Commercial Marketing Specialist
Akzo Nobel

Job Info

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We've been pioneering a world of possibilities to bring surfaces to life for well over 200 years. As experts in making coatings, there's a good chance you're only ever a few meters away from one of our products. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It's what you'd expect from the most sustainable paints company, which has been inventing the future for more than two centuries.

Position Summary:

• Support of key processes and business assignments for marketing organization.
• Over-sight and implementation of the launch process (PMMT) for new and revised products
• Ensure service level agreements are being maintained and upheld by all members of the PMMT process to facilitate the quick introduction of products offerings in NAM.
• Routine maintenance of the internal and competitive product information.
• Procurement of competitive published product information and technical data sheets for maintenance of web-based competitive analysis tool.
• Supports Margin Analyst with maintenance of defined financial analysis tools and programs.
• Participation and/or leadership of defined business assignments.
• Input of pertinent data into SAP system with critical info to allow for market release & access of all products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Product Launch Tool / Process

• Launch / initialize product introduction process (PMMT) for all new and revised products designed to be launched into the NAM market space.
• Input of all business critical information into the product launch tool as defined by product managers to ensure proper business criteria for SAP.
• Over-site of the product launch process (PMMT) to ensure that all participants are meeting service level agreements.
• Monthly reporting of launch timeline results by department and area of responsibility.

Competitive database Management

• Research / maintain up-to-date product information on all products within the CV/Fleet/Vehicle Refinish segments for internal and competitive products
• Research competitive information and product launches for all coatings manufacturers and catalog products and technical properties into competitive database.
• Calculate impact of key performance properties of stated products to determine over-all financial impact on customer locations.
• Prepare competitive performance presentations for sales organization as required for targeting of key customers and groups.

Margin Analyst Support

• Update and uphold product related files in the Mirror Tool for development of value-based pricing.
• Calculate color formula related analysis to determine weighted pricing impact on most popular color matrix.
• Calculate impact of price increase on color formulas based on usage and popularity.
• Compute business analysis and participation in ad-hoc projects (market survey's, market research, portfolio analysis and margin impacts, etc. as defined by regional marketing manager.

What We Look For in a Candidate:

• Marketing or Business-related degree
• Strong math skills
• Business acumen skills
• Microsoft program skills

AkzoNobel is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable laws, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed servicemember status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Requisition ID: 23335

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