Product Line Manager

4 weeks ago


Shanghai, Shanghai, China Valvoline Global Full time

Why Valvoline Global Operations?

Valvoline Global is a worldwide leader in automotive and industrial solutions, creating future-ready products and best-in-class services for partners around the globe. Established in 1866, we introduced the world's first branded motor oil, claiming our position as The Original Motor Oil. As an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we continue to invest strategically and expand globally, driving unparalleled product innovation and sustainable business solutions.

Our corporate values of care, integrity, passion, unified, and excellence shape everything we do. Living out our values is what makes our company, our employees, our partners, our customers, and the communities we serve great.

When you join Valvoline Global, you join a culture that is committed to: treating all people with care, operating with integrity, striving for excellence in everything we do, showing passion about delivering on our commitments, and being unified in all our enterprise endeavors.

Job overview:

The Product Manager has ownership and analysis of all product costing along with key drivers of that costing. Drives conversation with the business to implement supply chain optimizations, procurement savings opportunities, and consolidation of the portfolio through product life-cycle management. Additionally, responsible for SMOG inventory management. Keeps all business units apprised of costing of products.

Responsibilities:

  1. Product / Portfolio Costing: Serve as the Single Point of Contact for all business units relative to current costing of all portfolio items, cost changes based on supplier inputs, and cost implications of various supply chain shifts. Actively communicate changes to all teams and ensure close connection with business to understand impacts of absorption on the portfolio. 35%
  2. Supply Chain & Gross Profit Improvements: Continuously monitor and report out on changes within the portfolio relative to margin. Alert the team monthly to all items outside target margins along with recommended corrective actions to regain target margin windows. Actively seek out opportunities in the supply chain to drive out costs, enhance service levels, and deliver profitability. This including Post Audit and communications for newly launched portfolios. 20%
  3. SKU Rationalization & Product Lifecycle Management: Own, monitor, and recommend product life cycle for the coolant and future mobility portfolios. This encompasses an annual SKU rationalization of the portfolio followed by Obsolete tracking and process completion. Additionally, determining which SKUs should be cured and provide a strategic path, leveraging data, to move the item into a healthy position. Works closely with supply chain, procurement team, and channel marketing to deliver effective product lifecycles reducing inventory and enhancing profitability. 15%
  4. Master Data Accuracy: Ensure accuracy of product related master data in SAP or non-SAP systems and records. 15%
  5. Review and Manage Red Zone inventory in coordination with Supply Chain. Providing direction on excess inventory solutions and ensure execution by the organization.15%
  6. Other duties and responsibilities as determined by Valvoline from time to time in its sole discretion.

Qualifications:

-Business and (or) marketing education background is preferred. Knowledge related to chemical, application will be a plus.

-5 year + on PLM/Marketing/Technical/Finance

-Understanding of product portfolio and lifecycle management is required. Knowledge to lubricant, coolant and chemicals technology is a plus.

Produce and translate from data facts to targets

Interpersonal skill and fluent on communication

SAP know-how

Costing, profit and other product related finance knowledge

English fluent speech and writing

-Self-motivated; Analytical mind; target oriented

Valvoline Global provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Are you good at what you do? Join us.

The Company has put a process in place to make its recruitment process accessible to any and all users. Reasonable accommodations will be provided, upon request, to applicants with disabilities in order to facilitate equal opportunity throughout the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at 1-800-Valvoline or email 1-800Valvoline@valvoline.com to make a request for reasonable accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment and selection process. The contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.

Requisition ID: 914


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