What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager position at HBD Industries?
Position Summary
HBD Industries Electric Motors and Magnetics business unit seeks a dynamic, entrepreneurial, detail-oriented Product Manager to plan, organize, and control assigned product lines throughout product life cycles to optimize profitability and meet marketing, financial, and corporate growth objectives. The Product Manager, reporting to the Business Unit VP/GM, works with current and potential customers, current and potential channels, external sales organizations and the Commercial Team to promote new and existing technologies, products, and services to meet customer needs and determine how the company’s capabilities can be leveraged into additional markets resulting in year over year profitable sales growth. This role has responsibility for three businesses, Ohio Electric Motors near Asheville, NC, Powertec, in Charlotte, NC, and Ohio Magnetics in Cleveland, OH. Our ideal candidate will be based in Charlotte, NC.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide product line management, market-based product line pricing, and marketing leadership to win and grow profitably.
- Identify, define, and manage new and existing product development/product rationalization programs.
- Achieve revenue, market share, and gross margin goals through voice-of-the-customer (VOC) based business assessment, product roadmaps and product lifecycle management.
- Champion & drive the new product development process & projects, value engineering & cost reduction projects, lead time improvement and new business proposals.
- Balance long-term projects, monthly key performance indicator improvement and new business opportunity assessment and quotations to maximize contribution and align to business priorities.
- Provide technical expertise and training to other departments in support of product development.
- Maintain internal and external communications/contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for product line(s).
- Negotiate quotations, sales strategy, contracts, and terms and conditions in partnership with Engineering, Sales and Operations.
Experience and Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or a related field is required. MBA desirable.
- 3 or more years in Industrial products related sales, technical sales or product management role. Electric Motor or Power Transmission experience desirable.
- Experience with project/program management is required, proficiency with MS Project desirable.
- Ability to develop standard processes and documentation as well as implement continuous improvement across product line and marking functional areas.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally to develop solutions to customer problems and translate the solutions into business development strategies and products.
- Experience in key markets and industries including: Shipboard systems, Power Generation, Material Handling equipment, Mining, Recycling, &/or Steel markets is desirable.
- Domestic travel to Motors & Magnetics sites, customers and industry trade events as needed, up to 50%.
HBD Industries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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