Marketing Manager

**Join our team and Be You Be Aptar.**

Aptar is seeking a Marketing Manager based in **Mukwonago, WI or Lincolnton, NC** this is a hybrid position that will be in the office 2-3 days per week.  This role will own product pricing and cost-out strategies, drive asset performance improvements, and lead product marketing plans. You will serve as the product expert and as the liaison between Commercial and Operations leadership, building trusted cross-departmental relationships and driving alignment on strategic initiatives. You will bring strong analytical, strategic thinking, and product positioning skills, with excellent communication to influence stakeholders at every level. A quick learner with an entrepreneurial mindset, you will take a take a pragmatic, unbiased approach to decision-making. Your customer-obsessed focus, supported by customer feedback, market intelligence, and competitor analysis, will help defend and grow the portfolio and deliver the best results for the business.

**As Marketing Manager, you will:**

**Manage product line pricing and cost-out activities.**

* Lead list pricing strategy for all stock products across all product lines.

**Drive stock asset performance improvements.**

* Lead monthly S&OP Product Review discussions, focusing on the top phase-in and phase-out programs within the portfolio, with GMD support.

**Lead product marketing.**

* Work with creative support personnel to develop strategic commercial product plans and training tools, as needed, for product lines, with Commercial Specialist support. Examples include inventory programs, targeted product e-blasts, sell sheets, etc.

**Build trusted partnerships and product expertise.**

* Apply a pragmatic, unbiased approach to decision-making to deliver the best outcomes for the business.

 **Who We Are Looking For**

In this role, you will shape product profitability and growth by setting pricing and cost-out strategies, improving stock asset performance, leading product marketing initiatives, and serving as the trusted product expert who keeps Commercial and Operations leadership aligned.

**Education**

* Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Finance, Business, or Engineering required.
* MBA preferred.

**Required Skills**

* Minimum of 5 years in product management/marketing or equivalent experience in CPG.

* Solid understanding of product-management principles: lifecycle management, product lifecycle curves, business case development, Agile/Stage-Gate methodologies.
* Strong analytical skills: financial modeling, ROI analysis, pricing optimization.
* Exceptional communication and influencing skills; able to align regional and global stakeholders.
* Direct exposure to dispensing packaging systems preferred.

**Preferred Skills**

* Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail; strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
* Recognized ability to lead and drive decision making without direct authority.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills demonstrated by the ability to communicate across all levels within and outside of the organization.
* Demonstrate a willingness to learn and implement AI strategies to automate manual workloads.
* Works well under deadline pressure; ability to prioritize and manage multiple and conflicting priorities.  Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.

**Travel Requirements**                              
Up to 10%, as needed  

**Who We Are**

At Aptar, we leverage insights, design, engineering and science to develop drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies for many of the world’s leading brands. Aptar in turn makes a meaningful difference in the lives, looks, health and homes of millions of patients and consumers around the world. Our innovations nasal drug delivery for emergency medicines, precise fragrance applications, mess-free ketchup dispensing for kids, connected technologies that support patients in adhering to their treatments and much more

With manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, and a dedicated team of over 13,000 employees in about 20 countries, Aptar is committed to creating impactful innovations for our customers and their consumers.

**Our Culture**

At Aptar, our success is driven by the individuals who contribute their unique talents and perspectives every day. We believe that when you bring your authentic self to work, we all thrive. 

**How We Support Our Employees**

* An exciting, inclusive and value-based working environment
* Award-winning corporate university offering personal development and training opportunities.
* Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus plan.
* Contribute to the communities where we reside.
* *Innovative benefits plan which includes 401k & Retirement Savings plan, vacation, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, pet insurance, wellness plan, and generous paid maternity/paternity leave.*

Aptar is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

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