Director of Product Line Management (PLM) US/CAN, Global PLM Excellence, Texture Solutions

Ingredion is seeking a Director of Product Line Management (PLM) US/CAN, Global PLM Excellence, Texture Solutions, and lead the charge in managing our largest regional business while ensuring a cohesive global strategy. Be part of a dynamic global team driving our aspiration to Make Healthy Taste Better.

The Director, Product Line Management (PLM) US/CAN, Global PLM Excellence, Texture Solutions is responsible for the product line management of all Texture Solutions products made on global assets and sold in US/CA, which is the biggest regional business in the Global Texture Solutions Reporting Segment. Additionally, working closely with each of the regions this position is responsible for ensuring a globally cohesive and structured approach to Product Line Management. As part of a global team, this role contributes to the realization of Ingredion Winning Aspiration to be the customer-preferred texturizing and healthful solutions supplier and thought leader through our broad portfolio, extensive customer insight and market-leading cost-in-use position that addresses consumer expectations spanning affordability, premiumization and/or clean label requirements.

Location: Westchester or Bridgewater

Reports to: Sr. Director, Global Product Portfolio Corn and Clean Label Texture Solutions

Direct reports: 3

Workplace type: Hybrid

What you will do:

• Manage US/CAN product life cycle and optimize SKUs: rationalize without commoditizing, the portfolio. Actively cannibalize non-strategic and lower margin products, putting controls in place to prevent proliferation of new similar SKUs.

• Oversee, guide and set process and guardrails for harmonized global PLM lifecycle analysis.

• Monitor quality and service and work to anticipate and quickly resolve issues. Develop contingency and mitigation plans for key product lines in the event of source disruption.

• Make product allocations at constrained assets with the Product Management Directors and the Global Supply Chain in a way that optimizes global profitability while considering the long-term customer and strategic implications.

• Continuously make recommendations on sourcing optimization and asset utilization maximization to improve global profit and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

• Increase profit velocity through key assets to reduce product costs and improve cash flow.

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of competitors operations and capabilities, including cost benchmarking and their G2M strategies, to enable informed decisions.

• Support the capital planning process to ensure future growth is not limited by supply.

• Develop, embed, and manage PLM process/systems for global variable & fixed cost visibility & volume/price trade-offs decisions to optimize global profitability – to be leveraged by all PLM resources of a global basis.

• Develop global best practices in PLM and lead by example the other regional PLM resources.

• Lead the global Lotto Charter Reduce Manufacturing (SKU Rationalization) and participate in other Lotto Charters as required.

• Allocate the pool of analysts according to the priorities of the Product Management Directors / PLMs team.

What you will bring: 

• Master’s degree in Food Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business. MBA preferred.

• Significant food or chemical industry experience with strong business and financial acumen

• Strong expertise in Product Line Management

• Understanding of starch chemistries and benefits of texturizers in different applications.

• Demonstrated success with Project Management Office or similar assignments.

Who you are: 

• Excellent analytical skills and solid financial acumen.

• Expert in working with high volume of data and leveraging Power BI and other reporting tools.

• Proven ability to build relationships and lead through influence at all levels of the organization.

• Stakeholders’ management, navigating the complexity of a functional/global/regional matrix.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills

• Results orientation with sense of urgency and deep curiosity to diagnose problems and find solutions.

• Bias to lead but highly collaborative and works well in teams.

• English fluency, both written and spoken.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discr