Principal Marketing Analyst

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A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Purpose:

This position drives key regional marketing projects with significant long term business development impact. He/She interfaces continually between field sales, strategic marketing, product management, business development and the supply chain groups globally. Projects assigned are focused on providing intelligence and direction on priority market segments, customers and channels to drive sales growth activities within the region.

Responsibilities:

- Develops regional market intelligence for key industries and markets.

- Develops industry “playbooks” to support priority market sales execution.

- Develops regional inventory positions in support of key growth tactics.

- Develops and supports commercial launch strategies for new product launches within region.

- Development and management of promotional programs to create excitement, seed inventory profiles and assist field sales with value proposition execution.

- Tests value proposition of strategic marketing with sales and customers through joint calls to determine value vs. price advantages.

- Promotes the use of and leverages the data in the installed base database.

- Create project plans.

Requirements:

- Project management skills and the ability to identify key milestones and collaborate with other groups to drive results.

- Excellent English communication skills.

- Deep understanding of China bearing industry and China market knowledge.

- Matrix Management-pulling resources in matrix organization.

- Excellent market research and analytical skills.

- Strong Problem Solving Skills.

- Strong Team Skills.

- Learning Agility.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.