Commercial Optimization Manager EMEA (f/m/d)

Location:Kaiseraugst, Switzerland

Hybrid/Remote/On Site:On site

Join our team as a Commercial Optimization Manager EMEA and drive business growth and efficiency across the region. You'll lead projects to optimize capacity utilization, improve efficiency, and increase value-added business, ensuring we stay competitive and capture additional volumes at relevant profitability. With a strong analytical mindset and excellent communication skills, you'll work closely with our commercial teams to align priorities and drive results. As a Commercial Optimization Manager EMEA at dsm-firmenich, you'll shape your own career path and collaborate with a global team of experts. If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for commercial optimization, we'd love to hear from you!

At dsm-firmenich, being a force for good is not optional. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a shared responsibility woven into our daily work, benefiting to our People, Customers & Communities and driving business value. Equal access to opportunities is a given, belonging is a shared feeling, authenticity is celebrated.

Your key responsibilities:

• Jointly executing commercial pricing strategies with Global Commercial Business Optimization, ensuring optimal margins and pricing floors
• Steering demand generation and profitability through pricing management, identifying opportunities to grow our premix business
• Working closely with AM/Sales Managers/GM’s to target premix customers and segments, driving agreed-upon premix volumes and MM objectives
• Conducting in-depth analysis on pricing, volumes, sales, profitability, capacity utilization, and premix network optimization to inform strategic decisions
• Providing analytical support for specific commercial optimization projects, driving results and informing business strategy

We bring:

• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset
• A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally
• The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose
• A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome
• Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected – regardless of their background, beliefs, or identity
• An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future

You bring:

• Bachelor's degree; Master’s degree in economics, Science, Engineering, or MBA is a plus
• 5+ years of experience in Sales & Marketing, International Trade, or Finance
• 5+ years of experience working in and across multi-disciplinary, diverse teams in large organizations
• Proven analytical skills, with experience working with processes and systems
• Experience in managing others

The application process:

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our internal career portal. For further information about the process, please contact Manuela Arnold: Write an email

Equal opportunities commitment:

dsm-firmenich is fully dedicated to inclusion because when people feel engaged and empowered, their creativity and innovation drives unprecedented progress. We aim to build a workplace where opportunity really is equal, so everyone can thrive. We do not discriminate: (here,) there’s a place for everyone with us.

dsm-firmenich is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Our people are as diverse as our customers. For us that includes a commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable support for disabled applicants in our recruiting process. Should you need assistance, and are comfortable to share this, please let us know.

About dsm-firmenich:

As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life™ every day, everywhere, for billions of people.

www.dsm-firmenich.com

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