PRODUCT MANAGER

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Product Management Teams manage all aspects of a product, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans in order to meet sales and profit targets.

The Product Manager will be responsible for a specific product technology within the MV Cable Accessories portfolio. The main responsibility will be to achieve consistent and profitable annual growth ahead of the relevant markets. They will work across functions to manage all aspects of the product life cycle from tactical planning to day-to-day activities, with an emphasis on defining and executing the strategic goals associated with the product line.

Responsibilities

• Drives sustaining profitable growth for a well established and innovative Product Line  through Go-To-Market activities, New Product Development and Pricing Initiatives.
• Defines the Regional Product Line strategies for the Portfolio on a 5 year timeline and creates roadmaps for the Product Lines derived from the portfolio strategy and an execution plan. Considers input from the regions to produce a comprehensive strategy in a balanced way.
• Manages gross margin improvements and increases cost competitiveness with creation of business plans for the products, new product developments and product improvements (sustaining, TEBIT).
• Establishes processes for continuous tracking of market prices, target cost analysis per product and consistent cost-out programs.
• Interact with the customer base to understand their strategy and product requirements and to drive internal development activities to support this. 
• Forecast planning for the Product Portfolio (volume, value, margin, production capacity, investments).
• Continuously drive streamlining initiatives to optimize the Product Portfolio.
• Compile and present regular reports on the performance of the product line against the relevant key performance metrics (revenue growth, margin, new product sales, etc).

What your background should look like:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar
• >5 years experience in Product Management or Product Specialist roles in the field of Electrical Power Supply or Electrical Networks 
• Entrepreneurship combined with strategic thinking 
• Good communication skills and abilities to establish and motivate teams in a x-functional environment 
• Result and solution oriented 
• Fluent English with German (desireable)
• Financial analysis 

Competencies