Manager, Product Development

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Join Kyocera International, Inc.

We’re hiring a Manager, Product Development at our Hendersonville, NC location!
Minimum Starting Salary: $105,000 annually
(Final offer based on experience, education, skills, and market factors)

With nearly 80,000 employees worldwide, Kyocera is a global leader in advanced ceramic technologies used in aerospace, automotive, medical, and semiconductor industries. Our materials power everything from smartphones to space shuttles — and we’re just getting started.

We don’t just offer jobs — we offer careers with purpose, stability, and growth. Here’s what you can expect:

• 3 weeks of vacation to start (120 hours/year)
• 10 paid holidays annually

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with company match
• Employer‑paid pension plan

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Flexible schedules

• Onsite gyms, walking tracks, and employee gardens at larger locations
• Long‑tenured team (many with 30+ years of service!)
• Inclusive and diverse workforce
• A company philosophy rooted in doing the right thing as a human being

The Product Development Manager coordinates new customer development and expansion for a specific product line. This includes increasing business within the division’s existing account base, but primarily to expand this base by supporting Sales Engineering efforts and providing technical expertise to production and feedback to counterparts across multiple roles.

• 4‑year degree, engineering preferred
• 8 years’ experience as senior sales engineer or product sales specialist
• Analytical skills including Excel and presentation creation
• Strong sales acumen
• Ability to work well with others internally and externally
• U.S. Driver’s license and ability to legally drive in the U.S.
• Ability to travel up to 50%
• Ability to pass background check
• Eligible to work in an ITAR environment

• Develops and expands specific Division product lines and target markets with an emphasis on core Kyocera Technologies.
• Responsible for specialty programs including monthly sales analysis and metric reporting.
• Maintains goals and metrics for annual Master Plan and booking Plans.
• Drives positive customer interaction and relationship management within new target account base.
• Represents customer requests and perspectives to production and management personnel.
• Generates new business inquiries, explores opportunities for the department, and supports Sales Engineer staff’s development.
• Communicates with counterparts in Japan for pricing, delivery, and technical support.
• Participates and hosts business travel with visiting personnel from international production facilities and management during customer visits in USA.
• Performs all job responsibilities of Sr Sales Engineer for new target account base.
• May supervise sales support staff and lead projects with engineers, sales engineers, and cross‑functional team members.
• Model ethical business practices and accurate reporting.
• Develops and presents highly technical content in a variety of sales settings.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk or hear; regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee…