Global Marketing Manager – Hair Care - Ashland Inc

Global Marketing Manager – Hair Care

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Global Marketing Manager – Hair Care to join our team.  This position will be based at our Bridgewater, NJ location for in-office hours. This is a very visible, significant role within Ashland and the personal care business. This position will report to the Senior Director Global Marketing Personal Care Core.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Elaborate & lead the strategy development and execution for the Hair Care segment
• Focus on strategic planning for commercial success, and value proposition delivery.
• Drive the development of Marketing tools & documentation for and in collaboration with Marcom and Regional Marketing:
• Drive development, positioning, and launch of new products or new products applications globally by bridging innovation with market demand & aspiration
• Lead marketing of Innova launches
• Set price positioning with regional marketing input for new and existing products
• Drive global market share growth of core products and product lines globally, at key accounts, and in each region by partnering with key stakeholders in each respective area
• Track and maximize sustainable and profitable expansion of existing products and their lifecycle stages (including portfolio management)

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field. 
• MBA is also required
• 5+ years experience working in a strategic marketing role and ability to demonstrate financial acumen, business planning, strategic frameworks, etc.
• Relevant knowledge of excipients, ingredients, and related materials
• Ability & desire to function at both strategic and tactical levels
• Strong influencing capabilities, leadership accountability, and process discipline and rigor
• Experience in influencing and indirectly managing cross-functional teams and working collaboratively and globally in a cross-cultural environment.
• Strong understanding of marketing strategy development and execution, market and trend research, customer segmentation, communication channel mix  
• Excellent communication skills, talent for building strong networks within Ashland but also with potential customers and external partners
• Strategic & analytical thinking skills, pleasant and engaging style, and executive presence
• Ability to travel up to 20 - 40%

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• Experience working in the Hair care market or other personal care markets/industries
• An advanced degree, preferably an MBA, is preferred
• Background in chemistry and/or biology appreciated

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.
 
At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
 
Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.
 
Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE:  We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.