Executive Management
Full Time
EMEA - Europe - France - La Defense - undefined
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The Senior Director, Global Product Management – Dispensing & Applicators is responsible for defining and executing the global product strategy, portfolio roadmap, and commercial performance of the dispensing & applicators product segments. The role drives consistent, profitable volume growth through superior product platforms that address consumer needs, and ensures the organisation consistently outperforms underlying market growth. This high-impact leadership role works across the GRPS leadership teams to shape strategic priorities, investment decisions, and mid-to-long-term competitive positioning.
Reporting to the Global VP Product Management, Rigid Packaging Solutions, this role is responsible for the growth agenda for the dispensing & applicator categories ( including atmospheric, airless, triggers, sticks, roll-on ), including optimized portfolio management and strategic capital deployment. Success requires a combination of strategic vision, commercial excellence, portfolio management and executive influence, with clear accountability for growth, margin, and mid-to-long-term value creation.
As part of Amcor’s global Product Management leadership team, this product leadership position influences portfolio, innovation and investment priorities through product selection. The leader fosters technical product excellence, thoughtful collaboration, and continuous improvement while championing successful development of capabilities across both regional and global teams.
Define the dispensing & applicators growth strategy, based on superior product value propositions for customer & consumer needs, working with the Strategic Marketing teams and across the business to deliver consistent, profitable volume growth
Lead the dispensing & applicators Product Management teams across the regions, setting annual and mid-to-long-term strategic direction (3-5 years) and ensuring coherent regional execution, as well as promoting appropriate regional strategies across the global platform
The Product Management role is responsible for increasing our product superiority in line with the Amcor Global Rigid aspirations, and positioning the business for product success within our chosen markets. Working closely with Strategic Marketing to deliver product superiority from market intelligence, and supporting indexation to growth through product knowledge
Define and lead overall product portfolio and priorities for globally relevant categories. Championing standardisation where it gives competitive advantage, and managing product margin improvement, capacity and capital requirements for those product lines. Drive low-performing rationalisation programmes globally, connecting with the regions to ensure locally-relevant execution. Support the business towards operational simplification (best operator) through harmonised product platforms
Lead pricing guidance for global projects that deliver market / value-based pricing. Support global RFQ responses with pricing guidance and participate in leadership decision making to deliver optimal customer propositions that deliver consistent, profitable volume growth
Subject matter expert for dispensing & applicators. Represents our organisation both internally and externally at product level. Interacting upwards to Amcor leadership. Leads product specific sessions and builds executive-level partnerships with our Enterprise Key Accounts. Represent the product in relevant major capital investment. Provide data-driven insights in performance, risks & opportunities for the product line
Contribute towards developing and translating macro trends relevant to dispensing & applicators (sustainability, regulation, recyclability, lightweighting) into product strategy and value propositions that support growth
Recommend new product applications for current market participation and suggest breakthrough new product developments. Guide R&D on NPD prioritisation, ensuing alignment to strategic growth spaces, collaborating to deliver superior product platforms. Evaluating make/ buy decisions for entering new product / market areas
Serve as a senior member of the Global Product Management Leadership Team, influencing governance and organisational strategy, and long-term strategic direction. Also supporting system operation; budgeting, forecasting, strategic reviews, KPI management
Develop talent across the team to achieve high-performing outcomes, ensuring future-ready expertise with clear succession planning focused on retaining and promoting internal talents. Promote development and expertise mobility, with focus on optimal resource deployment
Product revenue growth (like-for-like basis)
Product margin
Product Superiority % (define and measure product superiority vs. competition)
( Minor focus ) Indexation to growth (annual % increase)
Portfolio efficiency (% revenue from core SKUs) (Remains relevant until target levels of product superiority are met)
Capital effectiveness – return vs. approved business case
Strategy preparation, renovation, execution (delivery against defined strategic roadmap milestones)
Employee Engagement & Leadership Effectiveness
Technical/Professional knowledge : Expert knowledge of dispensing & applicators, good understanding of mid/long-term related macro trends & competitive landscape. Strong track record in portfolio strategy, pricing and commercial execution. Good working experience of major relevant Consumer Packaging Goods companies
Developmental thinking : Utilises conceptual and analytical thinking to solve complex and ambiguous problems. Proven track record of setting and leading successful product strategies within complex operating environments
Strategic agility: Ability to continuously and successfully balance long-term strategic priorities with short-term business needs, adjusting focus as market conditions, customer requirements, and organizational priorities evolve
Financial/commercial acumen : product value propositions, cost models, margin optimization, business case modelling including make/buy evaluation and experienced in capital investment planning
Interpersonal/Managerial skills : Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills. Successful in influencing & leading cross-function global teams, and leadership stakeholders, driving optimal outcomes across regions and functions at all levels. Proven ability to develop and manage high-performing teams. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Education & experience : Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., marketing, business administration/management). Minimum of 15 years of experience in product leadership, including at least 10 years in managerial role, operating in a global organisation
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