Product Manager – Biomaterials

The Opportunity:

Avantor seeks a motivated and experienced Product Manager – Biomaterials to join our team.

Reporting to Product Leadership, the Product Manager - Biomaterials is responsible for all activities associated with the growth, expansion, and sustainability of supply of the NuSil Biomedical materials product catalog. This will include but will not be limited to IOP planning, pricing, product portfolio rationalization, production prioritization and opportunity / NPD portfolio steering. The Product Manager - Biomaterials will collaborate closely with Operations & Scheduling, Commercial Account Managers, Research & Development, and Engineering teams in the course of performing the aforementioned activities. The Product Manager - Biomaterials will work closely with peer Product Managers to ensure alignment on all aspects of future business growth.

What we’re looking for 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (B. A. / B. S.) in Marketing, Sciences, chemical engineering, or equivalent.

• Experience: 8 years’ experience working in the biopharma, biomaterials, or chemical industry.

• 5 years’ experience working with customers and cross-functionally with R & D, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and sales.

• Previous experience identifying market opportunities and determining feasibility.

• Experience and Knowledge in doing business with a good understanding of strategy development for the biopharma industry.

• Product management, marketing strategy, and product launch planning skills will also be beneficial.

• Highly capable of analyzing large data sets and communicating findings using EXCEL, WORD, POWERPOINT, etc.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills regarding all aspects of products, services, and related information

• Strong analytical skills

• Advanced skills in MS Office products, specifically Excel

• Broad range of influencing and negotiation skills

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams to execute complex tasks in a growing and changing environment

• Demonstrated working with integrity and intensity

• Demonstrated entrepreneurial capability while working within a large company

How you will thrive and create an impact 

• Ownership of the commercialized Biomaterials product portfolio, including regular review of product-level offerings and portfolio rationalization as needed.

• Key stakeholder and partner to R&D in prioritizing & steering the Biomaterials new product development (NPD) project portfolio, including voice of market, production capacity modeling, and margin analysis.

• Leadership of annual IOP process, with close collaboration with commercial and supply chain to develop SKU level budgeting.

• Set pricing for products in the context of product costs, market and competitive conditions, value to customer, pricing strategy, geographic locations, and internal (manufacturing) capabilities.

• Owner of annual product portfolio review, including 80/20 portfolio optimization and execution of agreed upon product dispositions.

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