MV SWGR (Medium Voltage Switchgear) Product Manager
About the role
The MV SWGR (Medium Voltage Switchgear) Product Manager is responsible for the product lifecycle management of IEEE AIS and GIS products, including hardware, CPQ configuration software, and start-up services. They lead innovation, development, and delivery, focusing on specialties like AI, Cloud Services, Edge Computing, and customized applications. They also drive growth and product development in the Americas market, ensuring commercial success through partnerships with channel partners.
Responsibilities
- Ownership of the MV SWGR product lifecycle management function, including hardware, CPQ configuration software, and start-up services.
- Coordination with peers to drive innovation, development, and delivery, including specializations for AI, Cloud Services, Edge Computing, and customized applications.
- Enablement of global routes to market to facilitate commercial success, emphasizing fit into Channel Partners' business models.
- Leverage the global Vertiv business development model along with Vertiv's global manufacturing footprint (Americas, Europe, and Asia).
- Enablement of supply bases (both internal Vertiv and third-party suppliers) for competitive fulfillment across all business regions.
- Competitive assessment in the relevant market space, including technology and market partnership opportunities (make vs. buy analysis).
- Identification of emerging market opportunities rooted in technology applications, especially in cloud, colocation, and communications settings.
- Focused on AI growth in the Americas.
- Facilitation of tools CPQ configuration development, content creation, and data management enabling Customers, Partners, and internal / external stakeholders.
- Achievement of positioning as a 'trusted adviser' to customers & channel partners relevant to the target segments.
- Participation in industry groups like IEEE, NEMA, IAIE, etc., and direct drive and facilitation of MV SWGR technical input and requirement specifications for new product development.
- Lead and enable identification, prototyping, and validation of design improvements at the product and system level that improve performance across the system life cycle – including configuration, logistics, packaging, assembly, commissioning, operation, and end-of-life support.
- Take into consideration circular economic factors and EHS (environmental health and safety).
- Work closely with Vertiv Marketing Communications to support MV SWGR literature requirements and regional marketing opportunities like tradeshows.
- Manage other hyper-scale product solutions in the overall SWGR PL business.
- When required, and dictated by make vs. buy analysis, develop and manage brand labeling agreements to round out the overall product portfolio.
- Support SWGR Skid business as it grows and ramps up in the UL region.
Qualifications
- Demonstratable experience in Engineering / Supply Chain or Manufacturing Operations and working with cross-functional teams to identify and execute on priority actions.
- Ability to drive and accept change, continuous improvement processes.
- Must have demonstratable skills with Microsoft office applications, particularly Excel. Smartsheet and Power BI experience beneficial.
- Ability to directly interface with Customers, at the executive and technical levels, required.
- Experience leading cross-functional meetings and presenting to small groups, both in person and via conference call.
- NPDI (New Product Development Introduction) and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Experience.
- Demonstrated curiosity and a lifelong learner.
Preferred Qualifications
- Comfortable working autonomously.
- Experience in introducing new processes to an existing organization.
- Demonstrated competence in problem solving, data analysis, & project management.
- Direct experience in the NEMA (National Electrical Manufacture Association) Low Voltage Electrical Apparatus (less than 600V) equipment space and MV Electrical Equipment Space.
- Direct experience with low voltage (less than 600V) electrical components like circuit breaker, transformers, metering, arc flash mitigation equipment, etc.
- MV Breaker experience as well.
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Ventiv
Ventiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Ventiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Ventiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Ventiv.com to learn more.
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