Associate Product Manager (VFD)
Marketing
Vernon Hills,Illinois
Full-Time/Regular

Mitsubishi Electric Automation is a global leader in providing quality automation solutions to a variety of industries, from manufacturing and industrial to medical and agriculture. We have immense pride in our employees who have an incomparable commitment to excellence. When you choose a career with Mitsubishi Electric Automation, you are choosing a passionate and hard-working team environment that prides itself in diversity, inclusion, sustainability efforts, and employee support.

The VFD Associate Product Manager will support the VFD and Motors product portfolio in all aspects of product lifecycle management, while supporting management plans to achieve organizational sales and profit goals. You will develop an in-depth understanding of customer problems and align the organization around creating desirable outcomes for customers and the business in the Americas. You are expected to work independently to drive assigned projects all the way to successful completion, delivering impact at scale, and influencing cross function teams without direct authority.

Essential Functions

· Assist in the creation of MEAU’s VFD product vision and strategy with emphasis on high-performance, high-value robots designed to address small to medium payload applications and when combined with the rest of MEAU’s automation product portfolio (Robot, PLC, servo, HMI, VFD, etc.)

· Implement all activities associated with the complete product lifecycle, including development, launch, growth, maturity, and sunset, including defining pricing, product messaging, training, certification, and regulatory requirements, product distribution, etc.

· Provide coordination and logistical support to the product management and development team throughout the development cycle.

· Collect general market and customer-specific feedback to understand current customer issues and requests.

- Identify existing gaps, optimizations and future opportunities for products and identify short- and long-term resolutions.

· Perform competitive research and pricing analysis to provide perspective to the team and product management leaders to inform insights and decision.

· Work closely with the Product Marketing team on product positioning, value proposition and market segmentation to ensure successful product launches.

· Collaborate with Product Marketing & Marketing Communications to create collaterals such as product presentations, overviews, selection guides, sales brief, manage web content, etc., and ensure content is aligned with product messaging and value proposition.

· Create ad-hoc reports to help management analyze the overall health of the product portfolio and make data driven decisions. Interpret data to identify actionable insights.

· Influence SSG business unit’s and parent company’s actions by leveraging personal relationships, persuasive arguments, and data driven analysis producing favorable outcomes that allow MEAU to effectively compete in the Americas.

· Monitor multiple cross-functional projects and handle all stakeholders to ensure activities are on track.

- Communicate goals, identify risks and implement countermeasures.

- Proactively remove challenges and escalate as appropriate to ensure goals are met.

· Help Distributors and Partners with joint activities and support the sales team with customer visits and presentations.

· Manage associated documentation in MEAU website and keep current the revisions of each through the use of SharePoint.

· May be required to follow other job-related instructions and perform additional duties as assigned.

Supervisory / Managerial Responsibilities

· None

Travel Requirements

· Up to 25% travel, primarily within the United States; with occasional travel to Japan.

· Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business

· Effective listening, negotiation, and consensus building skills.

· Excellent writing, oral, and presentation skills.

· Computer Skills/Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Why choose us?

You would be joining:

• • A successful team of smart, dedicated professionals who are not only the best in their respective fields but are committed to a tradition of technological leadership and innovation.
  • An organization that truly cares about employee engagement and understands the impact of clear and consistent communication.
  • Our leaders are committed to ensuring all employees are regularly informed about the state of the business, understand how they fit in, and know where they can make a difference.
  • Employees are encouraged to pursue professional development opportunities and participate in in-house training programs.

We value our employees, and we offer an extensive benefits package that adds value to your total compensation. Our broad range of benefits include:

• • Health, dental and vision insurance plans with company contribution – we offer different plans, including PPO and HMO (HMO offered only in some states)
  • Competitive 401k with company match
  • Paid Vacation
  • 13 Paid Holidays, including floater holidays
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee life insurance - company paid core coverage plus supplemental coverage
  • Dependent life insurance
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Pet Insurance

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. is committed to the employment and advancement of minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other lawfully protected characteristic.

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