2024-05-15
AppCast (https://www.appcast.io)
Other
/yr
full-time
employee
Chicago
Illinois
60290
United States
Description
As a Director, Product Manager - Core Products, you will set the direction, vision, and execution path throughout the product life cycle. You will be responsible for driving increased revenue, profitability, and market share, including channel improvement, new product development, and technology deployment. The Director, Product Manager - Core Products will be a unique combination of a working product manager and a team leader, responsible for developing a team of core product managers.
This position location is remote within the USA, ideally in Northeast/Midwest US
Duties and responsibilities:
Develops and implements global product strategies to accelerate the growth of Hitachi Global Air Power’s core product and service offering product lines.
Driving a customer focused strategy, the goal is to build a dynamic team, create differentiation, and achieve growth for the business.
Working cross-functionally with local and global teams to successfully develop short-term and long-term strategies to strengthen the portfolio of product and service offerings.
Responsible for revenue, margin, customer satisfaction, and market share objectives as well as full product life cycle including product obsolescence and discontinuation strategies to ensure positive customer experience and smooth customer transitions.
Provide education and direction for all new product introductions with the team.
Maintain close relationships within the organization through training and active participation in the sales process, including customer visits, participating with pricing tactics, and customer support.
Driving activities and decisions focused on maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction and growing market share through innovation with purpose.
Assist in identifying and developing effective product marketing and launch strategies for effective product, promotion, placement, and price offering to the customer.
Qualifications:
Education
:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or Equivalent
MBA preferred
Professional experience:
8 – 10+ years product management experience managing diverse B2B product and service portfolios required
Proven experience in global product management in an industrial, manufacturing, capital equipment environment required
5+ years leadership experience with increasing responsibility
Demonstrated ability to drive product portfolio optimization and achieve profitability goals
Portfolio planning, product rationalization, collecting Voice of Customer, Market Research, Market Strategy, Value Based Pricing
Strong management, project management and planning skills, and comfortable making decisions and adopting changes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
Ability to work in matrix organizational structure
Travel: approximately 20+% globally
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
LEAN / Six Sigma Certified and / or Project Management Professional Certification
New product development process and / or stage-gate development process
Product line Profit & Loss (P&L) management experience
S&OP experience
Team management, cross functional team experience, matrix management experience
Key behaviors:
Planning and organization
Influence and negotiation
Communication for understanding
Collaboration across boundaries
Customer insight and curiosity
Information analysis
Improvement and innovation mindset
Decision making and risk taking
Business and financial acumen
Holds themselves accountable for results
Direct reports:
Yes
The successful candidate is responsible for complying with Hitachi Global Air Power US Code of Ethics and related policies. In performing the job, the incumbent shall take all steps necessary to comply with our safety rules and requirements and must actively support the organization's efforts to meet and exceed its goals of creating and maintaining a safe workplace.
This description is to serve as a guide. It is intended to be flexible and will continue to evolve over time with business needs and demands and may be updated periodically and at the Company's discretion.
Hitachi Global Air Power US is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate based on race, religion, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other protected categories under applicable law, whether in recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, compensation, or other conditions of employment.
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