Product Manager

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 13,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2025 revenue of approximately $8.8 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

Role Profile

Develops product strategy and drives operational results through management of the product portfolio by ensuring maximum return on assets and total margin realization. Identifies the highest margin growth segments and products to define, develop and deliver product strategies and tactics that produce profitable growth, while addressing segment plans.

The position is aligned within the Cellulosics team, but is a key member across several Plastics market segments.

Operational oversight includes pricing, contracts, quality, regulatory, manufacturing and supply chain cost improvement activities. Accountable for the activities within assigned products to deliver results within established strategies, including offer development, execution, management and adjustments as needed. Working with the appropriate cross functional team, the Product Manager is responsible for driving margin growth through product mix optimization, pricing, and maximizing asset profitability. The Product Manager also leads the cross-functional team responsible for executing the offer(s), tracking how well actual results, service levels and prices match the segment plan, and suggesting adjustments to be taken to close any gaps. The Product Manager will support customer engagements and collaborates across technology to develop new products to serve segment strategy needs.

Responsibilities

• Leader of the product and portfolio strategy development, communication, and management in the context of a cross functional business team

• Develops comprehensive product line strategies that maximize margin growth, developments growth opportunities and mitigates product lifecycle changes

• Develops and maintains asset choices with cross functional team in support of market growth strategies and evaluates financial returns and manages asset allocation to deliver business results.

• Leads competitive intelligence efforts involving business, sales, strategy, pricing, manufacturing, and technology; includes spanning markets, gathering, constructing, synthesizing, and analyzing key competitors and products including assets, capacities, utilization, cost base and strategies.

• Champion/support continuous improvement and capital projects needed to increase capacity, increase yields, improve variable and fixed costs and/or otherwise improve the capability and profitability of our assets.

• Drives efforts to increase customer loyalty by assuring product quality, regulatory, service and customer specification requirements

• Ensures IBP plans are executed in alignment with market, segment and product plans

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in technical or business discipline required.

• MBA degree is preferred

• 6-10 years prior experience in sales, technical service, strategy, operations, marketing, product management, and supply chain

• Rotated through at least 1 of the following (at EMN or a prior company)

• Pricing Manager

• Segment Market Manager

• Product Manager

Required Functional Competencies

• Strong analytical skills and excellent numerical abilities

• Strategic thinking and ability to translate effectively to execution planning

• Manage execution of strategy through and with others

• Strong financial focus and acumen to drive profitable choices

• Demonstrated experience solving complex business problems

• Strong system and data analytics tools and acumen to make informed decisions

• Ability to lead multidisciplinary and international teams

• Good communication skills

• Commercial mindset (customer centric)

Interested?

For further information about this position please contact Bruno Giampietro (General Manager) or Tim Wheeler (Talent Acquisition) or send your application via the apply button.

Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected classes as designated by law.

Eastman is committed to creating a highly engaged workforce, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.