Portfolio Director – Chemicals
The Portfolio Director – Chemicals is responsible for leading strategy, innovation, and execution across a portfolio of chemical products used in HVACR and adjacent applications. This role blends market insight with product management discipline to shape the multi-year roadmap, drive new product development (NPD), and ensure the portfolio meets customer needs while delivering top-line revenue growth.
The ideal candidate is a strategic product leader who thrives at the intersection of customer insight, technical requirements, and commercial execution.
Responsibilities
- Portfolio Strategy & Roadmap – Own the category strategy and multi-year roadmap; translate into annual plans, quarterly priorities, and measurable scorecards.
- Voice of Customer – Lead structured VOC activities to capture contractor, distributor, and OEM needs; convert insights into product requirements and innovation priorities.
- New Product Development – Drive the stage-gate process from concept through launch; ensure readiness across engineering, supply chain, marketing, and sales enablement.
- Portfolio Management – Optimize the product portfolio through lifecycle decisions (create/keep/grow/retire), SKU productivity analysis, and rationalization.
- Commercial Enablement – Equip Sales with training, technical content, and positioning; support customer engagements as the subject matter expert.
- Market Intelligence – Monitor competitive moves and regulatory trends; adjust portfolio and roadmap to maintain differentiation and compliance.
- Regulatory & Safety – Partner with Quality/EHS and Legal to ensure SDS/TDS accuracy, hazard labeling, and compliance with industry standards.
- Collaboration – Partner with R&D to shape formulations and sustainable chemistries; collaborate with Supply Chain to ensure quality, cost, and availability targets. ________________________________________ Success Metrics
- Revenue growth vs. plan.
- Portfolio productivity (GMROI, revenue per SKU, rationalization progress).
- On-time, in-full (OTIF) launches.
- Stage-gate adherence and launch readiness.
- Forecast accuracy and service levels.
- Sales/channel enablement completion.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related (advanced degree a plus).
- 10+ years in chemicals or adjacent industrial products with product stewardship and regulatory exposure.
- Strong experience in product/portfolio management, including NPD leadership.
- Commercial acumen with pricing, distributor engagement, and top-line growth initiatives.
- Excellent cross-functional leadership skills.
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