Product Manager Automotive – Rubber Compounding (m / f / d)

SIMPLEX Recruitment; Stuttgart; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a qualified professional to translate automotive industry trends into business opportunities for a rubber compounding company. Candidates should have strong leadership skills, industry knowledge, and fluency in German and English. This role involves developing technical strategies, collaborating with sales and marketing, and presenting solutions to OEMs and suppliers. Willingness to travel within Europe is essential.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 5 years working experience at an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• Very good knowledge of the automotive industry.
• Willingness to travel within Europe.

Aufgaben

• Identify market trends and future material requirements.
• Develop the technical product strategy for the automotive segment.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and development to define and present new solutions.

Kenntnisse

Leadership skills

Ability to work in a team

Fluent in German

Fluent in English

Structured and organized way of working

Ausbildung

Completed scientific or technical studies ideally with polymer focus

Jobbeschreibung

The company :

Our client is one of the world’s leading groups in the development and production of advanced, high-quality rubber compounds and is one of only a few truly global suppliers in the industry.

Requirements :

• Completed scientific or technical studies ideally with polymer focus.
• Minimum 5 year working experience at an automotive OEM or Tier1 supplier.
• Very good knowledge of automotive industry.
• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken).
• Leadership skills.
• Structured and organized way of working.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Willingness to travel within Europe.

Purpose of Function :

The purpose of this position is to translate trends of the automotive industry into direct business for the company’s rubber compounding in cooperation with marketing, sales and R&D departments of the local production plants. Observation of the global automotive market, representation of the company’s rubber compounding at external events and a strong network presence are considered important.

General responsibilities :

Identification of market trends and future material requirements.

Development of the technical product strategy for the automotive segment.

Presentation of the company’s rubber solutions to the automotive OEM’s.

Technical representation of the group at conferences, trade fairs, etc. with lectures and technical articles, etc.

Collaboration with marketing, sales and development to define and present new solutions.

Identification of existing local customer solutions and sharing of best practices within the group.

Pre-developments of new material solutions together with R&D.

Specific responsibilities :

Transfer of market trends into strategic developments and concrete opportunities.

Initiating new strategic developments with R&D.

Contact person for automotive OEM’s, Tier 1 and new automotive start-ups.

Presentation of the products and support of the approval processes.

Support of sales for technical issues / complaints.

Creation of technical articles for publications.

Presentation of new products and solutions at meetings and conferences.

Technical input for marketing to present new product solutions.

Direct contact internal :

Sales.

R&D.

Marketing.

Counterparts from other BU’s.

KAM Automotive.

Counterparts in Asia / Americas.

Direct contact external :

OEM’s.

Tier 1 Suppliers.

Automotive Suppliers.

Start-ups.

Committees / Industry Representatives.

KAM Automotive.

Counterparts in Asia / Americas.