Product Manager

Position Summary

The Product Manager will take responsibility for product management for a few products such as MMA, Acrylonitrile, MPG, MEK and etc. The Product Manager should operate independently, owning and developing products into profitable commercial opportunities. He or she shall be accountable for business performance, covering market intelligence, developing business models, identifying suppliers/customers and securing business opportunities.

This role requires a candidate with strong commercial acumen, petrochemical market experience and capability to develop commercial opportunities independently.

The successful candidate shall be agile to market dynamics, be able to identify business opportunities and create a business case, develop product strategy with growth plan, and optimize margins across global trade flows.

This candidate shall be a strong champion of HELM strategy to develop China as the export hub.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of product management and commercial activities, including market intelligence, identifying business opportunities, managing suppliers’ portfolios, developing contracting strategy, conducting contract negotiation, providing market insight and contributing to margin optimization.

• Develop business strategy with global team and drive business performance, enabled by deep market insight, desire to make difference and ability to collaborate, challenge and lead.

• Actively participate in market to obtain first-hand insight and maintain a diversified market approach. Ability to translate insight into commercial opportunities and proactively lead the optimization with global team.

• Maintain and strengthen supplier relationships to ensure reliable support and develop long-term partnerships. Regular visits and cross-functional network is required.

• Understand the competence of products and suppliers in a structural way and being able to form in reports to analyze and share with the team regularly. Stay current with market developments and pursue ongoing learning.

• Being able to identify, evaluate and develop new business opportunities and partnerships in a strategic way. Ability to drive business initiatives with marketing plans, accountability and follow-through.

Key Competencies:

• Integrity & professional ethics.

• Strong ownership & accountability for business performance.

• Petrochemical knowledge in multiple product value chains and resilience to learn new products.

• Commercial experiences in commodity products.

• Strong stakeholder management skillset.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in the petrochemical industry.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Business, Chemical Engineering, Petrochemicals, or a related field is preferred.

• Excellent English speaking and writing capabilities. Structured reporting & written communication.

• Strong commercial sense and being able to develop business independently.

• Familiar with commercial operations in export, import and domestic trading.

• Collaborative and communicative, willing to listen and work with others.

• Strong desire to make a difference and drive business outcomes