B2b Product and Innovation Marketing Specialist

Join Ecolab’s team as the B2B Product and Innovation Marketing Specialist in Johannesburg, South Africa and help make the world cleaner, safer and healthier. We’re growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the world’s most vital resources.

Within this role, you will contribute to profitable sales growth of business unit(s) by supporting the creation and implementation of strategies and plans that differentiate Ecolab from its competitors.

**What’s in it For You**:

- The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments
- The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
- The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best
**What You Will Do**:

- Support marketing strategy including creating and implementing strategies and plans for products and programs.
- Execute the marketing plans including tracking promotions to ensure corporate objectives are met.
- Collaborate with other departments to produce world-class marketing collateral materials.
- Ensure accurate representation of Ecolab to the community with regards to product specific regulations and information.
- Determine and execute effective solutions for product related issues such as forecasting of product sales for each warehouse, resolving product supply issues, and coordinating alternative solutions for product related issues.
- Write communication briefs for all promotional activities and ensure that communications are clear and timely.
- Support the execution of the programs and tactics established as part of the strategy planning. The Assistant Product Manager will be responsible for executing activities as directly related to managing the performance of the existing product portfolio, including product rationalization, raw material strategies, productivity enhancements, and supply chain assurance.
- Leverage cross functional groups to couple knowledge of customer needs with existing and future technology capabilities.
- Track and report on product line performance metrics and take corrective action working with product line manager as required.
**Position Details**:
Position location: Johannesburg

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry
- 5 years of professional experience in a business to business environment
**Preferred Qualifications & Experience**:

- MBA
- Bachelor's Degree preferably in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry
- Strategy development and Execution
- Innovation development and Launches
- Portfolio Management
- Develop Value Proposition and Value communication
- Market Pricing
- Insights
- VOC
- Project Management/ working in cross functional teams
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work well in a group as a solid team player
- Ability to build and maintain relationships and coordinate projects across different functional groups regionally.
- Solid business acumen
- Strong problem solving / Analytical Skills
- Attention to detail; strong sense of urgency
- Experience with wide range of marketing tools, including strategic and tactical product marketing capabilities
**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.