Business Unit Director, Films & Rigid Packaging - Remote in Midwest or Northeast

We are Techmer PM — the world’s foremost materials design firm, creating custom polymers that make up essential products. Through our long-standing partnerships with processors, original equipment manufacturers, and product designers, we’ve worked for decades to tackle manufacturing and business challenges through sustainable, future-minded solutions.

We are currently seeking a Business Unit Director for our Film & Rigid Packaging business unit. This will be a remote position with travel to sites and customers. The salary range for this position is $170K and up, dependent upon previous experience. 

Benefits include:

• Eligible for medical benefits on your first day!
• High deductible health plan offering that includes up to $1,000 towards your Health Savings Account (HSA) per year.
• Free Teledoc membership included when you enroll in medical benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program which includes 5 free counseling sessions per year and access to free legal guidance
• 401(k) with 6% company match. You are 100% vested from Day 1 of contribution
• Free investment consultative services for your 401(k) plan.
• Company paid disability and life insurance
• 10 vacation days per year (pro-rated your first year)
• 10 company-paid holidays
• 2 weeks of parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement with up to a $20,000 lifetime maximum
• Annual salary reviews and bonus opportunities
• Salary employees are paid biweekly

Job Purpose: 

Ownership of the Film & Rigid Packaging business, customers and commercial team.

Key Responsibilities: 

Manage the team, sales and margin for the Film & Rigid Packaging business.

Core Competencies: 

• Business management
• Team leadership and development
• Financial acumen
• Customer collaboration and relationship building
• Internal leadership within Techmer to grow the business
• Understanding of Film & Rigid Packaging business

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Ability to manage, lead and develop a commercial team.
• Film and Rigid Packaging technology, applications and drivers of value.
• Expert in sales processes, negotiations, value propositions; Able to lead marketing individuals with mid- and long-term development projects.
• Understanding of financial drivers for the P&L, balance sheet for a business.
• Internal collaboration and leadership to gain buy-in from internal stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements: 

• Minimum 10 years' experience in the plastics business, preferably in Film & Rigid Packaging markets. 
• Bachelor's degree in business, sciences.
• MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years in customer facing roles.

Expectations: 

1. Manage the Film and Rigid Packaging business for all applications. Manage a team of sales engineers and marketing professionals as part of a market facing organization for these products and applications.
2. Own customer facing part of organization for Film & Rigid Packaging applications, driving programs to deliver growth in sales and margins. Work with customers to support the creation of new business and protect the existing business.  Understand the drivers for new and existing business.  Work with supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, technology and other teams to drive business growth.
3. Business requires management of a multitude of complex concepts and business situations, requiring high level involvement from internal stakeholders with key top leadership at a large array of customers.
4. Able to develop and present strategic plans, investment plans at executive leadership team and board level meetings. Capable of collaborating as well as challenging board management team members. Provides guidance to leadership with positive and negative news regarding specific business and customer situations.
5. Strong financial, business and marketing acumen to provide direction to various roles within the organization. Able to digest financial information related to business performance and make fast decisions about policies, customer strategies and internal activities to support positive outcomes.