Director, Global Marketing - Coatings - Ashland, LLC

Director, Global Marketing - Coatings

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Director, Global Marketing - Coatings in our $350 Million+ Coatings business within the Specialty Additives business unit.  This will be a hybrid position based in Wilmington, DE location for in-office hours or at one of our other key Coatings global laboratory hubs including Schaffhausen or Zwijndrecht.  This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and commercial function. This position will report to the VP and GM, Coatings.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serve as a key member of the Coatings senior leadership team and share responsibility for business line-wide priorities.
• Identify, develop, and drive key strategic initiatives to enable sustainable, profitable growth for the coatings market segments, including both architectural and industrial coatings segments.
• Develop, update, and implement a comprehensive strategic plan to increase revenues and profits. Own and lead Coatings medium / long-term strategic agenda.
• Develop & monitor KPI’s to determine the effectiveness of strategic actions.
• Identify and assess potential business opportunities utilizing market research, business intelligence, competitive & scientific analysis, and pursue/maximize opportunities with the end goal of growing revenue and increasing profitability and market
• Identify, recommend, and coordinate merger & acquisitions targets and coordinate the integration of new acquisitions into the existing portfolio.
• Provide leadership and direction to a team of global and regional marketing managers covering architectural and industrial coatings market segments. 
• Partner with global R&D to lead on-going assessment of our existing portfolio and define product innovation plan to address gaps to meet short term needs as well as develop the appropriate product portfolio aligned with the business unit strategy for coatings market segments. 
• Partner with global R&D and Regional Sales Leads to lead the annual New Product Introduction (NPI) FY business target process to define a FY NPI target based on product, region, customer, and financial target details.
• Partner with Regional Sales Leaders across North America, Latin America, EU, MEAI and Asia regions to maximize FY P&L and deliver on sustainable, profitable growth targets.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with major customers.
• Collaborate and develop strong relationships with human resources, finance, and other center-led functions to ensure effective partnerships and alignment.
• Evaluate and ensure the organization has the competencies and structure required to implement the long-term strategy to ensure strong alignment between services and product offerings, market segments and customer-specific needs.
• Drive accountability for the selection and development of talent and succession within the organization to ensure an effective, sustainable model and talent pipeline. 
• Position will be expected to actively engage the organization and travel locally, regionally, and internationally as required to support the organization, collaborate with internal partners, and serve customers.
• Scheduled domestic and international travel - up to 40%

 To be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field. 
• 7+ years’ experience working in the coatings industry, leading global teams and prior performance of delivering on step-change growth initiatives. 
• In-depth knowledge of coating additives for dispersants, foam control, surfactants-wetting agents and / or pH neutralizers applications is highly desirable.
• Ability & desire to function at both strategic and tactical levels.
• Strong influencing capabilities, leadership accountability, process discipline and rigor
• Experience building and managing cross-functional teams and working collaboratively, cross-functionally, and globally.
• Strategic & analytical thinking skills, pleasant and engaging style, and executive presence.
• Strong sense of urgency / results focused mindset.
• Facilitator of change / willing to challenge the status quo.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• An advanced degree, preferably an MBA, is preferred.

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.
 
At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
 
Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.
 
Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE:  We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.