Manager - Business Management Beauty Care Solutions Americas

BASF SE

15d • Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a Business Manager to join our Beauty Care Solutions (BCS) team in Care Chemicals.

Come create chemistry with us!

BASF’s Care Chemicals division is a globally leading supplier to the cosmetics, detergents and cleaning industries. We also offer solutions for technical applications and crop protection. Together with our customers, we create innovative solutions to meet the current and future needs of society more sustainably. We contribute to the long-term success of our customers’ brands with a broad range of products and concepts via our global network of production and development site.
As a Business Manager in the Beauty Care Solutions team, you will lead the business development and customer engagement efforts across Americas, acting as the key BCS focal point for local teams, distributors, and strategic customers. Your work will directly accelerate BCS business growth by shaping go to market strategies, developing opportunities, and driving customer projects from concept to realization.

Approximately 30% travel is required for this role. Candidates based near Florham Park, NJ have the option to work on‑site for collaboration as needed.As a Manager - Business Management Beauty Care Solutions Americas, you create chemistry by...

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Chemistry, Cosmetic Science, or related discipline.
• Possess 5–10 years of progressive experience in commercial, marketing, or business development roles within personal care, active ingredients sectors.
• Bring demonstrated leadership in market development with strong ability to translate technical active ingredient value propositions into compelling commercial narratives and growth opportunities.
• Have proven experience managing cross functional teams and influencing without direct authority.
• Possess solid business acumen and comfort with P&L linked decision making, pricing logic, and portfolio value optimization.
• Hold strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Management of Americas Bioactives Solutions Business (P&L responsibility)
• Regional Business steering across marketing (incl. price & margin management, channel management, market promotion/ communication, customer & product portfolio management), sales and technical service model
• Ensure regional organization obtains, update, maintains and evaluate market trends and needs, applications of new products/technologies and intelligence on competitors in countries
• Cost management to achieve regional market profit through diligent focus on sales administration and services cost, discretionary spending, and management of local CAPEX budget
• Stringent control of inventory levels (OIV, DIV) and overdues (DSO, OQ) to improve efficiency within the business
• Ensure compliance in the responsible countries, including regulatory compliance
• Defining and implementing regional go to market strategies, ensuring alignment between global BCS priorities and local market realities, and adapting approaches to regional maturity, competitiveness, and channel structure.
• Leading a team of experts to support customer interactions, technical discussions, and commercial alignment, including product launches, promotional activities, and communications.
• Gathering market needs, intelligence, and competitive insights to feed innovation, strengthen customer value propositions, and inform strategic decisions.
• Championing capability building across internal teams, distributors, and customers through structured training, expert guidance, and development of market ready technical and commercial competencies.
• Orchestrating cross functional teams (Sales, Marketing, R&D, Regulatory, Supply Chain) to deliver customer projects, innovation launches, and commercial initiatives that strengthen BCS positioning and unlock growth.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
• Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
• Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
• Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
• Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
• Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
• Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
• Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
• Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager