Portfolio Specialist

About Us

Elementis is a global specialty chemical company, with 1,300 employees operating 17 manufacturing sites across the globe. At Elementis, we bring a distinctive combination of expertise, innovation, and teamwork to every formulation challenge. We create high-value specialty additives that enhance the performance of our customers' products and make a positive change in the world. Combining our leading positions in the science of materials flow, surface modification, and formulation with access to unique natural materials, Elementis delivers unique chemistry, sustainable solutions to customers in a wide range of markets, including cosmetics, anti-perspirants, decorative and industrial coatings, automotive and ceramics.

Job Description Summary

The Portfolio Specialist is the operational backbone of portfolio and product life cycle execution. The role ensures that portfolio decisions are accurately implemented across systems, processes, and stakeholders, with strong ownership of PIM governance, SKU data quality, and cross‑functional coordination for product changes, transitions, and fast‑track initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

You drive portfolio execution and operational excellence.

Enable cross-functional execution of portfolio and lifecycle decisions, ensuring accurate implementation across systems, processes, and stakeholders. Support fast, controlled execution of portfolio changes and ensure alignment across functions. You enable fast-track product changes and small projects.

Manage small product iterations, offsets, and fast-track initiatives within the existing portfolio. Coordinate inputs from Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, and Operations to accelerate time-to-market while ensuring governance and data accuracy.

You coordinate product transfers and lifecycle execution.
Manage and coordinate product and SKU transfers across plants, ensuring continuity of supply and accurate execution. Support lifecycle transitions, including new SKU creation, phase-outs, and supply alignment.

You drive PIM governance and product data accuracy.

Own PIM governance and ensure accurate, complete, and consistent product master data across systems. Coordinate product documentation updates and enable data-driven portfolio execution.

You support lifecycle implementation and cross-functional alignment.
Ensure lifecycle decisions are correctly reflected in systems and aligned with Supply Chain planning parameters (e.g. safety stock, lead times). Support SIOP processes and ensure clear communication of portfolio changes across stakeholders.

You provide commercial and customer-facing support.

Act as operational interface for portfolio-related topics, supporting Sales and Marketing with product data, changes, and impacts of portfolio decisions. Ensure clarity towards customers and support execution close to the market

Technical Knowledge and Skills

Strong portfolio execution capability in a complex environment:
Ability to manage detailed portfolio execution across a multi-plant and multi-region environment, ensuring accurate implementation of lifecycle, product, and data changes.

Strong operational and process discipline:
Ensures structured and reliable execution of portfolio processes, balancing speed, accuracy, and compliance across systems and stakeholders.

Cross-functional coordination and stakeholder support:
Collaborates effectively with Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, R&D, and Innovation to enable smooth execution of portfolio decisions and resolve operational challenges.

Data accuracy and systems orientation:
Maintains high-quality product and lifecycle data in PIM and related systems, enabling consistent reporting, decision-making, and execution.

Additional Job Description

Job Competencies

Operational excellence and attention to detail: Ensures portfolio and life‑cycle decisions are translated accurately into systems, data, and execution, minimizing errors and rework.

Coordination and project management: Effectively coordinates multiple stakeholders and tasks to deliver SKU changes, transfers, and fast‑track initiatives on time.

Systems and data affinity: Demonstrates strong aptitude for PIM, ERP, and BI tools, maintaining high‑quality product data and governance.

Clear communication and follow‑up discipline: Communicates status, issues, and next steps clearly and ensures actions are followed through to completion.

Collaborative, solution‑oriented mindset: Works constructively across functions to resolve issues pragmatically and keep portfolio execution moving.

Position Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Chemistry, or related field.

Experience: 3–5 years in product management support, portfolio operations or similar roles.

Skills: PIM/ERP systems, data quality management, project coordination, Power BI familiarity.

Language: Fluent English.

Working arrangements: Porto Based, Hybrid working

Travel: Limited, as required