Product Manager - America

Duties & Responsibilities

• Articulate market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape
• Conduct market segmentation exercises to develop market segment-specific strategies
• Conduct competitive analysis and benchmarking
• Define segment-specific value propositions that beat the competition
• Develop product roadmaps that align with business strategy
• Design go-to-market strategy, inclusive of channel strategy and partnerships
• Work with R&D and operations in the development of new products to meet current and future customer requirements
• Manage the product lifecycle
• Define resource requirements necessary to execute the product roadmap
• Work cross-functionally to define sales, technology, and operations strategies and goals, in line with financial goals. Build consensus on specific tasks.
• Establish pricing policy
• Develop the annual operating plan (Sales and gross or standard margin)
• Be the opportunity champion for PAC projects
• Plans product launches, including the development of marketing and sales plans
• Provide demand forecast inputs to S&OP
• Attend customer meetings in support of winning new business
• Exercise thought leadership
• Provide inputs to Marcom for the development of collateral, including e-commerce
• Manage the P&L (sales and gross or standard margin) for the assigned portfolio
• Deliver sustained profitable growth
• Enable sales to promote product line via training and the development of collateral materials that help articulate the value proposition
• Manage special price requests
• Track progress to the business plan and facilitate resolution to gaps
• Be the champion for resolution of product issues (e.g., quality, delivery, etc.)

  What your background should look like

  • Minimum 5 years of professional experience with at least 1-3 years of experience in Product Management
  • Experience in Automotive or Heavy Duty Transportation (truck, buses, construction equipment) is a must
  • Experience in Sensor is a big plus (can drive to higher compensation)
  • Experience with a global company and international business is a plus

  Education

  • Bachelor degree
  • Master Degree-preferred

  Location

  Great Lakes, preferably Detroit area (where the customers are located)

  Competencies

  TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.

  We have more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, who work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

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  Compensation

  • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $139,300 - 209,000 (subject to change dependent on physical location)

  Benefits

  A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.

  EEO, Including Disability/Vets

  Important Notice Regarding Recruitment Fraud