Strategic Market and Product Manager

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions, offering a diverse range of products. As the Strategic Market and Product Manager, you will drive alignment across various teams to develop actionable strategies that enhance product profitability and market competitiveness.

Responsibilities:

• Own the North American Institutional Solutions product and market strategy to outperform competitors in our target market, driving profitable growth and achieving full margin potential
• Provide Strategic Business Unit (SBU) leadership and strategy development within North America to drive alignment across functions to activate strategic initiatives
• Own the NPI growth plan to improve portfolio competitiveness in alignment with Product Managers, Sector Marketing, Global Marketing and Technology teams
• Drive margin improvement through product mix optimization, disciplined pricing execution, cost management, and regional supply strategy
• Facilitate strategy and profitability improvement workshops
• Collaborating with product managers, sales and operations to ensure the right products are made at the right assets to drive improved plant absorption
• Support pricing analysis and strategy in collaboration with Product Managers and Pricing team
• Partner with sales on key deals and proposal development to improve win rates
• Provide regional guidance and input to Sector Marketing, Sales and Global Teams with high visibility to senior management
• Play a strong role in improving overall portfolio positioning to align with sector needs and expanding the share of differentiated, higher-margin products
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, supporting an environment where individuals feel empowered to contribute and grow

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field
• 10+ years of experience in the product lines / markets for which you would be responsible; exposure to pricing processes is required
• Strong profitability and growth orientation; willingness to challenge the sales team when required; and the mindset to work through details
• Strategic thinker and problem solver with the ability to apply analytical solutions to business problems
• Strong background in strategic marketing and pricing fundamentals with demonstrated application of key frameworks to develop winning strategies
• Strong time management and cross-functional people management skills
• Ability to facilitate and lead cross functional workshops to solve complex problems
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate team members
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and influence multiple teams
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English
• Industry and customer literacy, or the ability to quickly learn Solenis/Diversey markets and technologies
• Strong financial acumen to support systems and interface effectively with sales and marketing organizations to drive specific action plans and programs
• Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools to solve business problems—not just theoretical knowledge
• Experience translating ambiguous, fragmented, or low-quality data environments into actionable insights
• Strong understanding of: Data structures, APIs, and data flows
• Analytics / BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Excel advanced modeling)
• Prompt engineering and AI-assisted workflows (content, analysis, automation)
• Proven ability to turn data into decisions (pricing, portfolio optimization, customer segmentation)
• MBA preferred
• Ideally we would like someone located within travel distance of Fort Mill, SC. However for the right candidate we would be open to someone remote who can travel