysis

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Ashland Global Holdings seeks a Product Manager for Microbial Protection within the Personal Care business unit in the USA (hybrid/remote). The role reports to the General Manager for Microbial Protection and collaborates across global marketing, operations, supply chain, regulatory, and commercial teams to achieve profit goals.

Responsibilities include portfolio optimization, NPI, SKU rationalization, forecasting, and managing tolling relationships, with travel around 20%.