Global PLM-Rollable Ribbon Cable

Responsibilities

• Manage the product life cycle.
• Accountability for the product lines P&L, including: revenue attainment, gross margin and operating income.
• Supports sales and marketing efforts by leading research of market opportunities and competitors with existing product line in assigned markets.
• Manages and develops sales and marketing presentations where additional technical expertise is required on specific solutions, applications, architectures, or assigned markets.
• Provides expertise and maintains product evaluations on competitive product offers and acts as main customer contact on issues related to the product.
• Attends trade shows, reviews market / trade publications and interfaces with sales workforce.
• Participates in technology and product roadmap development.
• Develops business cases for new product development including financial evaluations (RR, ROI, OPP, Cost), competitive and market analyses, customer needs, critical success factors, sales justifications, and other business case components.
• Defines target markets / customers and product positioning.
• Develops product definition including price, cost and performance objectives, reliability and functional features, manufacturability, and life cycle forecasts.
• Selects sales channels to distribute products to targeted markets / customers.
• Develops new production introduction plan.
• Responsible for the launch of new products.
• Initiates and participates in the development of all marketing collateral material.
• Establishes sales promotions and special incentive programs.
• Prepares technical databases for proposal generation.
• Develops and conducts product, market and application training.
• Ensures successful transition to manufacturing.
• Supports sales through joint sales calls, conducts product review meetings, establishes and monitors product introduction budget.
• Responsible for profit and loss (P&L), evaluating, recommending and initiating cost reductions, discount analyses and inventory levels.
• Develops and evaluates opportunities for new products and / or line extensions and identifies new target markets and related strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 5-7 years experience in Product Management.