Technical Product Manager

The Technical Product Manager for Specialty Chemicals is crucial to hubergroup's business growth, as the growth “beyond ink” is a key element. This position is primarily serving as the central technical authority and project driver for the respective product portfolio. This role encompasses the comprehensive technical ownership of products, from ensuring stable specifications and managing technical risks to maintaining all associated data, including inventory status, approvals, and certifications. Furthermore, the Technical Product Manager acts as a key project manager for customer and operational initiatives, ensuring successful execution, especially for projects driven from Vapi, whether regional or global. This position also facilitates critical liaison management, leveraging its location in Vapi to ensure effective communication and collaboration across various departments and with relevant stakeholders.

DIMENSIONS:

• Stakeholder and Liaison Management & Communication

• Strategic Thinking & Vision Alignment

• Understanding of regulated markets and technical specifications

• Analytical & Decision-Making Capability

• Risk Management & Problem Solving

• Project Management

• Product Ownership

MAJOR ACTIVITES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for stable product specifications from local production

• Resolves quality issues, supply bottlenecks, regulatory changes (reasons for LTO projects)

• Maintain market conformity of products (e.g. regulatory changes, systematic complaints)

• (Regional) Accountable for technical risk management of product portfolio

• (Regional) owner of product master list, incl. Inventory status, approvals, certificates, (technical parameters, on request of TM)

• (Regional) Owner of all technical product data (chemical and physical properties, TDS, MSDS, inventory status, approvals, and certificates

(also customer-specific)).

• Creation of TDS (regional variations may occur)

• Initiates and accounts LTO and PCO (optional also NPD) projects

• Acts as first contact for technical questions from business (technical marketing, commercial PM, sales)

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY:

• Drives customer projects (tweaks, e.g. different dilution, solvent, or similar), PCO and LTO within the regional portfolio Responsibility

• (Global: responsible for NPD projects)

• Keeps project stakeholders updated

• Ensures that new product’s technical dataset ("market launch checklist") is ready by launch

• Keeps data in product pipeline list up to date