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Nutrition Portfolio Manager
Summary:
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About this Role:
The Portfolio Manager will play a critical role in driving global sustaining activities for Baxter’s Clinical Nutrition Solutions portfolio. This position serves as the Marketing Lead on the Product Core Team and will partner cross-functionally to ensure seamless execution of operational processes, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement across the portfolio’s lifecycle.
This individual will combine strong analytical capabilities, operational acumen, and cross-functional collaboration skills to enhance inventory management, optimize marketing asset utilization, and support long-term portfolio sustainability. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable influencing across multiple levels of the organization.
Critical responsibilities include:
Product Core Team Leadership
Serve as the Marketing Lead on the global Product Core Team for the Clinical Nutrition Solutions portfolio.
Represent marketing perspectives in cross‑functional discussions, ensuring alignment with commercial, supply chain, regulatory, and R&D stakeholders.
Support global product lifecycle planning, including sustaining activities, label changes, and supply continuity initiatives.
Operational Excellence & Sustaining Portfolio Support
Lead global sustaining marketing activities, including change control assessments, commercial readiness reviews, and stakeholder communication.
Monitor ongoing product performance, identifying risks, gaps, and opportunities to improve operational efficiency and support commercial teams.
Partner with Quality, Regulatory, and Supply Chain to ensure compliant, timely updates to marketing assets, customer-facing materials, and product documentation.
Inventory Management & Data-Driven Insights
Support global efforts to reduce slow‑moving and no‑moving inventory through proactive analysis and cross‑functional collaboration.
Analyze global demand, historical trends, and supply signals to recommend actions that mitigate supply risk and improve service levels.
Translate data insights into clear recommendations for commercial planning, demand forecasting, and product allocation strategies.
Marketing Asset Lifecycle & End-of-Life Strategy
Create and execute structured end-of-life strategies for marketing assets impacted by product, regulatory, or labeling changes.
Lead planning and governance processes for retiring outdated content and ensuring seamless transition to updated assets.
Develop asset tracking mechanisms to support compliance, accuracy, and efficient use of marketing…