Americas Product Manager - Guiding

Americas Product Manager - Guiding

Global Product Manager – Guiding

Product Management

A key requirement for this role is a strong technical understanding of guides and sensors matched with a solid understanding of business profit and loss, costing, pricing, and commercial principles. This role supports the Global Product Manager for developing and leading a global product strategy. Beginning with Voice of Customer, Global Product Management plans, organizes, and controls the implementation of guiding solutions in the converting and related markets, through conceptual stages and product life cycles in order to optimize profit and meet marketing, financial, and corporate growth objectives.

Responsibility includes supporting the regions of Americas, EMEA and APAC; with some focus on a specific region. This role is designed to develop into a Global Product Manager position over time. This position is based in Oklahoma City, OK and relocation is required, if necessary.

• Support the direction of the overall global guiding technology strategy, research and development requirements, and manufacturing coordination for new and emerging products.
• Supports product lifecycle from cradle to upgrade.
• Supports new products throughout the NPD stage gate process.
• Provides technical expertise and training to other departments and sales teams.
• Defines customer/market/product parameters with an emphasis on digital technology, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, etc. with clear focus on unmet customer needs and generating clear customer value and monetizing that value.
• Collaborates with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product technology solutions for customer needs and market opportunities.
• Coordinates with the Marketing Digital Technology manager on how to leverage product and communication for advertising, trade shows and marketing collateral.
• Conducts market research and identifies and tracks guiding market trends in company’s primary markets.
• Produces competitive analysis materials comparing solutions with its key competitors.
• Supports global pricing strategy & policies around customer value, generates sales aids, tools and supports the sales activity by conducting technical presentations.
• Supports Product Line P&L including pricing, discounts, and gross margins.
• Travels extensively (30%+), including all Maxcess International allocations, to develop product strategies, support product launches and provide product support.

• Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  A Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university with a marketing, business, or engineering major.
• Minimum of 2-5 years related experience and/or training. Experience should be broad-based and demonstrate results oriented, collaborative, team oriented and highly responsive performance.
• Provide leadership in a complex and rapidly changing environment.
• Experience in Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things preferred.
• Experience with control loop systems in industrial applications preferred.
• Significant experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma is a plus.
• ERP system knowledge and experience is required – EPICOR or Pro Alpha preferred.
• Experience with  preferred.

• Planning/Organizing – Prioritizes and plans work activities;
  Uses time efficiently;
  Plans for additional resources;
  Sets goals and objectives;
  Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks;
  Develops realistic action plans.
• Analytical – Synthesizes complex or diverse information;
  Collects and researches data;
  Uses intuition and experience to complement data.
• Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities;
  Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views;
  Gives and welcomes feedback;
  Contributes to building a positive team spirit;
  Puts success of team above own interests;
  Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives;
  Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Oral Communication – Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations;
  Listens and gets…