Product Manager, Wireless Controls

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Competitive awareness with a clear understanding of external market forces, including technologies, that will impact the product line(s) both positively and negatively.
• Ownership of Product Roadmaps for product lines, current and future, for strategic growth.
• Coincide with sales to understand customer needs, market requests/requirements, and translate those requests to product specifications for current and new products.
• Interact with channel partners and end users for VoC feedback regarding the requirements for wireless controls.
• Work closely with NPD regarding product designs and technology.
• Work closely with Operations / Supply Chain regarding demand planning, supplier relationships, quality and delivery of assigned products.
• Competence in the 80/20 process as it applies to product portfolio management. Particularly:
• Product Line Simplification (PLS)
• Customer List Simplification (CLS)
• Zero-up profitability analysis

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Technical competence in wireless controls
• Analytical skills to review a variety of data and make recommendations
• Knowledge of financial reports and analysis as is needed, particularly Income Statements and Product Line P&L reports & Budgets
• Ability to bring together a variety of functions within the company to work as a team in support of objectives of the assigned product
• Possess adequate strategic thought processes to develop annual strategy for assigned product line(s) as well as assist the broader Columbus McKinnon product management team

Required Qualifications

• BS preferred in a technical field such as Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in the role of Product Management preferred
• 5+ years in the application of Material Handling Equipment preferred