The Product & Marketing Manager is responsible for driving profitable growth through product portfolio management, new product development, pricing management, and market development. Accountability will center on identifying and commercializing growth opportunities, building relationships with key brands and strategic accounts, and coordinating cross-functional activities to support business objectives. This individual will work closely with Sales, Technical, Marketing, and Operations teams to develop innovative solutions, strengthen customer relationships, and accelerate profitable growth across the region
ResponsibilitiesProduct Portfolio & Pricing Management
Manage product portfolio, pricing strategy, SAP product master data, and related lifecycle activities for assigned product lines.
Monitor product sales, profitability, product mix, and gross margin performance, and recommend actions to optimize portfolio performance and business results.
Support pricing reviews and margin improvement initiatives across the region.
Product Development & Localization
Coordinate new product development, commercialization, and product launch activities in collaboration with Technical, Sales, and Operations teams.
Work with global and regional technical teams to localize existing products and formulations to meet Asia market requirements, customer needs, regulatory standards, and cost targets.
Market Development & Business Growth
Build and maintain relationships with regional offices of key brands, strategic customers, major garment groups, and supply chain partners, including Nike, adidas, Under Armour, Fanatics, and leading garment manufacturers across Asia.
Monitor and analyze market trends, customer requirements, competitive activities, emerging technologies, and market segments to Identify and evaluate new market opportunities, applications, customer segments, and growth projects across the region.
Marketing & Sales Support
Develop and maintain product marketing tools, including product brochures, technical data sheets, application guides, samples, presentation materials, and other sales support tools.
Support sales teams with product training, customer presentations, product demonstrations, and technical communication materials.
Support new product promotion and customer engagement activities to accelerate product adoption and market penetration.
Scope
Personnel: Individual Contributor
Budget: Business Unit Specific
Travel: Travel within Asia to support customer engagement, brand development, market research, trade shows, and business development activities.
Other: Reports to Senior Business Manager-Asia
Fluent in spoken English
QualificationsEducation:
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Textile Engineering, or related discipline.
Experience
- 5–10 years of experience in Product Management, Business Development, Technical Sales, or related commercial roles.
- Experience in textile inks, screen printing or related industries is preferred.
- Experience in product portfolio management, pricing management, and profitability analysis.
- Experience supporting new product development, commercialization, and product localization projects.
- Experience working with global brands, garment manufacturers, sourcing organizations, or strategic accounts preferred.
- Experience developing market opportunities across Asia Pacific markets is preferred.
Skills and Certifications:
Self-MotivatedIntermediateTime / Priority ManagementIntermediateWork IndependentlyIntermediateWork on a TeamIntermediateOrganizational SkillsIntermediateMicrosoft ExcelIntermediateMicrosoft PowerPointIntermediateMicrosoft WordIntermediateMicrosoft OutlookIntermediateSAPIntermediateSAP Business WarehouseIntermediateCRM SystemsIntermediateSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Textile Engineering, or related discipline
- 5-10 years' experience in Product Management, Business Development, Technical Sales, or related commercial roles
- Experience in product portfolio management, pricing management, and profitability analysis
- Experience supporting new product development, commercialization, and product localization projects
- Experience in textile inks, screen printing or related industries
- Experience working with global brands, garment manufacturers, sourcing organizations, or strategic accounts
- Experience developing market opportunities across Asia Pacific markets
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook
- Experience with SAP
- Experience with SAP Business Warehouse
- Experience with CRM systems
Avient Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Avient Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Avient Corporation.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with immediate vesting and a company match is part of the package, and company filings confirm employer-supported retirement plans. This foundation positions retirement benefits as a meaningful element of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes vacation and dedicated hours for community service, with many roles offering eligibility from Day One. The offering spans vacation, sick time, holidays, and volunteer time, providing breadth beyond basic leave.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Performance-based bonuses and formal recognition programs complement base pay, and some manufacturing postings describe guaranteed bi-annual bonuses. Overtime pay availability in hourly roles can materially lift take-home earnings.
Avient Corporation Insights
What We Do
Welcome to a new kind of materials company. This is a time where the world craves a more sustainable planet, unprecedented innovation and economic growth. This is a time where people seek strong relationships, diverse perspectives and an opportunity to accept the most pressing challenges of today. It’s in this spirit, that these two complementary businesses have been joined into one. Avient promises to honor the legacies of its past organizations as it seeks to build a world-class sustainable organization – together – that creates value for all stakeholders. Together, Avient will help customers to build a better world with an expanded portfolio of polymer colorant and additive solutions. In addition, all customers will benefit from: • expanded resources, services, development, and technical support • faster and more comprehensive innovation • a combined base of highly skilled R&D teams • a broader, best-in-class solution portfolio • improved geographic reach • enhanced supply security
