Regional Business Manager

We are a high-performing, science-driven company with a strong leadership team, and are looking for people to join us as we move to the next level through innovation, productivity, and new product development. If you appreciate challenges, working on complex projects and rapid advancement in an environment that actively encourages and demonstrates diversity, inclusion and giving back to our communities, Celanese is the right place for you.

Celanese Engineered Materials (EM) is seeking a Regional Product Manager in the EMEA region. The key focus of the role is the development of the EMEA regional business strategy and driving the execution thereof through engaging/aligning with key stakeholders to maximize profitable growth.

Regional Business Manager

Location: Meyrin, Switserland

Functional Manager: Director Business.

Purpose and Summary of position:
To drive profitability and growth of Celanese products through:

- Accounting for P&L and actively overseeing of regional business results in Europe and Americas.
- Setting regional product strategy and 5-year product roadmap in partnership with the Global Business Director.
- Executing an Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for product line.
- Setting price and managing price realization across segments through situational pricing actions.
- Making tactical supply chain decisions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Drives growth and profitability through product line management by cascading in-year financial and volume targets (i.e., sub region, customer grouping) and optimizing volume allocations on a monthly / quarterly basis.
- Manages price realization by executing price increase announcements or rollouts for area of responsibility and communicating pricing trends, price increases / justifications and other information to key relationship stakeholders.
- Working closely with the product analyst team, utilizes analytics to identify incremental value add opportunities both within and outside of region of responsibility. Works with other regional product managers.
- Implements new and modified pricing tools and processes in region.
- Delivers on AOP and actively participates in budget and supply/demand meetings.
- Surfaces project ideas for cost initiatives with plant, sourcing, and supply chain.

Interfaces:

- Align with the Global Business Director in exercising oversight of the EMEA & Americas business.
- Align with the Global Business Director in setting the POC product strategy, 5-years product roadmap, and the execution of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP);
- Consult with the Director Manufacturing in carrying out any tactical supply chain decisions.
- Consult with the Global Business Director in driving growth and profitability.
- Responsible for identifying incremental value add opportunities as supported by the Product Analyst Team in ServiceCo.
- Coordinate with the Director Procurement and the Director Manufacturing in developing project ideas for cost initiatives as also supported by the site director for the EMEA plants in MfgCo.

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

- Ability to successfully implement P&L decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Key Competencies: Drive for results, Motivating Others, Business Acumen, Peer Relationships, Managerial Courage

Desirable Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

- Negotiating Skills: Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations both internal and external groups.
- Knowledge of High-Performance Thermoplastic markets and products.
- Sales and/or Marketing with direct new business development experience.
- Supply Chain planning experience.

MM is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class.

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