Manager, Product

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field, plus 5 years of experience as a Product Manager, Marketing Manager, or related occupation.Additionally, the applicant must have employment experience with:(1) Utilizing Customer Centric Selling to drive profitable growth of the product portfolio;(2) Working with Supply Chain Management to ensure proper scale up of new product launches;(3) Utilizing SAP (pricing transactions) to create reporting to analyze historical pricing data and take actions to ensure margin expansion;(4) Utilizing Microsoft Excel advanced (Access, Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint) to perform data analysis on products including margins, profitability, viability of promotions and confirm the efficacy of pricing across the organization;(5) Managing design files and software licenses access;(6) Working with technology team to validate alternative product formulations due to raw material discontinuations; and(7) Generating application lab projects to benchmark competitive products and develop value propositions.#LI-DNIEssential Duties & ResponsibilitiesAvient Corporation seeks Product Manager at its facility located at 8155 Cobb Center Dr, Kennesaw, GA 30152.Ensure that product introductions support the specialization strategy and meet the launch requirements of the POL process. Initiate and update the strategic plan in conjunction with management in each region. Ensure products sales records are analyzed and performance is evaluated against sales targets. Monitor product gross margins and profitability against control standards. Develop and review product forecasts for management approval. Develop technical literature, advertising campaigns, definitions, specification, and performance standards. Develop, review, and coordinate product promotion, technical presentations, and advertising through marketing staff and marketing communications. Ensure customer and Avient sales personnel receive continuous technical support in the form of up-to-date product application technology, training, and problem solving. Develop contacts with major customers and suppliers. Maintain customer contact, promote sales efforts, evaluate market trends, and develop business at target accounts. Work with production to ensure product availability meets customer needs. Attend various trade/organization functions to develop business contacts and gather market information. Support Avient’s LSS improvement process. Provide coordination, support, and participation in the POL process and the situational analysis system. Develop and implement the strategic marketing direction for the product platforms. Consider customer and market trends, feedback, and opportunities to create technology focus. Drive measurement and tracking activities including market size, market share, and return on investment. Hybrid telecommuting permitted, 4 days per week in office required. Less than 5% domestic travel required. Anticipated locations include Long Beach, CA; Dallas, TX; Orlando, FL; Las Vegas, NV; and St. Louis, MO.Posting Date: