At Ecolab, making the world a cleaner, safer place is our business. We are committed to growth and providing our customers with the most effective and efficient cleaning, food safety, and infection control programs available. We believe that our marketing department is one of the keys to our success. Marketing roles at Ecolab are very challenging yet rewarding and involve diverse skills and responsibilities. As a marketing function we are committed to driving growth while providing individuals with a range of developmental career opportunities. The members of our marketing team have an opportunity to help our customers meet their goals, differentiate Ecolab from our competition, and impact the achievement of our aggressive growth targets.
We are seeking a Sr. Marketing Director to lead the Global Portfolio marketing team within the Food & Beverage Division. The incumbent will drive vision, strategy, business requirements, and roadmap and execution for global product lines.
Our ideal candidate is a business savvy global leader who can collaborate, ideate, inspire and drive execution across the global marketplace with stakeholders and can skillfully deliver rapid, sustainable, and measurable value to our business and our customers
Responsibilities
Key Deliverables include:
Product Lifecycle and Portfolio Management
Accountable for developing and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of its business environment; including preparing a strategic plan with primary focus on financial performance, market share objective, contingency plans, and resource requirements
Develop the vision and strategy of the global product portfolio – long and short-term profitability
Analyze global market conditions, identifying sales opportunities in existing and new markets that strategically align with F&B goals
Position team to capture new market share and achieve sales and OI growth
Develop go-to-market strategy and planning
Monitor product/portfolio and platform performance to ensure ongoing customer and market relevance through engagement sessions with customers and market research.
Pricing & Profitability
Translate product value into margin range expectation and create greater transparency for pricing of products for marketers. Work with regional Marketers to translate margin range into sales price.
Annual review of product pricing and profitability
Talent Management
Develop and lead a high-performing team to deliver value and solutions across the global business. Build a culture of strong engagement, accountability, and high performance.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
Minimum 10 years of marketing experience with strategic product marketing with full product lifecycle expertise, as well as developing short-term and long-term global product roadmaps with successful results.
Knowledge of both Phase Gate Process as well as Agile methodology.
Proven expert in managing multiple stakeholders at all levels of the organization, but specifically at senior management level
Demonstrated experience to build effective, cohesive and collaborative high performing teams. Outstanding coach and mentor to others.
Preferred Qualifications
MBA or Advanced degree
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to tell compelling stories centered on the customer
Strategic and visionary leader with ability to collaborate with and influence global stakeholders
Experience developing budgets, forecasts, and pricing related to product and digital offerings to support business needs, goals and objectives
Benefits
Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits.
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Covid-19 Vaccine Notice
Due to local mandates and customer requirements, applicants for certain customer-facing positions must be fully vaccinated (which in some situations requires a booster if eligible), unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab. You will be asked for proof of your vaccination status. All applicants should be aware that Ecolab is a federal contractor. If the federal contractor vaccine mandate is reinstated in its current form, all Ecolab employees will need to be vaccinated, or have an approved religious or medical accommodation in place.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please call Ecolab Recruiting Support at (866) 841-6682 for assistance.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.
In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Ecolab
Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota 55102
US
