Sr. Product Manager

About the role

Kerry Inc. seeks Senior Product Manager, Excipients at its facility located at 3400 Millington Road, Beloit, WI 53511.

Key responsibilities

Work with sales & commercial finance team in implementing pricing strategies. Serve as the single point of responsibility & the global liaison with production plants, supply chain, sales, finance, and regulatory affairs. Work pro-actively with the R&D or Technical Manager, regarding Excipients and or troubleshooting, as well as areas for product improvement. Liaison with the commercial sales team acting as a subject matter expert (SME) and assisting in the field with customer visits, tradeshow events, customer business reviews etc. Interact directly with the sales team on an on-going basis to address technical, commercial queries, and ensuring that the new opportunity pipeline is robust. Recommend the attributes and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications against customer requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product or packaging changes, as they pertain to Excipients. Perform market research; define market trends, investigate customer needs, customer requirement and product specifications as appropriate. Work across functions to develop business opportunities for revenue growth through internal contacts and development of external company contacts such third-party manufacturing. Coordinate marketing communications activities and plans with the sales team and other global stakeholders to ensure consistency and effectiveness. Lead the implementation of new technologies and advanced methodologies to ensure our products remain of high quality and competitively positioned in the market. Own the launch process of new products from creating new SKU’s to launching the products. Responsible for both the internal and external growth strategies for the products.

Qualifications and skills

The position requires a bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Biology, or a related field plus 8 Years of experience in an excipient role or related occupation OR in the excipient industry. Additionally, the applicant must have employment experience with: (1) Excipients industry to support manufacturing processes, supply chains, regulatory developments (FDA); (2) Channel management to manage customers and distributors; (3) Employ Portfolio management to ensure product optimization, profitability and risk management; (4) Applying demand and supply planning experience for budgeting, forecasting and inventory management; (5) Project management for third party management, outsourcing, and strategic sourcing; (6) Building applications on Sales force and Power BI tools to help manage the quoting and pipeline management systems. Telecommuting permitted up to three days per week. Approximately 20-25% domestic and international travel required for meetings with colleagues, customers, plants, seminars, tradeshows, etc.