Nordson Corporation · 1 day ago
Senior Product Line Manager
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expNordson is seeking a Senior Product Line Manager to manage the product life cycle and ensure it meets customer requirements. The role involves devising product development strategies, supervising teams, and maximizing sales revenue and profitability.
IndustrialManufacturingPackaging ServicesTest and Measurement
Responsibilities
Own the Product Roadmap, gathering insights from Sales, Engineering, Operations, and market studies
Collaborate with Regional Sales for an innovative revenue-focused roadmap, ensuring competitive pricing and alignment with market trends
Work closely with Engineering for precise product requirements adaptable to market needs
Partner with Operations Director to address manufacturing, sourcing, and quality risks for new products
Utilize market intelligence to develop a roadmap addressing future customer needs and driving revenue growth
Ensure competitive price/performance alignment with industry standards
Disseminate relevant market intelligence to teams and identify competitor products for benchmarking
Support service & spares, optimizing the product life cycle for maximum aftermarket revenue
Directs all phases of programs from inception to completion
Promotes tradeoff proposals to key stakeholders and proactively negotiates product specifications that simultaneously ensure customer needs are met in a realizable product
Supervises translation of product requirements into product specifications
Provides leadership for all product development aspects including hardware and software
Directs cross-functional product teams, including R&D, manufacturing engineering, and quality
Manages programs with plans and objectives to address technical, performance, cost, schedule, and quality risks
Facilitates design reviews of requirements, system architecture, integration tests, and final design verification and validation testing and provide regular program updates to senior management
Developing annual strategic marketing plans which drive the product line expected growth
Work with Marketing Manager to identify relevant tradeshows and advertising spend to achieve target customer/industry growth
Work with the engineering, quality, and procurement departments of front end semiconductor OEM tool makers to facilitate product adoption
Support the marcom team to generate impactful content for Regional Sales teams such as sales presentations, brochures, application notes, specification data sheets, web information and other promotional activities
Assume commercial responsibility for the Product Line and specifically Top New Products revenue and gross margin
Provide Go To Market Strategy (GTSM) for product line & hold monthly regional calls for close collaboration
On an annual basis, support the development of our five-year strategic plan identifying market and business opportunities and strategic direction for the Product Line with regard to Product Innovation
Define the price lists for the Product Line, regularly reviewing and optimizing them in line with the Gross Margin commitments for the business
Ensure that pricing is optimized regionally, all price lists are current and accurate at all times
Where appropriate, work with the other Product Line Managers to maximize sales opportunities across all product lines
Provide accurate monthly and quarterly forecasts for the Product Line and specifically Top New Products
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering and/or business qualifications
10+ years product development experience in semiconductor companies
Strong business development, and product management experience, including ownership of product roadmaps
Strong knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes with deep knowledge in Front end processing and capital equipment industry
Broad technical skills across all hardware and software engineering disciplines
Proven ability to foster partnerships, lead cross functional teams, work with management, and direct work of employees on the product team
Strong track record of delivering successful and innovative products from concept phase into manufacturing
Project management with experience in detailed project plans, task estimation, managing project team members, identifying and mitigating project risks, communicating project status to appropriate management levels, identifying and resolving project issues and controlling project scope
Preferred
Excellent influencer with experience managing remote international teams
Excellent written and verbal communications skills at all levels
Strong interpersonal skills to manage and range of stakeholders including maintaining excellent relationships across the Regional Sales teams and understanding cultural sensitivities
Highly proactive with the ability to make decisions and drive all areas of the business
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
Company
Nordson Corporation
At Nordson, we believe that anything is possible.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$1.45B2024-09-04Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2023-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $850M
1979-12-21IPO
Leadership Team
Sundaram Nagarajan
President and CEO
Sarah Siddiqui
EVP, CHRO Nordson Corporation
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