Eaton's IS VEH EMB division is seeking a Product Strategy Manager - Global Power Conversion to develop and execute the product line strategy for inverters and converters, primarily for the heavy-duty commercial, construction, and agriculture sectors, aiming to drive growth and secure customer confidence.
Requirements
- Market Strategy knowledge/experience for electrical products or automotive /commercial vehicle components.
- Knowledge of electrical power protection products ..eg. breakers. Preferably within the automotive, heavy duty commercial , construction, and/or agriculture sector.
- Ability to foresee market trends and propose solutions with confidence
- Knowledge of regional automotive/ vehicle suppliers and their products.
- Competitor product knowledge .
- Experience in financial analysis especially in the areas of sales growth, profitability, and cost analysis.
- Ability to anticipate emerging issues that have the potential to impact revenue and profits.
Responsibilities
- Lead the growth strategy, including leadership reviews communicating product top priorities, growth opportunities, business risks and opportunities, demo plan, competitive landscape and contribute to commercial and pricing strategies.
- Works across sectors to ensure strong alignment of Power Conversion innovations, products, and customer strategies into the Electrical Sector and Bussmann groups through Global Product Councils and with alignment with PMCC in EMEA.
- Partners with sales organizations to develop and drive execution of customer engagement strategies and achieves targeted commercial wins in accordance with PC’s strategic growth plans
- Collects and communicates Voice of Customer (VOC) inputs used to generate new product innovations to solve customer needs, often above and beyond immediate requests.
- Develops and executes strategic growth plans and business development strategy to achieve targeted eMobility revenue levels
- Provide investment recommendation to segment leadership team for organic and inorganic opportunities in partnership with eMobility product strategy team, while managing investment portfolio to optimize growth
- Responsible for developing strategies around supporting codes and standards initiatives and industry relationships for eMobility by representing Eaton in electrical vehicle industry task force groups.
Other
- This role will require ~ 15% -20% travel.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, business administration or related field from an accredited institution.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in sales, marketing, program management, manufacturing, product management, product planning or engineering.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship both now and in the future.
- MBA or equivalent preferred in Engineering or Business .
