Now Hiring - Symrise AG - Product Manager, Marketing in Hodges, SC

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Its sales of 4.6 billion in the 2022 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

Symrise always inspiring more

Manage NAM DPF products portfolio in accordance with region's business objectives and in line with global marketing and product management guidelines. Translate market insights and customer pain points into solutions to enable them to achieve their goals.

• Manage product portfolio keeping in mind product technical feasibility, cost and profitability, sourcing and regulatory limitations, industrial capacity, and CAPEX plan.
• Manage internal product launch with a cross-functional stakeholder team including the timing, action plan, risk analysis, and internal communication tool kit.
• Manage external product launch with proper product presentation, sales tool kit, and training.
• Collect, consolidate, and share market intelligence on consumer trends, pet food and pet care markets, pet food manufacturers, brands, and co-packers as well as distribution channels.
• Provide data analysis to support business strategy, development pipeline priorities, and specific account development plans and projects.
• Support marketing project management including establishing targets and ambitions, defining specifications and action plans, following schedule and budget, managing relationship with all stakeholders, preparing synthesis and reports, and reporting in a timely manner any roadblocks or issues to Marketing Director.

• Bachelors degree in marketing, business management, or a similar field and five years of working in product management, market intelligence, and marketing functions.
• Experience in the pet food industry.
• Experience with B2B marketing including value-added ingredients and solutions.
• Experience with market monitoring using internal market charts and external/3rd party databases.
• Experience with compiling market insights from websites, newspapers, and tradeshows.
• Experience with competition intel management using internal insights and external sources.
• Experience with product portfolio management using innovation stage gate process.
• 10% domestic travel.

Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.