A leader in industrial manufacturing are seeking high potential leaders to join them as a Senior Manager in Global Product Management, with the potential to become future Directors and General Managers at the company.
The Senior Manager position manages all aspects of the assigned portfolio throughout the lifecycle, including strategy, revenue, profitability, portfolio decisions, roadmaps and new product developments. This leader is responsible for revenue and gross margin of the portfolio and will play a pivotal role in driving the strategy to scale the business substantially and accelerate growth over the next 5 years based on new product introduction, go-to-market expansion, and entry into adjacent applications. S/he will rationalize the portfolio and drive gross margin expansion through mix improvement and production cost reduction. The GPM will bring a strategic, growth- and margin-oriented mind-set paired with excellent commercial acumen.
The ideal candidate will have a combination of strategy consulting plus experience in an industrial setting.
Role will be mainly remote with occasional travel across Europe. Can be based in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, or Poland.
Qualifications
Experience of product management and strategy or business development
Understanding of portfolio optimization, product road-mapping, product gap identification, and product launch
Track record of meeting/exceeding financial performance including top-line and profit expansion, cost reduction, and margin improvement
Global leader with a track record of developing and inspiring high performing teams across multiple regions.
Experience working in a highly matrixed structure, at pace, and with high degrees of ambiguity
Exposure and experience in the Industrial market is desired
Strong financial acumen. Has the ability to understand implications of key financial and quantitative factors. Effectively draws conclusions from quantitative information.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent.
MBA or relevant P&L experience preferred / “nice-to-have".
Willingness to travel up to 25% (domestic and international)
English language required
Location: UK, NED, POL, Germany