Product Manager- Commercial and Industrial

Why Valvoline Global Operations?

Valvoline Global is a worldwide leader in automotive and industrial solutions, creating future-ready products and best-in-class services for partners around the globe. Established in 1866, we introduced the world’s first branded motor oil, claiming our position as The Original Motor Oil. As an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we continue to invest strategically and expand globally, driving unparalleled product innovation and sustainable business solutions.

Our corporate values of care, integrity, passion, unified, and excellence shape everything we do. Living out our values is what makes our company, our employees, our partners, our customers, and the communities we serve great.

When you join Valvoline Global, you join a culture that is committed to: treating all people with care, operating with integrity, striving for excellence in everything we do, showing passion about delivering on our commitments, and being unified in all our enterprise endeavors.

Careers for the Driven

Valvoline has a rewarding opportunity as a Product Manager reporting directly to the Senior Director, Global Commercial & Industrial Product Strategy. This is a hybrid opportunity, 2 days remote per week.

Role is responsible for Valvoline Global Operations (VGO) Commercial & Industrial product portfolio in the APAC region (excl. China).   The role is the conduit between the regional business units and the supply chain to drive organization growth.  The Commercial & Industrial Product Manager should drive the global strategy at a regional level in APAC.  The Commercial & Industrial Product Manager should also utilize global processes (Innovation Master Plan creation, New Solutions Development, target margins, etc.) that have been created to build cross-functional collaboration. 

The Commercial & Industrial Product Manager will implement the 3 main pillars of Product Strategy:
 

1. Product Discovery - identifying customer unmet needs.

2. Product Planning - creating the innovation roadmap.

3. Product Development - New Solutions Development Process. 

The Commercial & Industrial Product Manager will conduct regular meetings with regional leaders (Sales, Marketing, Technical Service, R&D, Pricing, Equity, etc.) to align on innovation master plan, portfolio recommendations and enhancements to drive growth and increases in profitability across the portfolio.

Additionally, the Commercial & Industrial Product Manager will be the subject matter expert on portfolio innovation within Product Strategy & Management.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Product Discovery: Utilize market, enterprise, and business unit data to build a vision of the global future for the Commercial & Industrial product portfolio. Drive regional/country market research that will identify customers unmet needs and answer critical business questions to unlock innovation pathways.  Constantly ideate against strategic business questions.  Evaluate the competitive landscape and identify portfolio gaps and claims opportunities.   
• Product Planning: Create a long-term product portfolio vision. Develop a 5-year innovation master plan (product, package, portfolio) that is aligned to the corporate and business unit strategies.  Maintain the master plan based on market and business unit trends. Help prioritize product related projects for the organization. Maximize product profitability for the portfolio by identifying and maintaining regional target margins.  Be the center of excellence for VGO innovation.   
• Product Development: Follow the New Solutions Development (NSD) stage gate process for all new initiatives.  Create gate documents for all products on the innovation master plan.  Lead key initiatives regionally to drive international harmonization of the Commercial & Industrial product portfolio.  Cross-connect between all Valvoline segments to deliver single solution branding and product promises for customers.  Conduct Strategic Portfolio Reviews in accordance with annual timelines to determine long term strategic fit vs. competition along with market opportunities for innovation refinement.
• Other duties and responsibilities as determined by Valvoline from time to time in its sole discretion.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Marketing, Financial or Business Administration
• 7+ years of related experience in strategy, business development, marketing and/or product development.
• Team management experience and cross-cultural experience in APAC.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical stakeholders, across functions, cultures and with different levels.
• In this role there is an expectancy of 25% travel 

What Will Set You Apart

• Master’s degree in business administration (MBA).
• Ability to turn insights into actions.
• Knowledge of lubricant industry trends, regulations, and key drivers.
• Ability to embrace ambiguity and possess passion for Brand building.
• Proven track record of developing and launching innovation products, translating to market share gain and stronger brand equity.

Relocation Options:

This position will be in Singapore. Relocation assistance is currently not being considered.

Valvoline Global provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Are you good at what you do? Join us.

The Company has put a process in place to make its recruitment process accessible to any and all users. Reasonable accommodations will be provided, upon request, to applicants with disabilities in order to facilitate equal opportunity throughout the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at 1-800-Valvoline or email 1-800Valvoline@valvoline.com to make a request for reasonable accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment and selection process. The contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.

 Requisition ID: 719 

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