Product Portfolio Value Manager

Product Portfolio Manager – Care Chemicals Job ID: 41339 | Location: Virtual, New Jersey, USA | Work Model: Hybrid Join Clariant as a Product Portfolio Manager in Care Chemicals and drive commercial growth for the Personal & Home Care business across North America. In this role, you will lead portfolio strategy initiatives, pricing management, and portfolio optimization activities while collaborating with cross‑functional teams including Marketing, Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, and Global Strategic Pricing. You will play a key role in analyzing market trends, managing pricing processes, optimizing product portfolios, and supporting strategic business decisions that strengthen competitiveness, improve profitability, and deliver value to customers across the region. Responsibilities Drive commercial growth of Personal & Home Care North America by spearheading the development and execution of product portfolio strategies. Lead the pricing process, portfolio lifecycle management, and portfolio optimization. Work closely with marketing to steer portfolio, with Global Strategic Pricing to ensure pricing process cadence, and with Global PPVM to implement inter‑region optimization opportunities. Run and oversee the pricing process in the region, ensuring alignment with Global Strategic Pricing guidelines, policy, and Personal & Home Care strategies. Initiate and drive portfolio lifecycle analysis and projects; conduct regional/segment portfolio analysis to identify poor performers and optimize the available portfolio. Act as the primary liaison across functions (Commercial, Marketing, Operations, etc.) to ensure seamless portfolio management. Provide inputs on products, market, pricing, and capabilities to assist the commercial team effectively and enhance margin management. Support tactical allocation and associated supply‑chain topics. Contribute to the Integrated Business Plan (IBP) following business strategies and objectives. Ensure product set‑up in the system. Requirements Degree in Chemistry, Marketing, Engineering, Business or a comparable discipline with relevant experience. Minimum 3 years of experience in marketing, product or pricing management, sales, or related areas. Proficiency with SAP R/3, Excel, Pivot, and reporting tools/methodologies. Benefits Paid holidays PTO with carry‑over benefit Tuition reimbursement Wellness program EAP program Spending and savings accounts Life/AD&D insurance Disability insurance Pet insurance Auto/home insurance Identity theft protection Legal services plan Clariant Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class as established by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr