OEM Manager (m/f/d) - Compression Lubricants EMEA

Lubrizol, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a market-driven global company that combines complex, specialty chemicals to optimize the quality, performance and value of customers’ products while reducing their environmental impact.   Lubrizol produces and supplies technologies to customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, driveline and other transportation-related fluids, industrial lubricants, and additives for gasoline and diesel fuel.  In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for home care and personal care products and pharmaceuticals, and specialty materials, including plastics technology and performance coatings in the form of resins and additives.

Purpose of the job

The OEM Manager (m/f/d) is accountable for capturing insights on the future needs of the Gas Compression Lubricant Market and for translating them into potential technical solutions.  She/he is the technical liaison to OEMs and proactively positions Lubrizol’s Compression Lubricant business for future growth by building the innovation pipeline with actionable ideas of defined value.

The role will be home office based in Europe – preferably Germany or France.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships and deliver technical support to OEMs in the Gas Compression Lubricant Market.
• Acquire knowledge of future OEM hardware and oil specification changes and identify core potential opportunities for growth/differentiation.
• Assess and balance short and longer vision opportunities as brought forward in sales opportunities, technical support of existing products and new product development.
• Work closely with Sales and Product Management on prioritizing the projects and provide customer updates on Lubrizol’s innovation initiatives. 
• Engage the global Sales team in assisting in the development of new customer and industry contacts and mining new growth opportunities.   
• Work with refrigeration and industrial business leadership to identify and prioritize key OEM’s for each market segment; assuring that the OEM activities are aligned with business strategies.   
• Actively represent Lubrizol in industry forums, committees and trade associations.
• Publish articles and / or make formal commercial presentations at OEMs, industry meetings and professional forums.
• Gather market intelligence and build relationships with other internal divisions and external groups (especially industry groups, OEMs and customers).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical, scientific or engineering discipline such as Chemistry, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• A minimum of 3-5 years OEM liaison experience, mechanical testing, commercial segments, or similar disciplines preferred 
• Knowledge of the compressor lubricants market space would be a plus
• Experience in active participation in the development of business plans
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and travel as appropriate
• Strength in relationship building
• Excellent communication skills with a background in giving oral and written presentations to customers and industry groups
• Fluent in English and preferably German. French or another European language would be a plus.

We offer

• In this role you will be able to work very independently and have a major impact on the direction and growth of Lubrizol’s compression lubricants business in EMEA
• Develop your professional career in a highly respected, industry leading, multinational company which is part of the Berkshire Hathaway group
• Become part of a culture that is based on accountability and empowerment and that values diversity and acts inclusively
• Be an essential contributor to Lubrizol’s mission – “Enable > 50% reduction in vehicle emissions by 2040, improve the circularity of our products by 25% and improve at least 2 billion lives through our solutions by 2028”