Marketing & Product Manager, Packaged Gases

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You will be part of the Packaged Gases team. Packaged Gases is a key contributor to the core pillar of Air Products in Europe.  It incorporates three main market segments (industrial, analytical and hospitals’ markets). Air Products' success in this area helps to position the company as a leading Industrial Gases supplier in Europe. 

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LOCATION: Prague or Brno or Ostrava or Litvinov or Decin, Czech Republic; home-based (working with suppliers & visiting customers)

EXPERIENCE: Working with projects (preferably R&D); mechanical and/or manufacturing background; interfacing between marketing and R&D; customer-facing environment; good and efficient communication with internal and external stakeholders

CONTRACT: Permanent

SALARY: Competitive salary + annual bonus + competitive benefits + company car

As our Marketing and Product Manager, you will

• Coordinate R&D projects for the analytical, medical, and emerging markets, ie gas detection, hospitals, hydrogen for energy transition.  This includes the provision of key market data and business planning.
• Develop new training packages for internal and external customers using cost effective digital delivery wherever possible.  
• Coordinate the smooth running of the quarterly reviews of the Speciality Gases business area. This includes the provision any commercial analysis, arranging of the meeting and the follow-up on any action.  
• Act as the central collecting point for all speciality gases commercial and market feedback.   
• Maintain an appropriate level of engagement with relevant external industry and application.
• Have a high degree of latitude to direct the projects and have a high degree of freedom to act to achieve operating objectives within approved plans.  A high degree of independence is given to operate within budgets, plans, company policies and functional precedents.
• Report to the Marketing & Technology Director – Packaged Gases Europe and Africa.

As the Marketing and Product Manager,  you already are or have

• Manufacturing and/or mechanical background; a Marketing degree would be a great advantage.
• A high level of technical understanding of the diverse markets and applications served by the segment.
• Demonstrate drive to make business development programs succeed in support of defined strategy.
• Business analysis capabilities to understand market trends and forecast marketing activities.
• Ability to work and communicate with cross-cultural and cross-functional teams.
• Good management and communication skills.
• Understanding of SAP, BEX and Excel tools.
• Ability to quickly develop understanding of the product range (previous technical sales experience would be beneficial).
• Understanding of financial analysis, P&L, cash-flows.
• Understanding how the Packaged Gases products are used and how applications know-how can enhance customer loyalty and improve business returns
• Fluent English and Czech and/or any other European language

We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future. 

At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.