Responsibilities:Strategy Development
- Support the development and execution of business unit and enterprise growth strategies.
- Identify strategic growth vectors aligned with corporate objectives and market trends.
- Facilitate strategic planning processes and growth portfolio reviews.
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives and roadmaps.
Market Intelligence & Competitive Analysis
- Monitor market dynamics, customer trends, competitive developments, and emerging technologies.
- Conduct market attractiveness assessments and industry analyses.
- Identify market disruptions, growth opportunities, and potential risks.
- Maintain a fact-based understanding of competitors, business models, and strategic moves.
Growth Opportunity Identification & Prioritization
- Generate and evaluate new business opportunities across products, applications, markets, and geographies.
- Lead opportunity screening and prioritization using structured strategic frameworks.
- Recommend resource allocation based on commercial attractiveness and strategic fit.
- Develop growth pipelines and investment portfolios.
Business Case Development
- Build robust business cases, including market sizing, financial modeling, risk assessments, and implementation scenarios.
- Evaluate potential investments and growth initiatives using ROI and value-creation methodologies.
- Present recommendations to senior leadership and investment committees.
- Track business case assumptions and post-implementation results.
Innovation & New Product Commercialization
- Partner with R&D and Product Management to assess and commercialize innovation projects.
- Evaluate customer needs and market viability for new products and technologies.
- Support go-to-market strategies, value proposition development, and launch planning.
- Monitor commercialization performance and customer adoption.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead strategic initiatives across Sales, R&D, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Product Management.
- Drive alignment among stakeholders in a matrix environment.
- Facilitate decision-making and executive reviews.
- Ensure successful execution of approved growth initiatives.
Qualifications:- Master or Advanced Degree preferably in Finance or Business Administration, MBA is a plus
- Solid background in Sales & Marketing in Nonwovens or related industry
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen;
- Diplomatic skills in working within a matrix
- Stamina and execution focus
- Proficient skills in English
- Excellent skills in MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) and Sharepoint
- Excellent presentation and workshop skills & techniques
- Ability to travel up to 30%
Freudenberg Performance Materials LP (USA)
