PQ Corporation Hiring for Marketing Director Job at Malvern, PA Full Time

The Marketing Director is responsible for strategic marketing and product line management for the Americas silicates portfolio. A key member of the management team, this position leads all marketing efforts and projects to drive profitable growth of the business.

• Strategic marketing:

Identify, develop, plan and execute growth in existing and adjacent markets.
Develop and support pipelines for strategic development (M&A).
Continually assess and understand competitive landscape.
Lead and manage new product portfolio.
Lead and manage optimization of asset management.

• Product marketing:

Lead and manage product pricing.
Work across other functions (sales, tech service, R&D, ops, supply chain, finance) to support existing product line marketing including the Integrated Business Management Process.
Product sku rationalization management.
Develop and drive “Go-to-market” strategy for new and existing products.
Support customer supply agreement management.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement the commercial strategies for the product portfolio, including product positioning, business plan development and portfolio optimization.
• Manage product pricing and pricing process to maximize margins, i.e. pricing strategy, cost analysis and budget planning.
• Support sales and business development managers with product pricing, communication of value proposition, market intelligence, customer segmentation, contract negotiations and forecasting.
• Work closely with operations, supply chain and quality to ensure supply reliability and product compliance to specifications and regulations.
• Implement the marketing strategy to promote products, services and brands to generate new business leads and opportunities.
• Lead marketing initiatives and analyze target markets potential, trends and unmet needs in support of business growth strategy and investment plans.
• Manage marketing campaigns and activities including product promotion and literature, branding, content development, trade shows as well as customer events and innovation seminars in collaboration with R&D, sales and business development managers.

SPECIFIC SKILLS:

• Knowledge of the Business, Market, Customers, and Products supported.
• Flexibility and adaptability to the demands and requirements of a dynamic environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Highly proficient in CRM, Excel and related tools.
• Effectively leads in conditions of ambiguity.
• Strategic thinking and change agent with proven experience in managing business process improvement.
• Excellent organizational, communication, collaborative and interpersonal skills.
• Able to identify and analyze opportunities for improving financial drivers throughout supply chain.
• Strong analytical aptitude with a proven ability to interpret data and build quantitative models to improve business results.
• Sense of urgency and bias towards action.
• Disciplined execution focus leveraging a measured approach.
• Excellent communication skills, including intercultural understanding.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Malvern, PA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Marketing: 10 years (Preferred)
• Sales: 10 years (Required)
• Business related: 10 years (Required)

Work Location: One location