Product Marketing Manager

Hydro Building Systems Sweden AB develops and markets systems in aluminum profiles for three business areas: Transport systems, Floor systems and Building systems. The company markets two strong brands, Sapa and WICONA and is the market leader in the Nordic region with sales of approximately SEK 550 million. We are about 120 employees and operate with sales offices throughout the Nordic region, the Baltics and Poland. We are part of the global Hydro Group, a fully integrated aluminum consortium with 35,000 employees in 40 countries on all continents, combining local competencies and worldwide reach. In addition to the production of primary aluminum, rolled and extruded products and recycling, Hydro also extracts bauxite, refines alumina and generates energy as the only 360 ° company in the global aluminum industry.

Responsibilities
In your role as Product Marketing Manager (PMM) you will be responsible for supporting our Nordics countries (Baltics, Poland and partially Scandinavia):
• Supporting the Sales organisations to achieve their goals by managing the product and service portfolio of HBS in your assigned geographical area.
• Managing the product lifecycle for the SAPA and WICONA brands in cooperation with technical and sales teams
- Make business cases (technical & pay-back) at start up for formal approval by management and Central Marketing team.
- Benchmark predesigns with the market requirements: intermediate between market and central organization.
- Coordinate the launch of the products and solutions/services. Internal launch and external launch. Training and presentations are an important part of your tasks.
- Monitor quarterly sales from a product lifecycle perspective and report to sales teams.
- Coordinate rationalization of products
• Push and coordinate sustainability actions through the various departments as Sustainability Ambassador for your geographical area
• Competitors analysis: SWOT analysis; understand and communicate our USPs; translate this into Customer Value
• Regulation and legislation: keep up to date to translate impact on product offer.
• Networking: joint effort with sales and spec teams to be connected in the market and see trends in time.
• Cooperate with sales teams, communication team, technical software team to align product launches, marketing campaigns. Align timeline and check technical content on documents (website, brochures, …)
• Cooperate with central organization in working groups on specific topics. This will be especially in leading the platforming of products.


Your profile
We are looking for someone who likes challenges and working at a high pace in a fast-paced and dynamic organization. You have a solid technical profile with a high market-oriented understanding. In addition, you are a driven and structured person with logical and critical mindset, who acts agile at a fast pace with parallel projects and important deadlines.


Key qualifications
• Experience with equivalent tasks and areas of responsibility
• Relevant higher education with technical focus, preferably in construction
• Preferably experience from the construction industry
• Market and customer knowledge
• High levels of proficiency in English, additional Scandinavian languages are considered an advantage
• IT skills: Microsoft Office and preferably CAD and PLM / PDM systems


Additional information
As your work area will include a large geographical area, some travel within the region will have to be expected. In connection with, for example, participation in international working groups, travel outside the region will also have to be expected.

Diversity improves our ability to act in accordance with The Hydro Way.
Therefore all applications will be considered with equal suitability.
Please apply online in ONE with your CV and optionally a cover letter by 18.06.2021

If you have any question, please contact:
Joris Verhiest
(Belgium +32) 496579621
Joris.Verhiest@hydro.com

Lidia Beben
(Norway +47) 99572268
Lidia.Beben@hydro.com