Sr Analyst / Specialist - Product Management Support (Materials Science)

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Job Number: 4483

External Description: A career at Merck is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 52,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in healthcare, life science and performance materials. For 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others.

A career at Merck is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 52,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in healthcare, life science and performance materials. For 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY

In this role as Sr. Analyst or Specialist you will support the Materials Science product management (PM) team in managing a specific product line or by providing support for various product categories.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

This position supports the product area with technical content and digital projects that are critical to drive our business. Materials Science is a rapidly growing product area within Merck's Lab and Specialty Chemical business. The product management team operates as the hub by coordinating product development, innovation, marketing, and commercial efforts. Our products include monomers, polymers, nanomaterials, electronic chemicals, thin-film materials, metals, and the advanced chemicals used to make them.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Responsibilities will include:

  • Product content optimization of our core products targeted for a broad customer base
    • Content creation and SEO for top 3K products
    • Enhance documentation and review product attribute for all products
  • Improve web traffic and product searchability for our first-to-market Innovative portfolio
  • Write/review technical articles, protocols, application guide for our innovative products
  • Web content management
  • Engage with product management on different projects to learn the basics of product management


Additional tasks include driving growth through marketing campaigns, competitive pricing, availability, and selection and launch of new products. The position will also assist in new product introductions and technical marketing content generation for other product groups within materials science. Additionally, the candidate is expected to support team efforts as assigned in order to meet department, business unit, and company objectives.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

At least a Master's degree in Material Chemistry/chemical engineering/Chemistry or marketing

Experience:
  • Understanding of key competitors within the life science chemicals market
  • 1-2 years of experience in scientific content writing is preferred, or demonstrated writing skills
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze market data to gather actionable insights
  • Experience in digital marketing, business development, product management, tactical marketing, technical support, R&D, sales or some combination thereof will be an added advantage
  • Experience in web and google analytics usage is a plus


TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES / SKILLS

  • Familiarity with current research and trends in Materials Science
  • Advanced understanding of scientific concepts, research experiments and scientific literature with minimum guidance; ability to do extensive scientific literature searches and identify important research ideas with minimum guidance; ability to identify important sources of new research trends with minimum guidance
  • Advanced ability to use appropriate keywords to acquire relevant search results with no guidance; understand the trending research areas from sources like Google Scholar, high-tier journals and NCBI with minimum guidance
  • Excellent oral and written communication with members of the team; Good oral and written communication and with external and internal customers; ability to resolve communication challenges faced with external and internal customers
  • Advanced business acumen
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Office


What we offer: At Merck, there are always opportunities to break new ground. We empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. We trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join us and bring your curiosity to life!

Curious? Apply and find more information at come2merck.com

What we offer: With us, there are always opportunities to break new ground. We empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. We trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join us and bring your curiosity to life!

Curious? Apply and find more information at come2merck.com

Job Number: 180691

Community / Marketing Title: Sr Analyst / Specialist - Product Management Support (Materials Science)

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