Manager - Product Management (Textile Chemicals)

Role & responsibilities

• Responsible for Overall P&L, Growth of Textile Chemical Business
• Planning of marketing strategy, targets, volumes with product and sales team
• Develop new avenues for sales outlets for consistent volume growth in domestic market Develop export markets for textile chemicals by aligning principals or in own private label brand for OEMs
• collaborating with Textile vertical sales team, tracking sales data against targets and Lab trials, plant trials, trouble-shooting of lost sales to achieve volume targets
• Provide special price approvals to sales team in discussion with pricing team.,
• Customer visits and product trials along with sales team and OEMs wherever required or necessary
• Manage customer complaints and direct team for appropriate action
• Plan Technical support visits for existing clients, launching of new products
• Timely tracking of new business development pipeline- starting from sample to order
• Continuous monitoring of competition products, prices and reporting to PLM Head for aggressive action
• New complimentary product identification, capability building and marketing campaigns
• New Market Identification

Preferred candidate profile

• Experience: Minimum 08-12 Years in Textile Chemicals market and Technical Support
• Proficiency in English and Hindi is a MUST along with strong communication skills
• Ability to work independently, timely execution of responsibilities and problem solving aptitude is a MUST
• Past experience in textile chemical majors such as Dystar, Archroma, Huntsman and Pidilite, Textiel market experience in south, west region will be given strong preference
• Past experience in PAN-India and Global textile chemical sales will be given strong preference