Company Description
Biocatalysts is comprised of 4 companies, headquartered in Cardiff (Wales, UK) and co-located in Buttelborn (Germany), Nieuwkuijk (Netherlands) and Tampa (Florida, USA). Brought together as an integrated Bioproducts Division in October 2023, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of BRAIN Biotech Group, based in Zwingenberg (Germany). We serve customers globally in markets such as food, baking, beverage and pharma / life science, with a view to “become and stay the world’s leading speciality enzyme company and by the quality and dedication of our people, exceed our customers’ expectations”.
Position
You will define and implement product strategy per channel and market, manage the product portfolio, drive business development, and lead innovation/renovation efforts. In collaboration with R&D, you will ensure growth and profitability to meet annual budgets and long-term goals.
Requirements
·Collect and analyse market intelligence to assess business impact.
·Develop, own and implement product strategy and roadmap aligned with markets, channels, and operations to achieve competitive positioning and business objectives.
·Prioritize activities in line with the product strategy and KPI’s.
·Manage the product portfolio (pricing, profitability, SKU management) and marketing mix (branding, route to market, promotions).
·Monitor sales performance (volume, margins, customer penetration) and implement corrective or acceleration plans with local and regional teams.
·Support business development through customer visits, presentations, and best practice sharing.
·Create sales and product communication in line with Group communication strategy.
·Manage the innovation pipeline to ensure differentiation.
·Collaborate closely with the application team to understand the “science behind” the product to capture value from the product offering.
·Work with internal and external stakeholders to align product vision and drive engagement across the organization.
Other information
·Due to the nature of our business, various policies around (for example, and not exhaustively) Health and Safety, Food Safety and Environmental Management are in place, and are externally regulated. You are trusted to operate within these rules; and to protect yourself, colleagues, customer and the public at all times
·No job description is exhaustive, and we ask all employees to be flexible to undertake other tasks as required by the business
