Product Manager - Power Cords, Chargers and Medical Surge
About the Role
Eaton's Global Distributed IT organization is seeking a Product Manager - Power Cords, Chargers and Medical Surge in Woodridge, IL. The role plans, manages, and oversees short‑term tactical plans, long‑term strategic objectives, and business plans for D‑IT’s ~$30M annual revenue Power Cords, Chargers and Medical Surge product lines. The PM maintains relationships with global manufacturing and engineering, marketing, and other stakeholders, manages metrics (sales volume, market penetration, price realization, profitability, product quality), determines forecasts, participates in forecasting, and drives new product introduction.
Responsibilities
- Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of assigned product lines (concept → launch → sustain → EOL).
- Increase revenues, market share, and margins.
- Develop new business opportunities.
- Perform market research to identify new vertical markets and track economic conditions affecting IT and electrical industries.
- Research market needs and trends to develop and own product roadmaps.
- Develop clear value propositions by vertical (Corporate, Education, Healthcare, Industrial).
- Build product roadmaps aligned with market transitions.
- Determine annual profit plan and drive sales and marketing initiatives to meet forecasts by developing annual sales plans per region.
- Analyze competitors and identify displacement opportunities.
- Track standards and technologies and translate market trends into actionable product requirements.
- Build sales tools: battlecards, positioning briefs, presentations, objection handling.
- Train sales and channel partners.
- Identify and participate in tradeshows and conferences and conduct sales calls.
- Support key customer and integrator engagements as the product authority.
- Act as primary liaison between Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Support.
- Drive requirements clarity, prioritize features based on customer impact, and manage tradeoffs transparently.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Minimum of three (3) years of Product Management experience.
- Willing to travel up to 25%.
- No relocation assistance; candidates must be located within a 50‑mile radius of Woodridge, IL (Active Duty Military Service Member candidates exempt).
- Eaton will not consider applicants requiring employment immigration sponsorship or support (no CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, F‑1 to H‑1B, H‑1B cap registration, etc.).
- Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or related field.
- Preferred: Demonstrated track record driving product line growth.
- Preferred: Understanding of Product Development processes or similar stage‑gate processes.
- Preferred: Experience with SAP, Enovia, CRM, and Office 365 Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI).
Benefits
Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. For more detail, see the Eaton Benefits Overview. Specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay
The expected annual salary range for this role is $80,000 - $126,000 a year. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, qualifications, and market and business considerations.