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Vice President, Portfolio Management - VWR Collection

Remote - Pennsylvania · Exec · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$212k-$357kDetected 7 days ago
SalesSupply ChainMedical DevicesLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringAdaptabilityProcurement

About the role

  • Market Intelligence and Competitive Analysis: Leverage market trends, supplier intelligence, customer insights, and competitor analysis to identify whitespace opportunities, risks, and category shifts that inform portfolio strategy.
  • Identify emerging customer needs and market trends.
  • Pricing and Mix Strategy: Establish pricing guardrails, product assortment, and mix strategies that strengthen private label competitiveness, expand share of wallet, and improve gross margin performance across target categories.

Responsibilities

  • The Vice President Portfolio Management - VWR Collection owns the strategy, performance, and long-term value creation of the VWR private label portfolio and is accountable for optimizing category positioning, portfolio mix, pricing, and lifecycle decisions across the end markets we serve.
  • The role is responsible for developing and executing category and portfolio strategies that drive profitable growth, expand proprietary product penetration, strengthen competitive differentiation, and improve customer value globally.
  • Own the financial performance of the VWR private label portfolio globally, including revenue, margin, mix, and growth targets, and lead actions to improve category economics and overall portfolio performance.
  • Monitor financial performance and implement corrective actions as needed.
  • Define and lead multi-year category strategies across multiple product categories, using customer, market, competitive, and financial insights to prioritize opportunities and guide portfolio decisions.
  • Drive new product introduction and portfolio gap assessments.
  • Own the full portfolio lifecycle including assortment planning/rationalization/obsolescence, commercialization, positioning, and pricing of private label product portfolios, ensuring competitiveness, profitability, and strong and supplier partnerships.
  • Partner with sourcing, commercial, marketing, finance, supply chain, legal, quality/regulatory, and other functional stakeholders to bring portfolio priorities to market through effective launch planning, customer targeting, sales enablement, and value proposition development.
  • In collaboration with sourcing, develop strategic relationships with supplier partners.
  • Partner with sourcing and supplier partners to identify innovation opportunities, improve value, mitigate risk, and build a scalable pipeline of differentiated private label offerings.

Requirements

  • They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position.
  • We will use the personal information that you have submitted to us in order to consider your application for the relevant role.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, supply chain, marketing, or a related field
  • advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in category management, portfolio management, product management, strategic sourcing, or related commercial roles.
  • Private label, proprietary, self-manufactured category experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale category strategies, portfolio optimization, pricing, commercialization, and cross-functional execution in a complex, matrixed environment.
  • Global perspective with experience operating across regions, understanding diverse market dynamics, customer segments, and regulatory or supply considerations.
  • Deep expertise in category management, portfolio strategy, and lifecycle management, including assortment, rationalization, and roadmap planning.
  • Demonstrates the ability to evaluate complex business challenges, synthesize diverse sources of information, and make sound, data-driven decisions that advance strategic objectives.

Skills

  • Strong collaboration skills and enterprise mindset to work effectively across sourcing, commercial, operations, finance, and regional teams.

Compensation

  • The expected pre-tax pay for this position is
  • $212,000.00 - $357,075.00
  • Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

Benefits

  • Employees also receive 11 paid holidays, accrue 18 PTO days annually, are eligible for volunteer time off and 6 weeks of 100% paid parental leave (except in states that offer paid family leave).
  • These benefits may not apply to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or those subject to other eligibility rules.

Company info

  • We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Equal opportunity

  • If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
  • Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
  • Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
  • For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Know Your Rights poster.
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