Portfolio Manager, Materials

As Portfolio Manager, Materials, you collaborate with the Product Director, Materials to develop an end-to-end product strategy across the U.S. and Canada. You build understanding of customer needs, market segments, and competitive offerings to help shape a unique materials portfolio with clear positioning, optimized feature sets, and cost agreement.

You work with multiple teams, including Commercial Excellence, Marketing Communications, Pricing, Customer Service, and field teams. You help develop impactful sales tools, training, field communications, and digital content that articulates product performance and competitive advantage. You use data from multiple sources to analyze sales, margins, and category performance, driving applicable recommendations.

You will work out of the Greensboro, NC office (hybrid schedule 4 days per week in office) and report to the Global Director Strategic Marketing.

Main Responsibilities

• Product Portfolio & Financial Management – Analyze sales, margin, and category performance to support product roadmaps, guide next steps, and improve portfolio profitability
• Complexity & Lifecycle Management – Partner with Product Director to develop quarterly complexity‑reduction plans, including end‑of‑life criteria, analysis, decision support, and portfolio transitions
• Product Development & Innovation – Collaborate with R&D and technical teams to assess new technologies, prioritize formula revisions, manage the Compass process, and support new product development
• Competitive & Market Analysis – Maintain understanding of portfolios, new product activity, and SWOT insights to inform positioning and strategic decisions
• New Product Launch Execution – Lead label and packaging design processes and coordinate with Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations to ensure supply readiness and launch understanding
• Product Content & Data Management – Own Product Data Sheet (PDS) development in collaboration with Product Director, R&D, Technical, and PSS teams
• Cross‑Functional Communication & Collaboration – Support understanding across leadership, marketing, sales, and field teams to lead portfolio understanding, positioning, and segment focus

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, engineering, chemistry, or a related technical discipline
• 3+ years of experience in product development, product or portfolio management, strategic marketing, technical roles, or related sales experience
• Led product development and R&D processes including Stage Gate, with the ability to work with technical details and translate them into business and market outcomes
• Strategic, market‑driven thinker with market intelligence capabilities, including collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data to identify opportunities and inform decision‑making
• Proven leadership, collaboration, and influencing skills, experience working across a matrixed, cross‑functional organization and engaging directly with customers
• Experience communicating product benefits and value propositions, balancing multiple projects, presenting complex information, and achieving results
• Ability to travel domestically

How we work: At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location.

About us: 

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™ 

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Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, move fast and don’t stop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow. 

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Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.  

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Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identify problems, take ownership and always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support our frontline, the faces of PPG to our customers.   

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