Product Manager at Koch in Lisle Illinois Vereinigte Staaten

Job description

• Molex Power and Signal Business Unit is looking for an enterprising Product Manager who is driven to create great customer experience and build long-term product growth. The ideal candidate is energized by working in partnership with engineering, operations and marketing to build a joint vision of success. This role will market and promote wire and cable application tooling products in alignment with the business unit mission, strategy and goals.

Responsibilities

• Train and support the sales team and distribution partners to increase revenue and market share of assigned product line(s) and in support of Divisional objectives.
• Oversee and facilitate new tooling development activity in support of associated interconnect product launches
• Support customer technical requests as needed.
• Engage marketing resources to create promotional tools, product collateral and sales tools to facilitate customer product awareness and adoption.
• Develop and implement strategic business plans targeting the key industries and geographies. Identify product line trends and technologies.
• Identify product line trends and gaps. Develop and commercialize new offerings to enhance the Molex application tooling line
• Support tooling and connector sales growth by setting product pricing, supporting key customer negotiations and approving pricing requests as needed.
• Work with operations to forecast customer demand and in support of supply optimization. Support tactical operational and supply chain initiatives as needed.
• Identify opportunities to establish and develop industry partner relationships.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Business-to-Business product management, operations, engineering and/or sales
• Ability to effectively build relationships with internal teams and external contacts, respond positively to situations and influence others
• Track record of growing revenue and creating long term customer relationships
• Ability to guide customers to the appropriate product solutions
• Understand business metrics and data to monitor progress and make decisions
• Self-motivated and organized to anticipate, plan, prioritize and self-monitor workload
• Experience with effectively presenting to large groups
• Willing and able to travel to customers and distributors (10-20%) to achieve business objectives. May include international travel as needed.
• 5+ years of experience working in the electronics industry
• Experience working with connector companies or cable harness manufacturers.
• Experience working with automated and semi-automated cable manufacturing equipment

Skills

Required

• Relationship building
• Influence
• Self-motivation
• Organization
• Presentation skills
• Business metrics and data analysis
• Product management
• Marketing
• Operations
• Engineering

Benefits

• Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
• Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
• For this role, we anticipate paying $115,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
• At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.