MANAGER, NA-LATAM COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE

Axalta Refinish is seeking an experienced and high-energy marketing professional to provide marketing intelligence for North America and Latin America as a member of the Global Segment Marketing Team. The Refinish Business has a solid growth track record, and this position will be responsible to research, analyze and predict market trends in collaboration with the EMEA – APAC Competitive Intelligence Manager.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

•     Monitoring and analysis of competition:

o    Gather and structure information about our main competitors;

o    Analyze the competition's strengths and weaknesses;

o    Provide relevant information to Global Segment Managers to identify our competitive advantage;

•     Collection and analysis of market intelligence:

o     Identify internal and external reliable sources for relevant market intelligence gathering;

o     Cross-check data and information between different internal and external sources;

o     Create and maintain reporting on market data for the relevant regions;

•     Research and predictive analysis of market trends:

o    Collect relevant data from all available sources;

o    Improve the quality of data using data cleaning techniques;

o    Choose predictive analytics solutions or build our own models to test the data;

 REQUIREMENTS

•     Min. bachelor's or master's degree in business economics or other formal marketing educations or strong equivalent practical experience

•     Passion for, and ideally experience with, sales and marketing of materials where sustainability is a key component of the value proposition

•     Excellent understanding of automotive after-market place and end user's needs

•     Strong business acumen, market intelligence, sales, and analytic skills to drive growth

•     Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders to align and deliver common objectives