Nouryon Hiring for Functional Information Manager Marketing & Sales Job at Houston, TX Full Time

Career Opportunity: Functional Information Manager – Marketing & Sales Req. #5152

About Nouryon:

Nouryon is a global specialty chemicals leader. Markets and consumers worldwide rely on our essential solutions to manufacture everyday products, such as personal care, cleaning goods, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. The dedication of more than 8,000 employees with a shared commitment to our customers, business growth, safety, sustainability, and innovation has resulted in a consistently strong financial performance.

We operate in over 80 countries around the world and our portfolio of industry-leading brands includes Eka, Dissolvine, Trigonox, and Berol.

Please visit our website at: https://www.nouryon.com/

Nouryon has an excellent opportunity for a Functional Information Manager – Marketing & Sales position, in Houston, TX.

Key Objective:

The Functional Information Manager (FIM) is the strategic IT partner towards Nouryon Business Lines (BL) and Functions for a specific functional domain. This FIM role specifically focusses on the domains Marketing & Sales, including the Commercial Growth Accelerator, Nouryon’ s name for Commercial Excellence.

Responsibilities:

Business Relationship Management:

• Build and enhance relationships with key business/ function stakeholders and actively manage their expectations and satisfaction
• Collect initiatives, business requirements and expectations from executives and senior managers in Marketing & Sales, including but not limited to Commercial Reporting, Go-to-market models, CRM, and Learning & development.
• Ensure that relevant stakeholders are involved in and informed about any new services and/or major changes to existing services in the respective areas
• Ensure sufficient and coherent IM communication towards the business/ functions

Functional Information Management:

• Create IM Strategy and Information Plan for area Commercial Growth Accelerator.
• Build a Project Portfolio together with business stakeholders to deliver on the strategy and Information Plan and ensure correct administration in ServiceNow ITBM; manage, track and report on this portfolio to relevant stakeholders
• Orchestrate solution directions with Enterprise Architects and Solution Architects
• Create project charters including value case, risk assessment and feasibility assessment to get budget allocated; manage and challenge the value case during and after the project
• Ensure projects and solution directions are aligned with Enterprise Architecture principles, Cyber Security guidelines and IM Services procedures
• Ensure proper handover of IM projects to IM Services
• Support strategic and innovative thinking in the business through clear articulation of IM capabilities and proactive value propositions
• Continuously improve existing IM systems, applications and services in the areas commercial reporting, digital channels, and CRM in close alignment with Enterprise Architects and Delivery Managers.
• Help to resolve IM demand conflicts, recommending escalation where appropriate for resolution
• Develop an ideation culture and facilitate on go / no go for new ideas
• Participate in field research in pursuit of new solution and to evaluate the applicability and effectiveness of current solutions
• Own IM escalations until successfully transferred or solved

People Management:

• Allocate Solution Architects in the areas Digital Commercial systems, CRM and SAP SD to IM projects using ServiceNow ITBM
• Review and adjust priorities and activities of Solution Architects on a regular basis
• Engage Solution Architects in defining a strategy, projects, and improvements in the areas Digital, CRM and SAP SD
• Help Solution Architects to set objectives in alignment with Nouryon and IM Strategy
• Identify development opportunities for Solution Architects and help them to create a development plan
• Assess and discuss performance of Solution Architects on a regular basis resulting in a year-end review

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor/ Master’s Degree in Business Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field of study
• Excellent understanding of Digital Commercial Systems, including web-portals, enterprise integration, Dynamics CRM, and SAP SD
• Proficient understanding of Microsoft Technology Stack
• Experience in strategy development, creating and executing roadmaps
• Excellent understanding of Nouryon’s core business and impact on IM
• Experience working in other parts of the business
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, strong communication and interpersonal skills
• > 8 years relevant experience in Demand Management or Account Management role
• Good in building long-lasting, valuable working relationships
• Partner for Senior executive level and adding value here
• Broad interest in and knowledge of IM
• Strong in strategic topics, adding value to vision and strategy
• > 2 years’ experience in managing teams
• Good facilitator in getting commitment and buy-in

Notice:

*All applicants offered positions by Nouryon, will be required to provide proof of their fully vaccinated COVID-19 status prior to beginning employment, subject to any exceptions made by Nouryon for religious or disability-related reasons*

*All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status*