Job Description:
Global Portfolio Leader, Head, Eye, Face & Body Protection
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The person hired for the position will report to the division vice-president and be a member of the division operating committee. have global portfolio responsibility for Head, Eye, Face and Body Protection products including delivery of the global OP sales and income results and meeting local currency growth targets. This individual will provide operational and strategic leadership to a global cross-functional team including supply chain, quality, regulatory, marketing, R&D, application engineering, key account management, and area portfolio managers. In addition, the Global Portfolio Leader will be responsible for developing and executing global strategic business and marketing plans and ensure alignment with the Division and Areas. Finally, the person in this role will have business team responsibility for prioritization, progress of all product development projects and new product launches.
This role will collaborate with the Area Division Leaders, Area Portfolio and Segment Marketing Managers.
As a Global Portfolio Leader, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Lead cross-functional business team to achieve operating plan financial targets
- Manage and inspire a team of Global Marketing and Key Account Managers to maximize growth and deliver planned results
- Establish portfolio business priorities, including both growth and cost down programs
- Develop the marketing and strategic business plan for the F&S product portfolio
- Manage the execution of the overall product/portfolio strategy and business plan
- Provide business and financial justification for product selection
- Communicate the definition / requirements for NPI and development
- Manage all stages of the product portfolio life cycle from concept through profit optimization and product rationalization
- Drive international growth through global, area and country teams in key markets
- Develop and execute pricing corridors globally
- Assess and track competitive landscape
- Other duties as may be assigned
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
- Seven (7) years’ experience in functional or business leadership
- Three (3) years of sales or marketing experience in a private, public, government or military business environment
- Three (3) combined years of experience supervising and/or managing direct reports in a private, public, government or military business environment with demonstrated ability to inspire and build on the strengths of their team.
- Three (3) years of profit and loss business management experience
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- MBA or Marketing degree from an accredited university with an emphasis in marketing or strategy
- Experience in new product development teams and commercializing new products
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with various businesses, technical functions and across countries to drive business results
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and driven
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
- Ability to drive for results and make decisions with some ambiguity
Work location:
On site (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to 3M Center at least 4 days per week)
Travel: May include up to 25% domestic/international
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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