STRATEGIC CHEMICAL MARKETING MANAGER

Founded in 1971 as a fine chemical manufacturer, Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc. has grown into a customer focused global supplier of high quality chemicals, laboratory supplies and equipment. All of our US facilities are ISO 9001-2000 certified.

The California and New Jersey facilities are also FDA registered drug establishments and operate under cGMP. Spectrum services customers in the industrial, government,
life science, education, food and beverage, pharmacy, health and beauty as well as the generic and small to medium pharmaceutical markets.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
STRATEGIC CHEMICAL MARKETING MANAGER
Summary:
Reporting to the VP of Marketing, this position is responsible for the formulation and execution of
global strategic marketing strategies for a broad chemical portfolio and its key customer groups.
Key responsibilities include: financial accountability, strategic planning, market analysis, tactical
sales support, and product management. The position works closely with Senior Management,
Marketing Communications, Sales and Operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Market and competitive analysis
• Identify market growth opportunities and develop strategic business plan
• Drive new business and opportunities
• Manage product portfolio including new products, price positioning and discontinuance
• Develop tactical marketing plans to target customers and support sales teams
• Work with marketing communications to develop collateral for campaigns in print, electronic
and web based media
• Develop sales forecasts and inventory management strategies with operations and sales
team
• Financial responsibility for chemical product line including revenue and margin targets
Education and/or Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required. MBA preferred
• 7-10 years experience in chemical marketing or associated field to academia/government,
pharmaceutical/biotech, and industry markets
Skills:
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Oracle experience a plus
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to translate product positioning to different audiences
• Experience managing many deliverables under tight timelines
• Must be organized, detail-oriented, hands-on, diplomatic, and a team player
• Strong personal drive and creativity; self-starter and able to see things through to completion
• Understanding of and appreciation for brand building
• A strategic mindset and the ability to display structured conceptual thinking
Willingness to travel 25% of time

POSITION INFORMATION

Spectrum has a solid history of success and creates an environment to encourage achievement
in our employees. We offer competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full
range of benefits.

We have a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion,national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law.