Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company

Product Manager - Equipment

Ecolab is looking for an Equipment Product Manager to join their Nalco Water IMEA Product Line Management Team. This role involves defining, owning and managing a standard equipment portfolio to help customers meet their sustainability and operational goals. The successful candidate will support the Light, Heavy, Mining, Paper and Downstream (excluding process side) divisions by defining, promoting and managing a standard equipment portfolio. They will also define, own, and manage the analytical product line covering essential analytical reagents, calibration fluids, and test kits/equipment required by field service teams and customers.  Collaboration with internal stakeholders to establish effective processes for sourcing, delivering and invoicing items from the analytical product line is crucial. The candidate will collaborate with supply chain planning and procurement teams to optimize sourcing equipment and participate in divisional Nalco Water innovation projects. Close collaboration with equipment product managers in Europe and the USA is required to ensure IMEA requirements are supported. Other responsibilities include improving portfolio competitiveness through cost savings, developing a regional supplier network, supporting sales teams with marketing materials and product training, supporting the IMEA EBS project, and staying current on market standards, trends and practices.

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 Ecolab is currently looking for an Equipment Product Manager. The work location is India. The Equipment Product Manager will join our Nalco Water IMEA Product Line Management Team to define, own and manage our standard equipment portfolio to help our customers meet their sustainability and operational goals, drive value delivery to differentiate Ecolab from our competition, and impact the achievement of our ambitious growth targets. What will you do? <ul><li> Support the Nalco Water divisions with their standard equipment portfolio needs – you will support the Light, Heavy, Mining, Paper and Downstream (excluding process side) divisions</li><li> Define, own, promote and manage a standard equipment portfolio to enable sustainable and profitable growth of integrated solutions with chemistry, equipment, digital and services, aligned with divisional priorities and goals.</li><li> Define, own, and manage our analytical product line covering essential analytical reagents, calibration fluids and test kits/equipment required by our field service teams and customers to analyse water quality parameters &amp; product dosage and calibrate Nalco equipment.</li><li> Collaborate with internal stakeholders to establish effective processes for sourcing, delivering and invoicing items from our analytical product line.</li><li> Collaborate with supply chain planning and procurement teams on optimizing (cost of) sourcing equipment whether from our intercompany partners or (regional) vendors.</li><li> Actively participate in divisional Nalco Water innovation projects that have an equipment component ensuring the required equipment is ready for deployment at time of launch</li><li> Closely collaborate with equipment product managers in the supplying regions Europe and USA to ensure IMEA requirements are supported.</li><li> Improve the portfolio competitiveness through cost savings/avoidances with focus on developing a regional supplier network.</li><li> Support the sales teams with marketing materials such as product literature, selection guides and with product training.</li><li> Support IMEA EBS (new ERP) project by defining active portfolio per entity, cleaning master data accordingly and work with EBS teams to ensure data compliance for EBS requirements.</li><li> Stay current on market standards, trends and practices and understand impact on the Ecolab product line and business. </li></ul>
What’s In It For You <ul><li> The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers with their water, food safety, health and climate goals.</li><li> The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth.</li><li> The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best.</li><li> A flexible and autonomous work atmosphere.</li><li> An international company culture where safety is key and offers various possibilities for personal development and career growth. </li></ul>
What are we looking for in a candidate? <ul><li> Mechanical, electrical, chemistry or related engineering education with a bachelor or master.</li><li> Application know-how in water treatment applications with 5+ years of experience</li><li> Business-to-business marketing experience.</li><li> Regulatory knowledge</li><li> Analytical mind and ability to work with large data sets in a structured way</li><li> Project Management skills.</li><li> Self-starter </li></ul>
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, and disabled individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will 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, Ecolab 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, or disability.
 
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