Assistant Marketing Manager - Facilities Dilution Control & Floor Care Portfolio

At Ecolab, making the world a cleaner, safer place is our business. We are committed to growth and to providing our customers with the most effective and efficient cleaning, food safety, and infection control programs available. We believe that our Marketing Department is one of the keys to our success. Marketing roles at Ecolab are very challenging and involve diverse skills and responsibilities. As a marketing function we are committed to driving growth while providing individuals with a range of developmental career opportunities. The members of our marketing team have an opportunity to help our customers meet their goals, differentiate Ecolab from our competition, and impact the achievement of our aggressive growth targets.

The Institutional North America Marketing team is seeking an Assistant Marketing Manager to lead the Facilities Dilution Control and Floor Care portfolios, with the opportunity to build marketing competencies across innovation, portfolio management, brand building, communication, and activation. This person will define and execute a short- and long-term portfolio vision informed by voice of customer, voice of business, and competitive intelligence to drive growth, improve customer and sales & service associate experience, and optimize portfolio performance across the Facilities segment. Highly cross-functional, the role partners closely with RD&E to advance innovation through the phase gate process and with sales to commercialize new products and programs, while collaborating across Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and Regulatory. The successful candidate will bring strategic thinking, strong business acumen, effective communication at all levels, leadership presence, passion for customers, and a commitment to cross-functional partnership.

What You Will Do:

• Lead innovation pipeline: Define and deliver the Dilution Control and Floor Care innovation strategies across chemistry and dispensing/equipment, owning Phase Gate development from concept through commercialization in close partnership with RD&E.
• Shape portfolio strategy: Leverage voice of customer, voice of business, and competitive intelligence to evolve the portfolio, close gaps, and drive penetration, retention, and total cost of operations value.
• Own P&L and portfolio performance: Manage day-to-day portfolio and P&L responsibilities - including forecasting, monthly performance reporting, equipment inventory, margin enhancement, and program simplification to ease selling and ensure right-program-right-customer fit.
• Activate sales: Partner with Marketing Communications, Segment Marketing, Distribution Marketing, and the sales organization to drive sales activation and deliver portfolio sales targets across.
• Build cross-functional alignment: Align Corporate Account, Field, RD&E, Finance, Supply Chain, and Regulatory partners; present to and gain approval from Executive Management; and execute through strong collaboration with key stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of professional experience with focus in Marketing or MBA in Marketing with 3 years of experience
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing new product launch strategies, including pricing, marketing communications and value proposition development
• Business-to-business marketing experience
• Ability to relate to influential people and complex organizational structures strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated initiative and leadership skills setting vision and strategy, planning, critical thinking, orchestrating cross-functionally, overseeing multiple project elements and proven track record of results
• Effective oral and written communication skills, organizational skills, good attention to detail and use of sound judgement in a fast-paced environment are essential

Benefits

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To meet customer requirements and comply with local or state regulations, applicants for certain customer-facing roles may need to:

- Undergo additional background screens and/or drug/alcohol testing for customer credentialing.

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Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are inclusive. 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 and recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on 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).

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.