PRODUCT MANAGER IV

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Product Management Teams manage all aspects of a product, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans in order to meet sales and profit targets.

Duties & Responsibilities
- Articulate market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, industry trends, and
competitive landscape
- Conduct market segmentation exercises to develop market segment-specific
strategies.
- Conduct competitive analysis and benchmarking
- Define segment –specific value propositions that beat the competition
- Develop product roadmaps that aligns with business strategy
- Design go to market strategy, inclusive of channel strategy and partnerships
- Work with R&D and operations in the development of new products to meet
current and future customer requirements.
- Manage the product lifecycle
- Define resource requirements necessary to execute the product roadmap
- Work cross functionally to define sales, technology and operations strategies and
goals, in line with financial goals. Build consensus on specific tasks.
- Establish pricing policy
- Develop the annual operating plan (Sales and gross or standard margin)
- Be the opportunity champion for PAC projects.
- Plans product launches, including the development of marketing and sales plans.
- Provide demand forecast inputs to S&OP.
- Attend customer meetings in support of winning new business
- Exercise thought leadership.
- Provide inputs to Marcom for the development of collateral, including e-commerce.
- Manage the P&L (sales and gross or standard margin) for the assigned portfolio.
- Deliver sustained profitable growth
- Enable sales to promote product line via training and the development of collateral
materials that help articulate the value proposition.
- Manage special price requests
-Track progress to the business plan and facilitate resolution to gaps.Be the champion for resolution of product issues (e.g., quality, delivery, etc.)

This role is Onsite/Remote (Preferance: West Coast)

What your background should look like:

Experience:

• 5+ years of product management or sales experience, additional MBA preferred
  
• Relevant product or industry experience desired
  
• Experience managing direct reports

Education:

• 4-year technical or business degree required
  
• Advanced degree (MBA) or relevant P&L management experience preferred

Competencies