Senior Market & Product Intelligence manager

Senior Market & Product Intelligence Manager (Tissue Converting)

Providing data-driven insights to support product strategy, business development and competitive positioning across Emerging Markets.

Join Valmet’s Tissue Converting Business Unit as a Senior Market & Product Intelligence Manager and become part of the Product Management team, playing a key role in leading market, product and competitive analysis activities to support business development and product strategy.

This role is focused on delivering clear, data-driven insights, with a strong emphasis on technology and product development within the tissue converting sector.

In this position, your primary focus will be on analyzing market segments, defining product specifications and evaluating competitive positioning. You will contribute to business growth by providing actionable recommendations for future product development, including technical specifications and product characteristics aligned with market needs.

The role operates within an international context, with a particular focus on Emerging Markets (Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific), ensuring alignment between market requirements, product development and competitive dynamics.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Senior Market & Product Intelligence Manager, your responsibilities include:

Market & Product Analysis

• Analyze key market segments to support growth and increase market share

• Evaluate customer needs and define product specifications, performance expectations and line configurations

• Provide recommendations for new product development based on market insights

• Map differences between geographies and identify growth opportunities

• Monitor regulations impacting the business (packaging, water usage, energy consumption, etc.)

• Focus on regional priorities such as:

  • Product and performance needs in emerging markets (Africa, Middle East & Asia Pacific) based on Project Tracker report

  • Price/performance positioning of Chinese & low-cost competitors

  • Develop technical and detailed SWOT analysis to compare company and competitor portfolios

Competitive Intelligence

• Analyze competitors using public sources (web, LinkedIn, industry publications) and internal intelligence (e.g. offers)

• Develop clear insights on competitor products, technologies and value propositions

• Assess price/performance levels to define competitive positioning in each market segment

• Organize and structure information using corporate tools (Valona, Numera, RISI)

• Consolidate data into the competitive intelligence hub

• Analyze competitor financials where available to evaluate performance and positioning

Data-Driven Approach

• Ensure all analyses are based on reliable data and clearly referenced sources

• Clearly explain assumptions behind market estimates

• Deliver structured insights and actionable recommendations for business development and product strategy

Required Experience and Qualification

We are looking for a senior professional with a strong technical background and solid experience in market and competitive analysis within the tissue converting sector.

To succeed in this role, you will have the following profile:

• 5 -10 years of relevant experience, ideally in the tissue industry

• Strong technical background (product/technology understanding is required)

• Proven experience in market analysis, competitive intelligence and product strategy

• Ability to translate data into clear insights and concrete recommendations

• Experience working with multiple data sources and market intelligence tools

• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills

In addition, we appreciate

• Experience in the tissue converting industry or closely related sectors

• Familiarity with competitive intelligence tools and data sources

• Structured and analytical mindset with attention to detail

• Ability to translate market insights into clearly defined product specifications, supporting concrete product development decisions across different regions

What we offer

• Opportunity to play a key role in supporting product strategy and business development in Emerging Markets

• Exposure to global markets and cross-functional collaboration within the Product Management team

• A dynamic and international working environment within Valmet’s Tissue Converting Business Unit

• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a global organization

Travel

• Availability to travel up to 30%

Other Information

• The onboarding program includes two 2-week induction periods in Italy, separated by a return to the home location

• Experience with standard business tools, including Microsoft Office, SharePoint and Power BI (if applicable)

Location

This position is based in Pune, India, with flexible hybrid working practices.