Global Product Manager
Vertiv is looking for a colleague to join our team as a Global Product Manager, Liquid Cooling. This position will be responsible for managing the product lifecycle, supporting business growth, and gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the go-to-market and the marketing plan. You will be responsible for developing sales and marketing strategies and plans to maximize product revenue and profitability.
Responsibilities :
- Develop and execute product lifecycle management plans including product introduction, line extension, engineered to order, and end of production.
- Research market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, and the competitive landscape.
- Collect voice of customers and products business cases for global products.
- Addressing actions to reduce finished goods inventory and support business decisions in case of major supply chain issues and assist in championing resolution of offering issues (i.e. delivery, quality, inventory).
- Work alongside Operations and Material planning to ensure competitive lead time, inventory optimization and meet revenue targets.
- Manage list pricing and multipliers.
- Manage product line profitability, volume forecasts, price gain.
- Ensure all customer facing offering documentation and marketing collateral is available and accurate and specific for the region, country, and market segment.
- Prepare and deliver presentations, product demos, competitive comparisons and other sales enablement tools and collaterals.
- Attend tradeshows, visit customers, meet with sales team, distributors and partners to ensure an accurate voice of customer is heard in all product plans.
- Develop and track metrics to measure post-launch sales performance of new offerings, including pipeline, quotation.
- Collaborate with Marketing teams to develop marketing programs.
Requirements :
Bachelor's degree in Engineering7+ years technical, product / service, strategic planning, marketing or directly related experience.Experience with HVAC and Data center applications is preferred.Strong business acumen.Ability to quickly develop cross-functional relationships to achieve business objectives.Technical expertise to translate customer needs / pain points to solutions.Demonstrated competence in problem solving, data analysis, & project management.Excellent communications skills - written & verbal.High focus on customer needs.Able to combine long term and short-term goals by setting priorities.Ability to interact with all levels within the organization from entry level to executive.Attitude to act as a leader in his / her role and with curiosity in all what's new (market trends, new technologies, etc.).Language skills : fluent English written and verbal required.Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, Smartsheet, and other business applications.The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities. OUR CORE PRINCIPALS : Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion. OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
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