Global Product Manager, NCE

Arxada is a globally leading company for innovative solutions to protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies, comprehensive regulatory expertise, as well as our competence in production and process development support our customers in efficiently protecting nutrition, health, and infrastructure – through chemistry and biotechnology that promote sustainability.

We offer a broad portfolio of ingredients and services for various end markets, including Health & Nutrition, Household and Personal Care, Professional Hygiene, Coatings & Paints, as well as Wood Protection.

With customers in over 100 countries, the company achieved sales of 2 billion CHF in 2024. Arxada's headquarters are located in Basel (Switzerland). Worldwide, the company employs 3,200 people at 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers, all committed to the success of our customers.

In your role as Global Product Manager in the Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE) business unit, you are significantly involved in driving growth, profitability, and compliance for a strategic product portfolio manufactured in our production network in Visp. You take responsibility for the product lifecycle and the development of the portfolio strategy, lead cross-functional initiatives, and ensure sustainable solutions that align with customer needs and current market trends. The product portfolio must assert itself today in a highly competitive market environment, so a special focus is on continuously increasing profitability and maintaining competitiveness. This position offers you an exciting opportunity to utilize the breadth of operational, tactical, and strategic elements of product management to actively shape the success of the product portfolio and ultimately the Visp site in a dynamic, global environment.

Main Responsibilities

• Strategic and operational responsibility for the assigned product portfolio with a focus on margin improvement, cost efficiency, and optimal plant utilization
• Development and implementation of the business strategy for the product portfolio, including market, plant, and investment strategy within the NCE production network in Visp
• Promotion of pricing excellence and continuous portfolio optimization through close collaboration with commercial teams to identify market needs and trends early and derive price and volume strategies
• Initiation and leadership of cross-functional cost optimization projects in production, procurement, and logistics
• Ensuring continuous improvement of the customer offering by analyzing customer feedback and complaints as well as implementing preventive and corrective measures
• Support in S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning), demand planning, and ensuring a reliable supply chain
• Identification and implementation of innovation and sustainability initiatives in product management
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and integration of ESG criteria into the product strategy
• Active market and competitive monitoring to derive strategic measures and further develop the portfolio
• Close collaboration with the global and regional sales teams by actively supporting the preparation and execution of meetings with key customers as well as providing professional sales materials to strengthen customer loyalty and revenue development

Qualifications & Experience

• Successfully completed master's degree in chemistry, engineering, economics, or comparable relevant professional experience
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the chemical industry with proven expertise in product management and solid business administration knowledge, especially in contribution margin accounting and pricing
• Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken
• Strong entrepreneurial and analytical thinking, strategic and agile mindset, as well as high decisiveness
• Teamwork skills and experience in cross-functional collaboration
• Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as confident demeanor in an international environment

Arxada offers first-class solutions in two clearly defined areas:

Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats from microorganisms to humans and the environment. This area includes five independent business units: Professional Hygiene, Household and Personal Care, Wood Protection, Coatings & Paints, and Material Protection.

Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE) provides materials for the production of composites in electronics, aerospace, and other industries. Furthermore, the portfolio includes vitamins and nutrient components, high-performance chemical intermediates, as well as raw materials for a variety of demanding applications.

Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered equally regardless of skin color, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.