Segment Manager

Your responsibilities:

• Driving innovation
• Monitoring and understanding the varying market needs
• Developing and managing the marketing mix (4Ps) for entrusted business unit
• Understanding a complex route-to-market and finding innovative responses and concepts
• Leading cross-functional & international teams to develop and implement marketing strategies towards the market
• Developing ACO’s competences in accordance with the vision and strategy of the company
• In cooperation with Product management turning the market intelligence into innovative products, services and concepts
• Providing Marketing communications team with market insights to ensure efficient communication with all the stakeholders
• Inspiring and training internal and external partners
• Developing and managing strategic partnerships for Innovations

Our expectations:

• Experience in business development
• Experience within Food & beverage and/or Foodservice sector
• University education (Technical or Economical), international background
• Fluent English - Business level, any other languages are advantage
• High level of communication skills, ability to lead and inspire people, open listening and analytical mindset, strategic thinking
• Team spirit
• Active driving license, willingness to travel

We offer:

• Challenging work in competitive international environment with diverse multicultural team
• Stable company with strong presence on global market
• Competitive remuneration package
• Flexible working hours incl. homeoffice
• Company car also for personal use
• 5 weeks paid holiday
• Professional Development Programs

ACO is a global family-owned Water-Tech company that protects water from people and people from water. Founded in Schleswig-Holstein in 1946, it operates as a transnational network in over 50 countries. Worldwide, ACO is characterised by a high level of decentralised ownership, and explicit regional market proximity.

With the ACO WaterCycle, ACO provides systems that collect and channel, clean, retain and ultimately reuse water. In this way, ACO contributes to the preservation of clean groundwater as a vital resource, and makes a contribution to tomorrow’s world. For all products and systems, ACO attaches great importance to durability, reusability and a low carbon footprint. The pursuit of sustainability is an ongoing process that we strive to meet every day.

For our international Competence Center focused on managing water in Industrial and Commercial buildings, we are seeking a passionate leader that will drive one of our business units and in cooperation with the international teams will define and implement relevant business model.