Product Manager II

About us

Amphenol Network Solutions, headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington, is a division of Amphenol Corporation, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of interconnect products, with global headquarters in Wallingford, Connecticut. Guided by a bold vision to connect people with technology, Amphenol serves a wide range of markets including IT Datacom, Mobile Devices, Mobile Networks, Broadband, Industrial, Automotive, Commercial Aerospace, and Military.

Position Summary

As Product Manager, you will be the owner/advocate of your product line. You will be responsible for increasing the profitability of existing products and developing new products. You will build products from existing ideas and help to develop new ideas based on your interactions with market managers, outside sales and customers. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy. You must enjoy spending time in the business collaborating with other parts of the organization to understand customer's problems and leading other departments in the efforts to find innovative solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Understands and supports successful product line and product family strategies, including growth, product rationalizations and consolidation efforts.
• Develops robust recommendations on future product direction.
• Understands market size, growth rate, trends and market share associated with the product line.
• Mentors other Product Managers and Product Specialists on best practices
• Be recognized internally and externally as a knowledgeable resource on applications, needs analysis and best product fit.
• Clearly understands and can communicate a compelling value proposition for each product.
• Captures new opportunities and initiates development or engineering projects through justifiable business cases that support the strategy
• Manages the “cradle-to-grave” product lifecycle
• Establishes and maintains pricing strategies while optimizing margins and ROI.
• Provides leadership and guidance to product planning, including S&OP, demand planning, inventory, and lead times.
• Recommends product manufacturing strategies in collaboration with Operations
• Generates successful product launches in collaboration with Marketing
• Collects and analyzes competitor product offerings, pricing, market positioning and develops counter-selling strategies against specific competitive products.
• Demonstrates a high degree of technical aptitude and competence and can clearly articulate technical information, applications and solution fit.

Educational and/or Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field
• 5-8 years of product management experience
• Exposure to, or experience in, the telecommunications industry is preferred

Language and People Skills

Must always be able to communicate in a professional manner. This role is working with people daily, you must be a good listener and be able to analyze and problem solve quickly.

Computer Skills

• Must be proficient in the use of MS Office 365, including Teams, Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, and Outlook.
• Tableau and Teamwork experience is beneficial.

Physical Demands

This employee must be able to move 75 pounds, and must be able to sit, stand, and type.

Work Environment

An employee in this position spends time in an office environment interfacing through multiple mediums serving internal and external customers. May travel up to 50%.

Compensation

Pay Range: $100K - $120K

Status

Exempt

Employee Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• HSA/FSA accounts
• Critical Illness
• Hospital Indemnity
• STD
• LTD
• Life
• AD&D
• Retirement with match
• Flexible Schedules
• Holiday Pay
• Vacation Pay
• Sick Pay

Quality Statement

Amphenol Network Solutions is committed to delivering an extraordinary customer experience that meets or exceeds our customer’s requirements and satisfaction as we continually improve the effectiveness of our Quality Management System.

Quality Statement

ANS is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion. ANS complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.