Senior Product Manager
MilliporeSigma

Job Info

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A career with MilliporeSigma is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 58,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. MilliporeSigma is a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Your Role:

This Senior Product Manager role is responsible for a defined product portfolio within the Biochemicals franchise in Life Science Chemistry. The role is responsible for the strategy, innovation roadmap, and the sustainable sales growth and profitability of the portfolio. A major focus will be on analysis of the market and competitive environment to define a differentiated product vision that delivers unique value.

This role is an office-based position that will be located in one of our offices in St Louis, MO, Milwaukee, WI, Burlington, MA or Temecula, CA.

This position will drive:

• Product performance and market knowledge:
  • Assess key markets, technology trends, customer needs, target industries, accounts, personas, and competitors for the portfolio(s)
  • Identify opportunities across workflows and customer segments
  • Monitor and optimize existing product business including understanding sales/growth trends, product profitability trends, relative investments, and forecasts. Develop additional portfolio recommendations based on existing product performance.
  • Conduct regular analysis of portfolio pricing, including price position vs competition and across geographies, pricing structure, and ongoing monitoring of profitability impacts.
  • Partner with Commercial colleagues and Pricing team to ensure pricing that enables field sales success by determining optimal catalog prices, guidance on appropriate level of pricing / discounting, and monitoring of execution of pricing strategy
• New product development and product expansion projects:
  • Act as business lead within cross-functional team on all relevant projects (TDP, PDP, BD), focusing on project scoping and planning, consistent team participation and collaboration, management and execution of critical activities, and accountability for driving or influencing appropriate decision-making. Ultimate responsibility for assessing project team and project direction and escalating as needed for resolution.
  • Set appropriate direction and priority for new product launch plans for projects within responsibility. Establish market adoption plans, priorities and objectives based on assessment of critical success factors.
• Product sustainability & supply:
  • Ability to lead a cross functional team integrating supply chain, procurement, quality, and production materials, to improve the supply chain needs for commercial requirements of the portfolio.
  • Monitor supply chain performance along with Product Management Operations and interact as needed to maintain industry leading service & quality levels.
  • Provide guidance from application/ business/ customer perspective as needed to improve or sustain product supply. Develop plans of action for customer and commercial implications for execution in collaboration with other functions in case of supply disruption.
  • Partners closely with Product Management Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain for near- and long-term improvement initiatives, regular execution support communications, and margin monitoring and improvement.
• Portfolio Positioning Development and Go to Market Priorities:
  • Partner with Commercial colleagues, Marketing Communications and Digital Marketing to ensure optimal sales mix across channels: Account management, technical selling, digital sales, dealer channel, eBusiness channel.
  • Partner with Digital marketing to develop web activities, tools and content for products and product categories
  • Product application training, including competitive responses, for all appropriate sales channels

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry, or related scientific discipline
• 4+ years of demonstrated expertise and knowledge in the Laboratory & Life Science market
• Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally, up to 20% of time

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.Sc., MBA, or PhD
• 4+ years in product management, sales, marketing, and/or supply chain role within the Laboratory & Life Science market
• Demonstrated capability reading technology and market trends, and strategically planning future product opportunities
• Experience working across organizational lines to translate opportunities into financial business plans
• Ability to work with and engage across management team and various functions within the organization; willing to constructively contribute to and debate key issues affecting the organization across multiple areas
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to move others to a conclusion
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Proficiency in English

What we offer: With us, there are always opportunities to break new ground. We empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. We trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join us and bring your curiosity to life!

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The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.

Job Requisition ID: 222520

Location: Milwaukee

Career Level: D - Professional (4-9 years)

Working time model: full-time

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