Apac Marketing Manager

**Job Description**: **KEY** **ACCOUNTABILITIES** This position plays a strategic role in accelerating APAC Automotive segment growth by leading segment-focused market development, customer opportunity identification, and cross-functional commercial execution. In addition, this role serves as the primary APAC contact for project governance to support regional business growth and drive commercial excellence. **Automotive Segment Leadership (70%)** * **Market  Intelligence:**  * Build a deep understanding of APAC automative value chain, customer needs, competitive landscape, and emerging technology trends. * Monitor industry developments and identify growth opportunities, and transfer market shifts into actionable growth opportunities. * **Opportunity Development:**  * Partner with sales and technical teams to convert customer needs into qualified opportunities and healthy pipeline. * Lead regular opportunities review and track key projects to accelerate commercial growth. * **Segment Strategy & Execution:**  * Act as the key APAC marketing interface for the Automotive segment by leading to the execution of segment strategy and aligning priorities across Sales, R&D, Product Management, and Operations. * Provide structured innovation/project support for new automotive applications and contribute to the segment 5-year growth plan by defining opportunity spaces, growth levers, and execution priorities. **Functional Responsibility (30%)** * **End-to-End Project Management:** Define project scope, goals, and deliverables. Lead cross-functional teams (R&D, Sales, Supply Chain, Operations) through the standard stage-gate process from initiation to commercialization. * **Resource & Risk Management:** Develop detailed project plans, allocate resources effectively, and proactively identify bottlenecks. Formulate mitigation strategies to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery. * **Stakeholder Communication:** Facilitate regular project review meetings, track KPIs, and provide transparent status reports to senior management and key stakeholders. **QUALIFICATIONS** * Technical and/or Marketing degree, with >8 years of professional marketing experience. * Solid automotive segment experience is required, preferably with exposure to chemical/material solutions, OEM/Tier value chains, EV-related applications, or automotive innovation projects. * Capacity to translate information into business opportunities & threats * Good influencing, listening and communications skills, with a proven ability to influence multiple stakeholders in a global arena * Capability of working with remote teams * Take ownership & accountability for results * Solution & result oriented skills with a team player attitude * Native Mandarin, English fluency, 3rd language as a plus **KEY COMPETENCIES** * Strong and resilient personality * Trained analyst with broad know-how in market and customer analysis * Proficient in marketing processes & tools * Strong excel, PPT and financial analysis skills * Dealing with ambiguity, influencing * Ability to distill complex information and convey clear and compelling messages, supporting strategy developments * Accountability, results orientation * Continuous learning * Commercially & financially savvy **Additional Locations:**