Technical Marketing Manager

Color Solutions International (CSI), a division of DyStar, is a global leader in color standards and color communication solutions for retailers, brands, and designers. Since 1999, CSI has partnered with design and color management teams to support the entire color workflow — from initial inspiration and selection through final product delivery — ensuring precise, consistent, and reliable color execution across the supply chain.

At CSI, we combine innovation, technology, and industry expertise to shape how color is developed, communicated, and realized worldwide. We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Marketing Manager with deep expertise in Color Science, textile dyeing processes, and retail color management. This role requires strong industry knowledge of color formulation, color measurement technologies, and commercial color software solutions.

The ideal candidate will have experience implementing color management and color approval systems within the retail supply chain, working closely with brands, mills, and manufacturing partners to improve color accuracy, efficiency, and workflow integration. This individual will define the global market strategy for the CSI portfolio, lead new product development initiatives and industry partnerships, and establish global pricing policies and profit targets.

Working closely with Sales, Key Accounts, and cross-functional partners worldwide, this role serves as a critical link between technical innovation, commercial strategy, and customer success — strengthening CSI’s leadership in color standards, digital color solutions, and global color communication.

CSI provides a comprehensive suite of products and services, including both physical and digital Color Standards that can be custom color-matched or selected from our ColorWall or Color Library. We offer custom-made Design Tools — available in over 150 formats — to support internal color communication and collaboration. Our advanced web-based tools, Palette Builder and ColorFlow®, manage color selection, palette creation, and color approval workflows for many of the world’s leading brands and retailers. Through DyStar’s global technical support network in major production countries, we help brands reduce lead times, improve accuracy, and uphold color quality from design to production.

With global distribution, traceability solutions, advanced color management tools, and a commitment to environmentally responsible practices, CSI empowers designers, color managers, and supply chain partners to make confident and consistent color decisions — enhancing brand integrity and accelerating time to market.

Key Responsibilities and Business Decisions:

• Create and align product and service strategies with sales. This area of responsibility ensures revenue targets are met and margins are maintained.
• Provide innovation to ensure customer needs are met through products and services that drive increased sales and profit.
• Provide analysis of current business, market intelligence, and competitive environment to the management team. This information is used to develop the company's directions and strategy.
• Collaborate with CSI efforts internationally to drive market growth and align with local sales strategies.
• Assist Sales with Key account management by supporting product/service technical support and creative innovations.
• Oversee the promotion, support, and growth of the Color Library and CSI ColorSpace. This area is key not only to the growth of Color Library sales but also to the development of trend service products to support future growth with new customers.
• Promotion of the CSI Brand and products through the creation of promotional materials, including presentations, participation in professional associations, social media, and web content.
• Provide product and process improvement of existing products, services, and processes. CSI products, such as ColorWall, require updates and product management. These products provide continued revenue growth at existing and new customers.
• Manage the Promotion, Specification, and delivery of CSI ColorFlow and CSI Palette Builder. This includes managing the relationship with the 3rd party programming partner.
• Manage external relationships with AATCC and other business partners to promote CSI through professional networking and collaboration with companies in the same market. Trend Services, software companies, etc.
• Provide technical support to customers and employees within the organization on topics such as Color Science, Color Management, and Color execution.

Supervisory Responsibility: NONE

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Marketing, Business, or a technical-related field required.
• Position requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in the dyestuff/chemical/textile industry. This implies in-depth knowledge of textile applications, textile markets, customers, and textile end-users.
• Computer, financial, manufacturing, and marketing-related training or experience desired. Excellent communication and writing skills necessary.
• Must have organization, planning, decision-making, problem-solving, product management, and supervisory capabilities.
• Demonstrated and advanced knowledge of color science and color communication, along with their use in the Retail environment.

This is an On-Site role in Charlotte, North Carolina, (not open to hybrid or remote).

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

CSI/DyStar is an Equal Opportunity Employer