VP Marketing & Product

OTT HydroMet

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About The Position

What makes this opportunity great? Let us tell you... · You help us ensure water quality for people around the world! · You work in a collaborative culture that values a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives while emphasizing teamwork and a good sense of partnership · Our team of associates is passionate about achieving great results for our customers · Ability to fully use your breadth and depth of experience, no pigeonhole here! About the role: As a member of the Kipp & Zonen Senior Leadership Team, the VP of Marketing & Product will lead all aspects of strategy, marketing and product management. This includes leading Kipp & Zonen’s strategic planning process and driving cross-functional alignment to execute that strategy via long-term product roadmaps, annual commercial plans, and daily demand generation activities. The VP will be responsible for achieving both near-term growth commitments and long-term profitable share gain – while building an engaged, high-performing organization that leverages the Veralto Enterprise System (VES) for sustained success.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience across commercial functions including strategy, marketing, product management, sales & service in an industrial B2B environment.
• Significant experience leveraging financial models and business cases to drive investment decisions; able to distill primary and secondary research into clear conclusions and valid assumptions.
• High level of strategic agility, excellent decision making and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated abilities to drive innovation, growth, and margin expansion.
• Experience leading in a Lean environment (VES specifically a plus) and applying fundamental tools to drive results such as value stream mapping, standard work, daily management, and problem solving.
• Understands the complexity of business needs and decisions within a matrixed organization. Must be able to consider available facts, constraints, competitive circumstances, and probable consequences.
• Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills on a global level, attracting top talent, developing high performers, and holding people accountable for performance.
• High level of cultural sensitivity and awareness to lead a global organization, while also engaging effectively across an experienced global peer group.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills; able to relate with associates at all levels of the org.
• Travel up to 40%, including occasional international travel.

Responsibilities

• Transcend functional lines to serve as an enterprise-wide leader accountable to full OpCo performance.
• Develop proprietary market segmentation substantiated with macro drivers, customer insights, and competitive intelligence – align the org (up, down, across) on the most attractive segments & impactful initiatives that will extend our competitive advantage.
• Generate a prioritized view of the most valuable customer problems to solve in weather analytics; convert this to a rationalized roadmap of internal product development and external innovation partnerships.
• Expand product margins through rigorous portfolio maintenance including pricing, value engineering, product positioning, phase-outs/transitions, and component obsolescence mitigation.
• Drive market visibility and demand generation initiatives that fuel near-term revenue growth, improved customer experience, industry thought leadership, and enhanced brand equity.
• Raise the bar of performance through effective coaching, modeling leadership commitment to continuous improvement/VES, and building a culture founded on trust, collaboration, communication, and results.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed