Position Title:  Director Marketing

Location: 

US

Job Category:  Marketing
Shift:  Shift 1
Full Time / Part Time:  Full-Time
Job Level:  Director
Approximate Travel:  25%
Job Description: 

Summary:

This role is responsible for driving the strategic direction and execution of marketing initiatives and processes for our Elastomeric Materials Solutions Division.

This role will be reporting to the Sr. Vice President and General Manager of the EMS Division.

 

Essential Functions:

 

  • Responsible for the development and execution of organic and inorganic growth strategies that deliver sales and earnings growth for the division, including identification and execution of M&A and alliances needed to achieve strategic objectives. Ensures R&D programs are well aligned with customer and market needs and there is clear resource alignment and prioritization between marketing and technology groups. Creates annual plans that detail division's value propositions for our target growth markets, applications, new product development, service models and market channel(s).
  • Leads and manages the marketing function, including market development, product management, marketing communications and technical support. Ensures the use of rigorous marketing tools and best practices. 
  • Works closely with the Product Line and Regional Sales Directors to ensure alignment of resources focused on key customer engagements with strategic marketing initiatives.
  • Responsible for maintaining a highly skilled and motivated team of marketing and technical service and development professionals. Ensures training and development of employees. 
  • Actively participates as a member of the division's Senior Leadership Team.
  • Partners with SVP/GM in the alignment of division's strategies with Rogers corporate objectives and cross business unit initiatives, and in the communication to the progress of those plans. 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Marketing or related field. May consider equivalent work experience in lieu of degree. 
  • 10 + years of related technical marketing experience in a business-to-business relationship
  • 7 + years of leadership experience managing a staff of professionals. 
  • Marketing experience must include working in business units with annual sales of $100 million or more. 
  • Demonstrated success with formal marketing systems and processes such as strategic planning, forecasting, competitive analysis, market research, new product development and launch, marketing communication, and value pricing.
  • Experience working with international customers, including regular contact and travel to Europe and Asia. 
  • MBA with Marketing Concentration not required but preferred. 
Additional Qualification Details:  No additional requirement needed

Who We Are and What We Are All About:

Rogers Corporation makes tomorrow's innovations possible. Help build a cleaner, safer and more connected world with a career at Rogers, where we make tomorrow’s innovations possible. We rely on a talented workforce to develop our cutting edge, market-leading material technologies. Our global team develops innovative specialty materials and components that enable technology in a wide array of high-growth markets. Our customers expect high performance and reliability, so we are always looking for people who can improve processes, get results and represent a best-in-class organization. People are at the heart of all our operations, and we encourage our employees to act with integrity, creativity and excellence to help drive results worldwide.

Why Work for Rogers:

It is our commitment to get “Results, but Results the Right Way.” Rogers offers an exceptional work environment and a value-driven culture modeled by leadership. Employees have access to developmental opportunities as well as top-notch benefits and incentive programs. Come join a winning team!

Rogers Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, as well as other protected groups.

About Rogers Corporation:

At Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), we're changing how the world uses technology. We are a global leader in materials technology and manufacturing, producing engineered materials to power, protect and connect our world. With nearly 200 years of materials science and engineering experience, Rogers delivers high-performance solutions that enable global Advanced Electronics Solutions and Elastomeric Material Solutions, as well as other technologies where reliability is critical. Rogers enables the world’s leading innovators to achieve greater performance, speed to market and reliability through our renowned technical solutions support, problem-solving and application engineering capabilities. Rogers delivers market-leading solutions for energy-efficient motor drives, vehicle electrification and alternative energy, sealing, vibration management, and impact protection in mobile devices, transportation interiors, industrial equipment and performance apparel, wireless infrastructure and automotive safety and radar systems. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona (USA), Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and South Korea, with joint ventures and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.rogerscorp.com.