WHO WE ARE
We are a leading supplier of methacrylate chemistry. As a global company with around 2,800 employees, we are represented on three continents. We serve a global market with our MERACRYL® methacrylates and PMMA molding compounds under the PLEXIGLAS® brand (in the Americas registered under the trademark ACRYLITE®), which we manufacture in our worldwide production network. Our products supply growth markets including the automotive, construction, and medical technology industries.
Röhm is committed to operating with social responsibility, and sustainability forms an integral part of our business strategy. We view our employees as our strength, and we value diversity and inclusion. If you thrive in an environment where individual contributions are both visible and recognized, Röhm may be right for you.
WHAT THE ROLE DELIVERS
The Business Performance & Strategy Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, operating and continuously improving the business management system for the Methacrylate Resins Americas Business Unit. Serving as a senior individual contributor and cross-functional business integrator, the position translates complex and often unstructured business needs into standardized processes, reliable data, decision-ready insights and executable action plans. The position owns the governance and integration of business planning, forecasting, performance management, pricing and profitability analytics, market intelligence, inventory and working capital analytics, business intelligence, management reporting and the strategic project portfolio. Operating without direct reports, the Manager provides functional leadership across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Controllership, Supply Chain, Logistics, IT and other supporting functions. The Business Performance & Strategy Manager independently builds processes and tools from the ground up, establishes a single source of truth, challenges assumptions, drives cross-functional accountability and personally maintains the critical models, dashboards, reports and management routines required by the business.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Business Planning and Performance Management:
Own and manage the integrated business planning and performance management cycle, including annual budget, rolling forecasts, midterm planning, scenario analysis and monthly Business Reviews.
Design the planning calendar and define required inputs, assumptions, owners, deadlines, review steps and approval requirements.
Integrate and reconcile commercial, financial, market, supply chain and inventory assumptions into one documented business outlook.
Analyze actual performance against budget, forecast, prior year and strategic targets and quantify the impact of volume, price, mix, cost and other business drivers.
Develop forward-looking risk, opportunity and scenario analyses and provide clear management recommendations.
Prepare concise, decision-ready executive materials for regional and global leadership.
Data Governance, KPIs and Business Intelligence:
Design and govern the Business Unit KPI architecture, including definitions, formulas, ownership, sources, update frequency, targets, tolerances and escalation thresholds.
Establish and maintain a single source of truth across business reporting and reconcile differences among SAP, CRM, Finance, Controllership, Supply Chain and local data sources.
Develop and maintain KPI charters, a business data dictionary, reporting standards and validation controls.
Build and personally maintain Power BI dashboards, data models and automated reporting solutions using Power Query, DAX or comparable tools.
Create executive, management and operating reports that explain business drivers and support decisions.
Reduce manual reporting, eliminate redundant reports and strengthen version control and traceability.
Document calculations, data sources, controls and update procedures and train users on standard tools.
Monitor adoption and continuously improve reporting processes…