Strategic Marketing Manager, Thermoplastics Medical Devices

Job Function: Thermoplastic Medical Devices

Location: Brecksville, OH; Corona, CA; Franklin; WI; San Francisco Bay Area; Boston, MA; Minneapolis, MN or other relevant US location

Job Type: Full-time, Exempt

Type of Role: Hybrid (Brecksville or other Lubrizol site) or remote if not near Lubrizol site

​​Salary Range: $140,000-160,000 

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.   

Join our Thriving Team as the Strategic Marketing Manager for Thermoplastic Medical Devices

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the medical device industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You’ll Do:

As a Strategic Marketing Manager for thermoplastic medical devices, you'll be at the forefront of our innovation, driving the development and bringing to market precision extrusions, molded components and assemblies for minimally invasive device applications. You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals to deliver sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Your work will directly impact creation and implementation of the global product strategy, including pricing, promotion, forecasting new items, directing the new business development teams towards opportunities, and supporting the sales organization in securing new opportunities. You will define the product line pricing and positioning strategy, collaborate with Marketing and Communications on promotion of the product lines, work closely with sales organization and lead the Subject Matter Experts (SME) to secure new business and develop the product line forecasts. You will be responsible for the strategic marketing functions for specific material components or device development, and support the sales teams by:

• Determining target markets, customer segmentation and target customers
• Creating and implementing product line strategy to grow business, gaining market share and developing new opportunities
• Managing all pricing actions, including pricing analytics and margin improvement
• Managing product and customer portfolio via 80/20 and margin velocity reviews including action item planning, complexity reduction and accountability
• Preparing business cases to support product line strategy and investments
• Owning the product development strategy, and a key stakeholder in the intake process and development reviews
• Collaborating with technical and operations teams to create promotional content and work with the Marketing and Communications team to deliver product information
• Developing competitive intelligence and counter strategies to maintain value and price leadership in the marketplace
• Aligning business needs with operations and supply chain to prioritize and maximize service capabilities to customers while identifying ways to minimize overall cost position and risk for obsolescence

• P&L accountability for specific market segment
• Collaborating with sales team in development of annual plan and quarterly forecasts for specific market segment
• Accompanying sales team on strategic customer visits or presentations as needed
• Attending trade shows and industry symposiums to educate self on emerging markets, clinical trends and customers
• Conducting cadenced reviews of status monitoring, analyzing the performance of marketing campaigns and making data-driven decisions to optimize results.
• Conducting market research to determine market size, identify trends, customer unmet needs, and competitive landscape.

 Skills and Experience That Make A Difference:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, marketing, engineering or Product Management preferred
• Minimum of 5 years combined experience in the medical device industry with experience in thermoplastic extrusions, silicone extrusions, molding, dip casting, sheeting, and device assembly.   
• Strong analytical skills, business acumen and technical competency
• Strong excel and powerpoint skills
• Ability to present strategy to leadership
• Demonstrated ability to successfully influence across cross functional departments
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (50%)

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans
• 401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
• Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave
• Flexible work environment

Learn more at benefits.lubrizol.com!

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together! 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities. 

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic. 
 

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