Product Manager - Automotive Components Surface Treatment

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Dare to make an impact?

YOUR ROLE

• Develop and execute product (line) strategy in line with technology and business unit strategy
• Perform portfolio analysis and optimization (i.e. product range, complexity, footprint, innovation pipeline)
• Manage and drive product profitability through Cost of Goods projects in alignment with Global Product & Technology Managers 
• Identify product & technology opportunities through road mapping and align with business unit innovation plan
• Support innovation project pipeline (i.e. business cases, product creation, etc.)
• Interaction both leading and participating in regional & global cross-functional teams
• Develop, implement, and manage pricing architecture in line with business unit strategy
• Coordinate with Operations and Purchasing on manufacturing and supply chain needs to ensure consistency of supply to our customers
• Manage ad-hoc crisis management (i.e. raw material shortages) to ensure business continuation
• Support inquiries from business unit teams on raw materials, products, and market developments

YOUR SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, Engineering, Marketing, or relevant field, Masters preferred 
• 5+ years of experience in Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, preferably in Automotive market
• Experience with Excel and/or PowerBI
• Strong teamwork, communication, and analytical skills
• This is a hybrid role which requires a split of 60% (office), 40% (work from home)

The salary for this role is $95,000.00 - $115,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

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At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different races, colors, religions, sexes, national origins, disabilities, veteran statuses, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and other legally protected characteristics.