Product Manager, Lab Chemicals

The Opportunity:

Avantor is looking for a Product Manager to join our Lab Specialty Products business unit.

The Product Manager will have a leading role in designing and optimizing the company’s lab chemicals portfolio focused on the North America region. They will have the opportunity to execute activities as directly related to managing the performance of the existing product portfolio, including product rationalization, raw material strategies, productivity enhancements, and supply chain assurance. 

This is a full-time, remote/virtual position (EST time zone preferred), and the Analyst will travel up to 15% (as needed) to sites located in Solon, OH, Paris, KY, and Philipsburg, NJ.  

What we’re looking for: 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required. 

• Experience:

• 2+ years of relevant experience to include: product management and working with customers and cross functionally with R&D, manufacturing, procurement, regulatory affairs, and sales teams.  

• Experience working in biopharma, pharmaceutical or chemical industry. 

How you will thrive and create an impact:  

• Drive profitability through proactive portfolio lifecycle management. 

• Support revenue growth targets through collaborative sales activities.  

• Support lab chemicals commercial strategy including implementation of commercial growth initiatives for North America. 

• Plan and implement end of life activities for products being phased out. 

• Support NPI stage gate process ensuring all applicable marketing deliverables are completed on time. 

• Determine and execute effective solutions for product related issues such as forecasting of product sales for each warehouse, resolving product supply issues, and coordinating alternative solutions for product related issues. 

• Support the execution of the programs and tactics established as part of the strategy planning.

• Track and report on product line performance metrics and take corrective action working with product line manager as required. 

• Support supply chain, operations, quality, and production teams on key supply chain issues, capacity and resource allocation concerns and product line forecast validation to ensure the correct prioritization of business concerns and that the customer experience is managed appropriately. 

• Support development & execution of annual pricing strategies. 

• Develop training materials and planning for internal departments on new product features and providing support to customers. 

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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