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Job Description Summary

One of the pillars of the PT organization is the Product management function, taking care of the Product strategy. A dedicated Product leader is required for each product within Air Insulated Switchgear.

Job Description

STRATEGY:

• Determine solutions: uses customer and market feedback to produce strategies and develop value propositions.

• Understand industry trends, customer needs & growth opportunities for related segments.

• Responsible for defining marketing strategies for assigned product line, includes Region sales organization partnerships to boost market penetration for all ITR products.

• Program-manage the operationalization of strategy plans and key business initiatives incl. workstream and stakeholder management Identify and lead the in-depth business analysis of new and long-term strategic initiatives related to the portfolio.

• Define product cost-out strategy

• Develop product segment roadmap, including new product development, research pipeline and market/product support project strategy. Work with R&D teams to ensure alignment.

• Propose partnerships, acquisitions to meet business growth initiatives.

• Develops customer connections to link performance with customer expectations and demonstrates ownership of customer requirements.

• Development of business cases for new product introductions or similar projects requiring investment decisions and based on market trends, customer requests and competition developments.

• Support regions on product qualification, technical solution definition, engineering strategy and design audit. Centralize and enrich application libraries

• Review / adapt delivery model in order to maximize the overall product profitability

PARTNER WITH:

• Partner with GSC to ensure that manufacturing capabilities (quality, delivery model…) match customer and market growth requirements.

• Owns NPI program management from wing-to-wing ensuring, including but not limited to product definition, market strategy, all NPI milestones and metrics, cross-functional leadership, and commercialization strategy to ensure successful product launches

• Partner with NPI, Sales, Service and Distribution and other supporting functions to plan for new product introductions and product obsolescence.

TEAM MANAGEMENT:

• Bring support to the commercial teams (technical support, product optimization…)

• Coordinate and ensure alignment of market support, training and product priorities, and centrally driven commercial and marketing initiatives to product strategy and roadmap.

• Manage tendering team / ensure optimized costing/ make sure tools are aligned / deployed on all sites. (AC1)

EXTERNAL:

• Supports sales development activities related to the product portfolio, such as representing the portfolio in customer meetings, conferences, industry publications, blogs etc..

• Through various channels, stay informed about the market and competitive situation.

• Continually monitor key competitors - understand new product releases, price positioning shifts, manufacturing footprint changes, M&A interests.

• Spec in to push our solutions

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an accredited university or college.

• Visionary and Strategic thinker

• Takes the initiative in thought leadership, innovation and creativity

• Strong business knowledge of Electricity Transmission, Distribution, Industrial, Automation markets

• Strong leadership experience in Instrument Transformers

• Strong business & technical acumen. A strong interest in business development, commercial aspects is an essential component to be successful in this role

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and influential skills.

• Ability to work effectively within a matrix environment; with diverse, global and cross functional teams

• Fluent in English

Desired Characteristics:

• Have a minimum of 15 years experience in High Voltage Instrument Transformers activity

• Recognized as a visionary leader with strong Technical skills

• High credibility (both Technical, business development & leadership)

• Ambitious, multitasking go-getter, able to thrive in the fast-paced environment

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Customer-focused in defining best solutions to meet customer request

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; improvement with the ability of finding think out of the box solutions

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No