Product Manager, Texturants and Proteins

PURPOSE

This role is expected to cover both US corn starches and Artese Proteins (80% and 20% of role respectively). As the product line champion you act as the center of product knowledge, defining the product and asset strategy to deliver sustainable growth. This role acts as a key linkage role between Product Line and the OUs, ensuring alignment between Product Line / Product strategies and their ability to support growth of our Categories. This role will manage the portfolio of products in his/her remit, develop competitive value proposition, pricing strategy and work closely with the Operating Units for effective local execution. As an asset facing role, Global PM will lead strategic planning / capacity planning, work closely with T&L’s Supply Chain teams to make production decisions so as to maximize efficiency, profitability and capacity.

Accountabilities

Strategic Planning

• Support the development of the product strategy, and value proposition and determine products to promote/sell to drive growth. Also work to set the medium/long-term strategic roadmap for the product, identifying growth opportunities ensuring alignment to Product Line strategy
• Provide allocation / prioritization recommendations based on Product Line strategy and capacity
• Define pricing strategy, provide guidance on margin target and set non-negotiable limit price to the OUs
• Build market and competitive intelligence to inform our capacity and pricing
  
  

Product / portfolio management

• Continuously define product portfolio maximization recommendations through key product specific projects (existing product development) as well as tail management
• Manage sample approvals and industrial trials
• Lead product specific projects (e.g. NPD, new capacity, line extensions, customer projects)
• Deal with practical issues (and opportunities) that arise, working with Operation, Quality, Commercial and other teams, so that we can provide good customer experience, grow the product line and manage cost and risk
  
  

Commercialization

• Be the link between the commercial/ technical teams and Operations, Quality and the toll-manufacturers to ensure alignment
• Promote the product and support the commercial teams as required to grow the SFDC project pipeline and land new business
• Report on a monthly basis commercial progress, including SFDC project pipeline numbers and progress against key customer projects
• Identify New Product Development (NPD) opportunities, reflecting market appetite and customer demand/trends
• Work with R&D, and Operations and Innovation Lead to implement and launch NPDs
  
  

Lead product specific Operations/Expansion

• Manage capacity requirements with Global Operations
• Work with Global Operations to analyze ongoing supply and demand requirements (aligned to forecast) to ensure feasible product allocation
• Assess, evaluate and implement product changes with cross-region implications
• Work closely with T&L Operations and Quality team to meets customer’s expectations of product delivery and customer experience
• Handle practical matters quickly to ensure the appropriate people within T&L take ownership and resolve issues
• Work with Texturants Global Product Director and NPD team to expand product lines or with regions to help secure growing customer volumes to support expansions
  
  

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Tate & Lyle is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.

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