Customer Manager

Primary Location:Seoul (KOR), Korea, Republic of
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Dow Consumer Solution (DCS)has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Customer (Account) Manager, focused on solutions to Korea Customers/Markets with technologies & products they need to achieve a number of high-performance attributes across 6 key market segments, and this role will focus on Home and Personal Care (HPC) market. Our vast technical resources deliver on current and future needs through application expertise and innovation aligned to 6 core competencies.
About You
We are looking for aCustomer (Account) Managerwith strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and communication skills. In this role, you will have the responsibility to support the growth of the Consumer Solution for Home & Personal Care – especially Cosmetics field as well as Home Care under different segments, which generates new opportunities through revitalizing the asset and Dow's technology to seek significant opportunities as deceptive market changes to enable growth and addressable market expansion.
You will coordinate across all functions, including sales, Marketing, TS&D, R&D, communication, and product management as well as with peers, key customers, distributors, and relevant teams in other geographies. You will have high visibility to the leadership team in Consumer Solution Korea, providing analysis, insight, and recommendations on how to advance the growth strategy.
Responsibilities:
Support and shape the growth strategy for the Consumer Solution Japan business
Conduct market and industry analysis to shape overall competitive position and identify opportunities for growth
Aggregate customer and market needs across the product portfolio and market segments to identify trends to enhance resource allocation and prioritization
Analyze and define the best opportunity for addressable market expansion for the Consumer Solution Business
Evaluate business model opportunities – especially digital – to accelerate growth and/or productivity
Serve as a trusted advisor across the organization, providing guidance on how to build a competitive advantage despite market and customer uncertainties
Author project proposals that will help the business test and learn how to capture additional value in Specialties
Your knowledge, skills and abilities include:
High self-initiative and strong project management skills
Analytical mindset that is comfortable to work on unstructured problems
Customer and market orientation with strong bias towards value creation
Collaborative team worker and builder across functions and geographies, effective influencer
Strategic thinker, problem solver, result and action oriented
Required Qualifications:
A minimum of a Bachelor's degree
A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience – Personal care or Home care field or related field.
Up to 50% travel, mostly domestic
Fluency in Korean, Advanced Level in verbal and written English
Your preferred qualifications include:
A degree discipline in Chemical, business or Marketing
MBA/economic background is a plus
Benefits – What Dow offers you
We invest in you.Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.
Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:
Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial goals.
Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group's (ERG) participation.
Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
Join our team, we can make a difference together.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world's leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.
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