Group Manager, Business Development

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As Group Manager, Business Development, you will drive revenue growth, expand market share, and advance innovative product development within low to mid power signal connectors. You will develop business plans and product solutions that align with customer needs while leading sales efforts to achieve targeted growth outcomes. This role requires identifying new opportunities and executing strategies that position the business for sustained success.

This role will have supervision over three direct reports. The position can be performed remotely; however, proximity to our Lisle, IL headquarters is preferred to support collaboration with key stakeholders.

You will be part of Molex's Power and Signal Business Unit (PSBU), focused on delivering innovative connector solutions and driving market expansion. The team partners cross-functionally to align customer insights, product development, and commercial strategy. Together, we are committed to building solutions that meet evolving customer needs and accelerate business growth.

• Manages the core Business Development Managers within PSBU globally for key target markets.
• Drive Voice of the Customer, development of new products, product extensions for overall innovation to meet focused industry and customer requirements – teaming with Product Management, Project Management, Product Design Engineering and Technology leads to drive application solutions.
• Manages all strategic activities within assigned core accounts and markets and leads the work of others.
  • Works with other areas of the organization to provide technical, sales, quality, and service support as needed.
  • Keeps the organization informed of trends, current/future opportunities, and needs at specific accounts and key markets.
• Works closely with Molex Sales Engineers globally, to include training, technical seminars, joint account sales calls, lead generation, technical support, and key account follow up.
• Develops and implements strategic business plans to achieve key revenue, share, and profit goals for assigned markets.
  • This is to include active participation in CAPEX, costing, and pricing analysis for justification of major programs.
• Conducts research to analyze competitive position, market trends, and technological direction at customers with key focus industries.
• Services customers by identifying current and future needs, building relationships, promoting products and technologies.
  • Works with other departments to solve problems as they relate to pricing, delivery and quality.
• Serves as an expert in areas of technology, product needs, market segments, and business processes.
  • Holds product seminars, creates presentations, attends trade shows, provides training and technical support.
• Assists and coordinates the preparation of technical support documentation, product marketing promotion materials, and qualification and testing documents necessary to meet customer or program needs, objectives and goals.
• Travel Expectations: 20%

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years in business development, product management, sales and/or marketing.

• Bachelor's Degree in a business or technical discipline, such as Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Proven technical aptitude toward New Product Development.
• Product Management, Project Management experience.
• Experience in Connectors – appliance, automotive, industrial – or key knowledge of Connector Design including Stamping, Forming, Plating Assembly.
• People supervision experience.

For this role, we anticipate paying $140,000 - $175,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

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