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Date: Jul 23, 2025
Location: Waukegan, IL, US, 60085-5652
#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; }Company: AkzoNobel
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com
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Job PurposeThe Aerospace segment focuses on key segments and strategic initiatives to support its growth. The Segment Manager Commercial OEM, MRO, & GA America's will focus on developing and executing on marketing strategies to support business growth.
This position is the center point within the marketing team for all products, initiatives, and development focused on these sub-segments. This person will need to engage with key customers, internally and externally, to ensure a customer-centric approach for delivering growth. This person will successfully develop the annual segment strategic plan, navigates product management activities, lead the new product development process, and works closely with / guides regional product management on the execution of projects and portfolio management.
Key Responsibilities 1) Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM): AkzoNobel holds a leading position with commercial Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). The segment manager position collaborates closely with, supports and drives activities for our key customers Boeing & Embraer. This is a sub-segment where customer interaction is key, with high demands being placed by the customer for coatings solutions and support. Key areas of focus include: Identifies new product customer needs, market requirements and translates those needs into segment and action plans. Manage the combined product portfolio, and develop, together with RD&I, the right product offer and mix for the market, managing NPD projects and to both develop and realize the short / mid / long term innovation roadmap. Support the push to qualify our products at the OEMs and extend our footprint globally. Ensure close collaboration with Key Account Managers (KAMs) and support for audits, tenders, documentation / change requests, qualifications. Keep buy-in and support for the business high among key internal stakeholders. Direct customer involvement through projects and initiatives 2) Maintenance & Repair Organizations (MRO): The MRO business requires resources dedicated to understanding market dynamics and the translation of product from OEM implementation to MRO use, including management and development of a portfolio meeting the needs of a diverse range of customers worldwide; Key areas of focus include: Manage the combined product portfolio, ensuring an optimum and streamlined offering to support all customer needs. Develop, together with RD&I, the right product offer and mix for the market, by driving and supporting the execution of the innovation roadmap. Managing new product development projects – including dedicated introductions to this sub segment, production relocation. 3) General Aviation: The General Aviaton & eVTOL business is highly fragmented the segment manager will identfy customer exterior and interior coatngs and service’s needs, developing a dedicated portfolio to drive growth, identfying colour matching needs and colour delivery solutions, Key areas of focus include: Development of the segment plan for the General Aviation & eVTOL segment in conjunction with key stakeholders. Identifies customer needs, market requirements and translates those needs into segment and action plans. Understand our portfolio gaps and develop a short-, mid- and long-term product development plan. Manage the combined product portfolio, and develop, together with RD&I, the right product offer and mix for the market, managing NPD projects and to both develop and realize the short / mid / long term innovation roadmap. Support the push to qualify our products at the General Aviation & eVTOL OEMs and extend our footprint through primarily North America and EMEA 4) General: Key areas of focus include: Global team member and drives/participates in cross segment initiatives such as SPPA (sustainability) action planning and analysis, master data clean up and good practice. Job Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Business-related degree. 7+ years of related experience in commercial sales and marketing. Demonstrates strong performance orientation. Good interpersonal skill, pro-active, takes initiative, self-motivated, energetic person. Constraint breaking and solution focused, capability to work with matrix organization and with people in different reporting lines. Proficient in English ExperienceThe salary range for these skills is: $114,000.00 - $135,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Benefits beginning Day 1 401K retirement savings with 6% company match Medical insurance with HSA Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D benefits Generous vacation, personal and holiday pay Tuition Reimbursement Career growth opportunities Active Diversity and Inclusion NetworksAt AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
Requisition ID: 47991
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