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As a Growth Excellence Manager (m/f/d), you'll lead high-impact, project-based initiatives across New Customer Growth (NCG), Existing Customer Growth (ECG), and Pricing. You will be delivering measurable value for Covestro's Business Entities and the organization as a whole.
This role uniquely blends structured problem solving, commercial acumen, and hands-on execution. You'll serve as a subject-matter expert and act as the critical bridge between business requirements and digital/AI enablement, including serving as Product Manager for the digital solutions supporting NCG and ECG. Beyond individual Business Entities, you'll identify and drive cross-BE growth opportunities where shared approaches, common frameworks, and scalable solutions unlock value that no single BE could achieve alone.
This role could also be located in Pittsburgh, Shanghai, or Hong Kong. If you interested in any of these positions, please apply as follows:
For Pittsburgh, please apply to Job Requisition JR-2026-00694
For Hong Kong, please apply to Job Requisition JR-2026-00696
For Shanghai, please apply to Job Requisition JR-2026-00697
In addition to our wide range of benefits, full-time employees can expect an attractive starting salary ranging from 111.300 €/year to 139.100 €/year, plus a variable component. The starting salary is based on your qualifications and professional experience.
Your Key Responsibilities:
Lead High-Impact Growth Initiatives
1. Own and steer initiative clusters across New Customer Growth (NCG), Existing Customer Growth (ECG), and Pricing, translating business challenges into structured project plans with clear milestones, owners, and measurable value targets
2. Co-lead cross-BE pilots to validate and scale proven approaches, taking on next-wave Growth Excellence priorities as focus areas mature
Drive Execution and Deliver Results
3. Run hands-on funnel diagnostics, win-rate analyses, and customer lifecycle assessments while supporting BE commercial routines like pipeline reviews and win rooms
4. Develop sharp, executive-ready business cases and progress updates that communicate impact with clarity
Champion Digital & AI Enablement
5. Serve as Product Manager for NCG/ECG digital solutions, partnering with Digital & AI squads to translate business needs into actionable backlog items
6. Drive seller adoption of platforms like C4C and DICE, champion CRM data quality, and contribute to the commercial performance cockpit and analytics insights
Connect Across Business Entities
7. Identify and lead cross-BE growth topics where shared frameworks, unified data models, or joint go-to-market approaches unlock value beyond individual BE boundaries
8. Facilitate best-practice sharing, codify playbooks and operating guides, and harmonize metrics to enable scalable, comparable performance across the organization
Build Capability and Coach for Impact
9. Coach sellers and front-line managers on prospecting, qualification, expansion plays, and conversion
10. Contribute to Sales Academy content to build lasting commercial capability across the organization
Engage and Influence Stakeholders
11. Serve as a credible, trusted partner to BE commercial leaders, aligning initiatives to their priorities and preparing executive-ready materials for CCO updates
12. Support execution of the EVOLVE bankable plan and backfill initiatives as needed to maintain momentum
What You Bring:
Basic Qualifications:
13. Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience in B2B commercial roles (sales, marketing, pricing, strategy, or consulting) or a Master’s degree and minimum of 6 years of experience in B2B commercial roles (sales, marketing, pricing, strategy, or consulting)
Preferred Qualifications:
14. Degree in Business, Management, Economics or a technical field
15. MBA
Knowledge and Skills:
16. Demonstrated delivery of measurable commercial impact in NCG/ECG or adjacent commercial domains
17. Experience working with digital/AI-enabled commercial tools and product squads
18. Strong analytical rigor; comfort with CRM, funnel analytics, and performance dashboards
19. Commercial depth and structured problem solving; translates strategy into outcomes
20. Effective project leader; plans, prioritizes, and executes hands-on in agile, lean settings
21. Digital fluency; bridges business and tech, drives adoption and data quality
22. Change agent with strong influencing skills without formal authority
23. Clear, concise communicator; executive-ready storytelling with impact
24. Collaborative, global orientation; pragmatic and outcomes-focused
This position is generally a full-time role. Would you prefer to work part-time? If so, please feel free to apply, stating your preferred percentage of working hours.
Perfection? Not required!
The requirements are not met 100%, but you are still interested in the position? Are you curious, courageous and colorful as we are? No problem!
We'll tackle this together - as a team! With proper onboarding and tailored development opportunities.
Apply now!
We look forward to receive your application! Become #1ofUs!
Anyone who wants to contribute to a better world with Covestro can also expect a lot.
We want you to feel at home at Covestro. To feel you’re treated fairly and transparently. That means financial security, a healthy work-life balance and generous benefits.
Specifically, it means for us: flexible working hours, the compatibility of family and work, active health promotion and the ability to convert part of your salary into long-term or retirement savings. And that's not all.
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