The Nidec-Group is looking for a Product Manager to manage the complete life cycle revenue and earnings profile of products, including developing proposals on what products to develop or obsolete, what markets to participate in, and what areas to exit. The goal is to systematically develop a portfolio of products, exploit opportunities amongst related products and product lines, and optimize production sites to deliver profitable growth and raise the standards of competence in the product management team.
Requirements
- Three to five years of Industrial Motor or Drive products or application experience.
- Project Management and new product introduction experience required.
- Sales and profit analysis, advertising and promotion, customer interaction experience preferred.
- Understanding what makes our customer profitable, i.e. cost drivers
- Understanding what their value drivers are, i.e. why their customers buy their products
- Understanding their purchasing process, i.e. how they interpret value
- Computer skills – Microsoft Office Software, and ability to use Oracle, and the Engineering Databases
Responsibilities
- Securing Product or Products, order intake and gross margin in line with the annual budget.
- Securing targeted CAGR for the Product or Products through the professional lifecycle management.
- Managing market pricing through structured market price analysis and price/volume analysis to ensure that products are competitively priced in their targeted markets and regions.
- Ensuring that products and solutions are approved and are present on the Approved Vendor Lists of all key customers in the market.
- Provide contribution to the global product strategy for Product Line Manager approval
- Securing Market Requirement Data, through internal and external studies, to create Market Requirement Specifications that meet customer needs and demands.
- Monitoring and providing an analysis of product growth and profitability, both short and long term, to recommend and implement corrective actions.
Other
- Experience in a core industry, and preferably to have worked with an End-user for a period.
- Excellent understanding of the Product Management role and demonstrate the ability to work in multi-cultural, multi-disciplined teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or technical field. MBA desirable.
- Has a well-developed understanding of marketing, particularly of the capital goods market
- Demonstrated leadership skills
