Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.
If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!
Job Requirements
- This role is expected to take the lead on key product and production optimization projects and on building critical assets and mechanisms, including but not limited to: leading cross-functional optimization programs for key products and production processes, coordinating resources and stakeholders to drive them to closure, and establishing and institutionalizing critical assets such as pricing models, cost tracking frameworks, new formula tracking mechanisms, and product performance dashboards, etc., ensuring these capabilities are built, adopted, and sustained.
- Support the evaluation and monitoring the full-dimensional performance of the product portfolio, covering growth, profitability, raw materials, inventory levels, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and other aspects; coordinate and push various adjustment measures to ensure the optimization of performance under short-term business plans and budget targets; at the same time, use financial capabilities to lead the building of pricing models and other tools, and monitor costs and identify optimization opportunities from a product management (PM) perspective.
- Develop pricing recommendations based on the business framework, market conditions, competition environment and marketing programs; track the achievement of pricing targets, identify abnormal deviations, and collaborate with the commercial team to promote rectification.
- Own the oversight of cost trend and identify the abnormalities with further collaboration with FP&A, plant, procurement and finance team to lead the optimization projects and actions (raw material costs and leakage costs like logistic, package, external services costs, etc); with collecting the cost information from market together with marketing / FP&A supporting to find internal improvement chances.
- Collaborate with the regional supply planning team to manage the key supply issues and support to develop the executable solution. Optimize supply-demand matching and inventory target achievement, facilitating the implementation of business plans; proactively take the lead in resolving product-related issues (such as insufficient minimum inventory, compliance issues, stock shortages, and excess inventory), evaluate and lead decisions on product priority trade-offs to maximize profits.
Competencies
- Results Driven. Ability to take ownership and be accountable for results, with a proven track record of leading cross-functional projects and pushing them to completion.
- Team Leadership. Ability to mobilize and guide groups towards achievement of objectives, including the ability to coordinate multiple functions and drive decisions without direct authority.
- Knowledge of go-to-market strategies and practices, with particular emphasis on inbound product management. Knowledge of the chemical industry and Cabot’s products, market segments and competitors.
- Business Savvy. Knowledgeable of functional elements that are important for business profitability.
- Global Business Awareness. Knowledgeable of regional and global business trends and events that could impact Cabot and/or the market.
- Communication, Presentation & Engagement. Able to engage with organization in timely, relevant and appropriate manner.
Education/Experience
- Master degree or rich experience in Business / Supply Chain / Marketing / Finance with Bachelor’s degree.·
Demonstrated experience in leading product or production optimization projects and/or building key analytical assets (e.g., pricing models, cost tracking tools) is strongly preferred.·
- 5+ years of related marketing management or financial / supply chain analysis experience, 2 of which are in Product Management. Multiple positions experience is preferred.
- Relevant experience in battery materials / emerging market products is preferred.
- Fluent in English and able to use it as a working language
At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.
Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.
