Group Product Manager, MSBU Portfolio Management

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Job Description

The Group Product Manager preferred to be functioned both independently as well as in a team. Responsible for product portfolio P&L in key markets as wells as driving growth with new products / markets, rebrand and relaunch. This will include product strategy creation, positioning, marketing, problem solving, supervising a team, as well as market Point of View and Voice of Customer collection. 

Responsibilities

Not a task list

Responsible for product strategies and profitability for SlimStack product families in the Portfolio Management group. The Group Product Manager is responsible for developing and driving business pipeline globally. This includes:

• Developing and executing marketing strategies and promotion of product families
• Customer engagement planning and travel to customer locations as required for product presentation
• Lead, coach and retain a small team of Product Managers to manage SlimStack product families
• Ensure alignment between the business unit and global sales and marketing team regarding assigned product families

This person will report directly to the Direct of Portfolio Management and work within the levels of authority established and the products assigned. Supervision and guidance will be interactive and provided as needed

• This person will be accountable for the following numeric metric:
  • Revenue
  • Profitability, NPV, IRR
  • CRM Opportunity Pipeline value
• Breadth of accountability:
  • Global accountability for SlimStack product families

The job is tactical as well as strategic. Supporting her/his team to routinely establishing pricing and responding to technical requests while strategically evaluating opportunities and markets

Owner of economic study and validation of in region business opportunities to ensure business pipeline meets profit targets

Responsible for meeting both revenue and profit targets for product families

Provide both product and business unit capability training and education to sales and customers

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years’ combined experience in relevant areas such as product management, product marketing, business development, technical sales, FAE or product design with direct exposure to manufacturing of electronic or mechanical devices at OEM or sub-assembly level
• Business level Japanese and English, both written and verbal.
• Proven track record in bringing new products to market and realizing the target profit levels.
• Excellent customer relations skills. Must be sensitive to the customer’s needs and show a sense of urgency to address customer issues.
• Strong technical knowledge and ability to identify customers functional requirements and map to Molex design and manufacturing expertise
• Strong organizational skills to anticipate, plan, prioritize and self-monitor workload. Interpersonal skills to effectively work with co-workers and external contacts to respond positively to situations.
• Strong presentation skills that show the ability to prepare and deliver concise and effective presentations to customers and Molex personnel
• Strong computer skills

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in product management or product marketing with a component manufacturing company
• Experience in team management and group leadership

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About the Company

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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