Director, Product Management

• Directs all product management activities.
• Develops, maintains and is accountable for a strategic plan which focuses on revenue growth, gross margin improvement, improved quality and increased inventory turns.
• Integrates Sector and Corporate strategic plans into product development plans with input from domestic and international sales management.
• Coordinates product specific marketing with Sector and Corporate marketing.
• Coordinates group specific activities and training with the application engineering and customer service teams to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Supports quality concerns, development projects, product improvements and manufacturing improvements with operations and engineering management on a regular basis.
• Ensures effective communication within Product Management, Sales Management and across other Company departments.
• Adheres to commitments made with key OEM’s, contract business.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Travel Requirements Moderate to heavy travel required.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

This position requires access to “controlled technology” as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §730 et. seq.) and “technical data” as defined in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R, Chapter 1, Subchapter M). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.