Senior Director, Global Commercial

**Why Valvoline Global Operations?**

At **Valvoline Global Operations**, we’re proud to be **The Original Motor Oil**, but we’ve never rested on being first. Founded in 1866, we introduced the world’s first branded motor oil, staking our claim as a pioneer in the automotive and industrial solutions industry. Today, as an affiliate of **Aramco**, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we are driven by innovation and committed to creating sustainable solutions for a better future.

With a global presence, we develop **future-ready products** and provide **best-in-class services** for our partners around the world. For us, originality isn’t just about where we began; it’s about where we’re headed and how we’ll lead the way. **We are originality in motion.**

Our corporate values—**Care, Integrity, Passion, Unity, and Excellence**—are at the heart of everything we do. These values define how we operate, how we treat one another, and how we engage with our partners, customers, and the communities we serve. At Valvoline Global, we are united in our commitment to:

- Treating everyone with care.
- Acting with unwavering integrity.
- Striving for excellence in all endeavors.
- Delivering on our commitments with passion.
- Collaborating as one unified team.

When you join **Valvoline Global**, you’ll become part of a culture that celebrates creativity, innovation, and excellence. Together, we’re shaping the future of automotive and industrial solutions.

**How You’ll Make an Impact**

Valvoline has a rewarding opportunity as a Senior Director, Global Commercial & Industrial Product Strategy (C&I) reporting directly to the VP of Product Strategy & Management. This is a hybrid opportunity, 2 days remote per week.

The Global C&I Product Strategy is responsible for the commercial and industrial product strategy for Valvoline Global Operations. The role is the conduit between the regional business units and the supply chain to drive organization growth. The leader should utilize global processes (Innovation Master Plan creation, New Solutions Development, target margins, etc.) that have been created to build cross functional collaboration.

The Global C&I Product Strategy will implement the 3 main pillars of Product Strategy:
1. Product Discovery - Identifying customer unmet needs

2. Product Planning - Creating the innovation roadmap

3. Product Development - New solutions development process

We whole-heartedly adopt a ‘never idle' mindset. We also know that outstanding service begins and ends with our employees. So, we’re looking for good people to join our team. You bring your skills, talent, and drive. We will give you a great place to work, a competitive salary and benefits, and the resources and support to develop and advance within our global company.

**Responsibilities Include**

The Global Heavy Duty Product Strategy directs a team comprised of Product Managers located in key growth regions for Valvoline Global Operations. The HD Product Strategy team will have ownership of the global product portfolio.
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Product Discovery**: Utilize market, enterprise, and business unit data to build a vision of the global future for the VGO commercial and industrial product portfolio. Drive consumer research to create research plans that will identify consumer unmet needs and answer critical business questions to unlock innovation pathways. Constantly ideate against strategic business questions. Evaluate the competitive landscape and identify portfolio gaps and claims opportunities.
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Product Planning**: Create a long-term product portfolio vision. Develop a 5-year innovation road map (product, package, portfolio) that is aligned to the corporate and business unit strategies. Maintain the road map based on market and business unit trends. Help prioritize product related projects for the organization. Maximize product profitability for the portfolio by identifying and maintaining regional target margins. Be the center of excellence for VGO innovation.
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Product Development**: Follow the New Solutions Development stage gate process for all new initiatives. Create gate documents for all products on the innovation master plan. Lead key initiatives globally to drive international harmonization of the Valvoline product portfolio. Cross-connect between all Valvoline segments to deliver single solution branding and product promises for customers & consumers. Conduct Strategic Portfolio Reviews in accordance with annual timelines to determine long term strategic fit vs. competition along with market opportunities for innovation refinement.
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Coach & Mentor**: Develop team members. Manage International direct reports. Create annual goals and development plans. Ensure the global team is following project management processes, providing clear agendas, project timelines and meeting recaps. Respond to escalated project issues that the Project Manager’s may face that impede project delivery and