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Director of Product Management, Life Sciences

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Head of Product Management to join our Life Sciences business. This position can be home based. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Pharmaceutical function. This position will report to the Senior Vice President and General Manager, Life Sciences.

**Home based role for someone living/open to relocating to the Delaware or New Jersey area**

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Manage near term P&L activities
- Collaborate with operations, supply chain, procurement, and commercial teams to achieve profit and RONA goals
- Establish pricing targets and ensure timely implementation
- Work closely with the sales team on key account contracts
- Provide price and volume input for the monthly forecasts and annual business plan
- Establishes allocation priorities for over-sold products
Advance Asset Strategy
- Develop and implement asset strategies (foot print optimization, product rationalization, mix optimization) to improve RONA, with a particular emphasis on the acetylenic chain
- Ensure capital deployment is consistent with the BU strategic plan
- Creates business cases for capital expansion projects, and serve on project steering teams
Portfolio Optimization
- Ensure the health of each product line by overseeing new product introductions and rationalizations
- Provide product management input for stage-gate programs
People management:
- Provide leadership, direction and coaching to a team of product management professionals

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience in a technical field (5 years minimum)
Strong influence management skills
Industry background in ingredients is a MUST preference to a regulated industry such as food/nutrition/pharma/agriculture
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
Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients
Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

Experience working in Pharmaceutical industry

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.

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Our mission is to develop practical, innovative, and elegant solutions to complex problems in applied chemistry, always pushing the boundaries of what's possible, and advancing the competitiveness of our customers across diverse industries.

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Chemical Manufacturing

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1001-5000

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Hybrid, based in Wilmington, DE

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