Product Manager

Summary: A guiding force for meeting the regional growth, profitability, and return on asset objectives of the Industrial Radio Remote Control product line. Primary global responsibility for developing the strategic plan for his or her products, integrating the plan with global, regional, and functional plans, obtaining necessary approvals for human and financial resources from management, and achieving the agreed-upon goals through the global, regional, and functional organizations

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans leads and manages the entire life of a product line from the identification of market opportunities through design development, product launch, market penetration, and growth as well as the end-of-life phase.
• Manages and drives product line results in their region including, all channels of distribution, all market segments, and to all customers.
• Identification and development of new as well as existing applications and products.
• Regional pricing, working with sales management to insure that the appropriate level of pricing authority and accountability is in place to allow Cattron to respond to competitive opportunities as well as threats while meeting the profitability
• Providing product as well as application training, including competitive strategies and responses, for all appropriate Cattron sales channels.
• Assists and monitors the execution of key new business initiatives and opportunities to achieve growth in profitable sales.
• Definition of product requirements and specifications.
• Maximize the effective use of existing assets and maximize the return on assets for the product line globally.
• Provide a foundation for manufacturing planning and capacity by developing a forecast of demand by product.
• Adheres to quality and safety systems or maintenance of quality and safety standards.
• Establish product cost, quality, and delivery requirements.
• Establish a marketing communication and promotional strategy for the product line.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in Industrial Radio Remote Controls or other Industrial Controls.
• History of bringing industrial control products to market successfully.
• Experience in gathering Voice of Customer and carrying out competitive and market analysis.
• Experience in creating Business Cases along with Commercial, Engineering, and Finance teams.
• Experience in presenting business cases and approving board-level funding approval.
• Working with supply chain and commercial in end-of-life scenarios for products as needed.
• Work across functional lines to translate market trends and opportunities into supported business plans.
• Ability to strategically plan future product opportunities and demonstrate strong entrepreneurial skills in translating those plans into commercially successful and profitable product offerings.
• 20 to 30 percent of travel may be required in order to meet these business objectives.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS in a technical field, an advanced business degree is desired
• 5 to 8 years experience in product management of disciplines such as marketing, sales, manufacturing, engineering, and finance.
• RF experience or industrial control product experience is a plus.