Marketing Director

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.  

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

About Consumer Solutions

A premier industry leader with an unmatched portfolio of silicone and organic technologies powered by a global, inclusive, customer-centric workforce that collaborates to deliver sustainable innovative solutions. Powered by leading innovation and a global manufacturing footprint, Consumer Solutions delivers value growth across strategic markets in Building & Infrastructure, Consumer & Electronics, Home Care, Industrial & Chemical Processing, Mobility & Transportation, and Personal Care. 

About You

Dow Consumer Solutions (DCS) has an exciting opportunity for a Regional Marketing Director – North Asia (Japan & Korea). In this role, you will have responsibility for the DCS marketing function across Japan and Korea, accelerating the region’s growth strategy. You will report to the APAC Marketing Director for Consumer Solutions. You will work cross functionally to deliver P&L targets in all market segments for your geo. In addition, you will lead a team of marketers and develop talent with a focus on marketing best practices, processes, and people.

Job Location either in Tokyo (JPN) or Seoul (KOR) is acceptable.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the Marketing function on a regional basis (Japan and Korea) across all market segments, accountable for value growth
• Accountable for setting regional strategy development, deployment and execution, resourcing and P&L
• Responsible for accelerating prioritized segments, driving continuous improvement in capabilities, managing the overall innovation and lead pipeline, resource deployment, and identifying segment dependencies and synergies
• Leads and coordinates Marketing activities, people and resources. In collaboration with other functional and/or business leaders as applicable, maintains, upgrades, decides, deploys, current and new capabilities to enable short, medium and long term sustainable value growth strategies
• Work closely with and collaborate with regional Commercial VP, Sales Directors, Product Directors, Global Strategic Marketing Directors, and APAC Regional Marketing Directors to drive/achieve business results
• Drive overall innovation pipeline development in collaboration with local TS&D and R&D to drive efficient use, deployment and focus of resources towards optimal value generation across prioritized market segments
• People leadership responsibilities include: drive individual development plans within the role and marketing function, marketing acumen improvement, maintain talent pipeline of current and future Marketing leaders across businesses and across functions
• Support and alignment with global marketing initiatives, priorities, and reporting needs

Your knowledge, skills and abilities include:

• People leadership and talent development
• Strategic thinking combined with business owner mindset
• Passion for markets, customers, and for driving results and rapid change
• Simplifying the complex
• Strong implementation and communication capabilities to drive regional strategy into action, align with global strategy and direction
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, go lead with confidence and curiosity
• Growth mindset and ability to challenge the status quo
• Demonstrated ownership, bias for action, and drive for results
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to negotiate and to work across all levels of the organization
• Collaborate well cross regional functions and globally
• A strong understanding of business operations, digital capabilities and end-to-end business processes is required

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in engineering/chemistry, marketing or other business related major, MBA is preferred
• 5-10 year’s proven experience in B2B marketing
• Demonstrated leadership skills including people leadership and experience leading cross-functional teams
• Strong preference for experience in Silicone related industries
• Fluency in English