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WATTS Senior Product Manager (m/w/d) in Landau, Germany
Are you looking for new challenges where you, with your experience and competencies can contribute to a profitable, sustainable growth? Are you also interested in product management from idea to end-of-life? We are hiring a Senior Product Manager to join our Fluid Solutions South Team in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany. The Senior Product Manager is the entrepreneurial manager of a product portfolio, with the goal of long-term customer satisfaction, competitive advantage, market share growth and increased profitability. She/He is responsible for managing the product life cycle, from ideation to end-of-life and is accountable for all aspects of the business without having direct authority over the resources required to “make it happen.” She/He thrives in working together with many different people and cultures and works in a cross functional team operating as project leader for both internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities and Duties:
The Senior Product Manager defines our portfolio of product platforms, concepts and/or product features and turns them into commercial product opportunities to grow a profitable business
She/He gathers and prioritizes product and customer requirements, defining the product vision and working closely with engineering and sales teams to deliver winning products. Holds others accountable for all deliverables related to product initiatives
Closely collaborate with engineering on technical development to ensure requirements are met within the cost and schedule targets
Closely collaborate with sales to define correct channels of distribution to optimize market coverage
Know and understand customer needs through Sales, customer visits, research and market intelligence
Build solid business cases in collaboration with Sales Teams and gain consensus on them.Be responsible for customers’ requirements specifications, value proposition, product positioning, pricing, launch strategies and market introduction
Ensure that product specifications meet and exceed market requirements and manage them across data and platforms
Be the customer advocate, define the customer value proposition that is sustainable and differentiated, be the resident expert on the competition, a thought leader passionate about creating value for customers
Make-or-buy analysis and decisions
Assess competition by comparing products and applications understanding competitive landscape and strategic positioning
Self-starter with ability to lead large scale projects and build new products from the ground up. Can interpret complex data, make data-driven decisions and explain them clearly at any level
Clean up portfolio to reduce complexity and company costs
D evelop, maintain and win acceptance of roadmaps that define product lines strategy, platforms that are flexible and meet the needs of various customer segments
Interact with key customers of different channels to scan current, future and unspoken requirements
Determine competitive advantages and key success factors
Support product training and other sales enablement activities
Help organize and participate in local and international exhibitions/shows
Interface with MarCom, engineering, manufacturing and sales departments
Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree in Engineering, MS/MBA highly preferred or equivalent experience
10+ years’ experience in a similar role in Commercial Water or HVAC or BAS industry in an international environment
Able to set priorities, cope with stress and deadlines
Proven track record in delivering results and/or managing new product introduction and product lifecycle
Combine business acumen with technical insights
Leadership skills, detail and process oriented, multi tasker, commercial driven
Excellent team-player with a great attitude as team-leader in a multicultural environment
Ability to perform on strategic and tactical level maintaining focus and accountabilty
Proactively identifies and address issues to avoid surprises
Strong organizational and planning skills: attention to details without losing the broader vision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in any context and at any level
Proficiency in personal computer tools and in Microsoft office tools
Fluency in English is required, both oral and written
Benefits:
Flexible working hours / flexi -time / hybrid/remote- working
Grant to capital-generating benefits
Company pension scheme
Gym grant
Job bike
Canteen
Free drinks
Fruit basket
Employee events
LinkedIn Learning
Corporate benefits
Watts Water is a global leader of quality water solutions for residential, industrial, municipal, and commercial settings. Our family of brands (https://www.watts.com/our-story/brands) offers some of the most varied product lines in the world, with world-class, water-related solutions focused on:
Drainage and Water Reuse
HVAC and Hot Water
Plumbing and Flow Control
Water Quality and Rainwater Harvesting
We are a $1.9 billion global company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with a presence in five (5) continents and twenty-four (24) countries, and an employee population that speaks over eighteen (18) languages. As a people-first company, we prize enriching and caring for all who work here not only through words but through actions. This includes executing our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategy, and providing our employees with meaningful career growth opportunities, a positive and safe work environment, and affirmation that they are heard, valued, and respected.We are proud to be an organization that believes that a safer world is a more sustainable world – a belief that we proudly reflect in each of our technologies and solutions and our environmental and social commitments, such as our partnership with Planet Water Foundation.
Learn more about the Watts way, here (https://www.watts.com/our-story/brands) .
Specialties
Plumbing, HVAC, Water Quality, and Gas
Headquarters
Americas & Corporate Headquarters: North Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA) Headquarters: Shanghai, China
Company Size
About 5,000 employees
Website
http://www.watts.com/
http://www.wattsindustries.com/
http://www.wattsasia.com/
Industry
Machinery
Founded
1874