22245-Product Manager

Our Opening and Your Responsibilities

• Product Portfolio Management
• Manage the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning, tactical activities to product positioning.
• Keep observing long-term trends and competitors’ positions and strategies, proactively give proposals within DIV SPG Terminal team and make sure own portfolio provides clear advantages over competition and meets major customer needs at time of launch; anticipate trends and upcoming needs.
• Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by MO's and customer visits.
• Elaborate market requirement specifications and business plans to initiate new product developments.
• Manage product launches and cooperate with the marketing department to execute.
• Coordinate with cross SPG/SBU and Service. Make sure that related products, software, accessories, and services fit well and allow for sound solutions with outstanding and superior customer value.
• Support to define R&D and PO responsibilities for individual projects. Make sure best locations are selected from a platform, abilities, resource, and cost point of view.
• Manage product documentation (PDS, manuals, datasheets, etc.) and promotional materials (brochures, web content, etc.)
• Market Development
• Contribute to the development of strategy and product pipeline under the leadership of global product management.
• Systematically monitor market trends and share the information with the marketing department, market management, business development and MOs.
• Support core customer projects and applications.
• Training and Support
• Create product training materials, execute product introductions including launch trainings.
• Provide 3rd level support for products/service during active product life (support level 1…3 is in the responsibility of other teams).
• Quality Assurance
• Coordinate/execute quality assurance tasks such as analysis of data in quality monitoring systems or quality notes.
• Assess impact of Engineering Change Requests and coordinate with PO.
• Ensure that own products continuously meet internal and external quality standards and compliance requirements.
• Manage and/or provide input to quality improvement tasks or recall and related communication activities.
• Maintenance of Line
• Ensure continuous profitability of own products throughout the active product life.
• Monitor/analyze sales figures. Initialize ECRs/projects for product upgrades, line extensions, de-proliferations, or cost reductions.
• Ensure sustainable C1 contributions in VPC analyses.
• Phase-out
• Manage proper and effective phase-out of products when they have reached end of life status.
• Ensure smooth portfolio transition and avoid gaps. Consider potential regional/local differences (e.g. local approvals) and respond appropriately.
• Generate phase-out guides.

What You Need to Succeed

• Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Automation, Computer Science or similar subject.
• Technical experience in the areas of factory automation systems, measurement technology, robotics or machine building.
• Good sense for business opportunities as well as entrepreneurial attitude. Keen to understanding trends, market needs, competitor offerings and to visit customers.
• Successful track record of ownership and were the go-to person for a particular topic, product or area
• Good understanding of marketing, sales, pricing and distribution topics.
• Passionate about promoting your visions, products and technologies through marketing and influencer channels
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English including also writing of requirements and specification documents.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with market organizations and customers.
• Open and willing to travel 20%-30% regional and/or international to run co-creation projects with key customers and support go-to-market activities for your product.

Our Offer to You

• Competitive compensation & benefit package
• Possibility to work in an international environment with multicultural team
• Interesting and challenging career in a successful leading global organization
• Trainings and professional development

About Mettler Toledo

METTLER TOLEDO is a global leader in precision instruments and services. We are renowned for innovation and quality across laboratory, process analytics, industrial, product inspection, and retailing applications. Our sales and service network is one of the most extensive in the industry. Our products are sold in more than 140 countries, and we have a direct presence in approximately 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.mt.com.

Equal Opportunity Employment

We promote equal opportunity worldwide and value diversity in our teams in terms of business background, area of expertise, gender and ethnicity. For more information on our commitment to Sustainability, Diversity and Equal Opportunity please visit us here

For those who prioritize precision, Mettler Toledo is precisely where you belong.

Job Reference #

22245

Preferred Location

Jiangsu

Changzhou

Job Type

Full-time

Legal Entity

MTCT Changzhou PO

Taihu West Road 111 Xinbei District Changzhou, Jiangsu China

+86 519 86642040