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Amphenol Communications Solutions · 3 days ago

Product Line Manager

Yocumtown, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS) is a leader in interconnect solutions for various electronics markets. They are seeking a Product Line Manager to drive the development and marketing of Cable Backplane products, working with cross-functional teams to promote products, identify market trends, and manage product strategies to grow the business.

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Responsibilities

Drive the new business opportunity funnel, helping sales and the business unit align on the strategy and actions required to win each new opportunity. Work closely with the field sales teams to identify requirements and market trends to facilitate new design wins

Proactively present and promote the optical portfolio to help the field teams understand the positioning, benefits, and target customers

Prepare revenue projections for key account(s); forecast analysis and preparing book-to-ship estimates

Maximize share at key account(s) by coordinating pricing and market strategy with sales

Regular customer visits, travel for training, factory visits and customer negotiations

Work with cross-functional teams (marketing, engineering, business development and operations) to proactively identify product and solution gaps and define market requirements to close the total available market space

Play the role of Business Plan owner for their own products through:

Life cycle management/rationalization, PCNs

Cost, pricing and margin management

Capacity planning management

Involvement in NPD and Product Extension projects

NBO and Incremental track and management

Assist in developing marketing materials

Provide sales support in terms of quotation, product documentations, implementation of samples strategy

Work closely with design/development/production team on manufacture capability, requirements capacity, costing and quality of manufacturing service to ensure competitive new products are introduced timely to the market

Initiate AR justification to new product development and product extension by rationalizing investment versus business potentials, risks analysis, optimize the payback

Keep abreast of the market situation (current condition and future trends) and contribute in the recommendation of product line positioning to be ahead of the competition

Fully target site KPIs for sales revenue achievement, product margin improvement on cost reduction driving, negative margin improvement, and design win and shorten response time to quote

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringProduct ManagementInterconnect Industry ExperienceTechnical Business DevelopmentProject ManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with keen business acumen, or Bachelor's in related field with technical aptitude

3+ years of product management, project management, engineering experience, and/or technical business development experience

Good communication skills

The ability to use Microsoft office (Excel and PowerPoint) proficiently

The ability to integrate with cross functional teams globally

A willingness to 'roll up your sleeves' to get the job done

Preferred

3+ years of experience working in the interconnect industry preferred

Company

Amphenol Communications Solutions

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets.

Founded in 2000

Berlin, Berlin, DEU

10001+ employees