COMPANY PROFILE:
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
- Responsible for collaborating with various teams to develop roadmaps and business cases to support activities around precision construction solutions. Create product requirements and derive timelines to launch. Identify additional business opportunities to support both aftermarket and wholegoods offerings including but not limited to cost savings, new partners, new products. Gather market research and customer needs to design a competitive and customer centric product offering.
- Accountable for the product offering and sharing product announcements that provide availability and capabilities of the product offering to the marketing and sales channels. Developing and managing supplier relationships to ensure successful products.
- Supporting role for relevant innovation projects including providing inputs and materials when possible. Provide high level BOM needs for product offerings. Provide general support to sales, training, and marketing on relevant products.
**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Represent customers and commercial implications when making product development roadmaps.
- Responsible to formalize targets and objectives for key initiatives and work with the product development team to deliver value to customers.
- Responsible for the commercial product development pipeline for market segments.
- Identify key customer needs and priorities and represent them during Product Development planning.
- Identify and pursue partnerships and 3rd parties to support business growth.
- Secure funding for programs.
- Manage key stakeholders.
- Communicate business context to broader organization.
- Lead efforts to develop new business opportunities.
- Maintain an understanding of competitive offerings in the markets served.
- Work with the product development team to develop customer focused metrics to track and deliver value.
KPIs
- Launch of programs (based on project timeline)
- Margins and ROI for product offering both WG and AM
- Clarity and availability of product definitions
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
- BS degree in Engineering or Technology (Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic)
- 5 plus years of experience with electronics engineering
- 3 years of confirmed project/program management.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree highly preferred.
- PM certification (PMP, Agile, PRINCE recommended).
- High Level of communication/negotiation skills (training and certification are recommended).
- Proven understanding of the main product development processes and/or software development processes.
- Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills.
- Strong background in multi-disciplinary team, virtually located, technical and management in a matrixed organization.
- Problem-solving abilities. Ability to identify waste and creatively look for solutions.
- Capacity to be flexible and multitask.
- Proficiency with Microsoft project professional, and sophisticated excel reporting.