Executive jobs in Germany

Product Manager (m/f/d) Light Goods

At Swisslog, that’s where! Our teams are the heart of a world-leading Robotics company that’s harnessing the power of technology to shape the future of intralogistics. The result? We’re transforming performance and efficiency for customers across the globe, giving them the vital edge in their markets. The newly formed Product- & Solution Management departments drive our Global Portfolio Steering to ensure innovative products, modules and sub-systems (Product Management) that will empower our cutting-edge Solutions. Together we will further exploit our focus verticals continuing the market success of Swisslog.

Make an impact:

• You are responsible within the Light Goods product family portfolio for directing the development of innovative goods to person solutions with focus on automated storage and retrieval systems for light goods logistics, such as conveyor systems, cranes and shuttle systems.
• You perform market and competitor analysis, gather business and market requirements, and identify market and technology trends affecting the assigned products.
• You manage products throughout the product lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with internal and external stakeholders to deliver winning products.
• You orchestrate different internal stakeholders (Regions, Solutions Center, Innovation Management, Product Owners) to ensure the successful launch of products to the market.
• You create and own product roadmaps, business cases, and go-to-market plans to ensure future competitiveness and customer benefits.
• Your main counterpart will be the Product Owner, who has the responsibility for the technical aspect of the product and both of you are collaborating with the Solution Manager who is focusing on the solution requirements per target industry vertical, e.g. Groceries. Overall your main interface will be Product Development team from our new Technology & Development organization. This way you all ensure the product development in time, scope, quality and cost based on clear requirements and specifications.

What you need to succeed:

• You have a degree in engineering or industrial engineering, preferable with a focus on marketing and sales.
• You have an advanced understanding of mechatronics and software.
• You bring a proven track record in driving product initiatives from initial requirements to market success, preferable you have 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager within the intralogistics industry.
• You bring Customer Business Process expertise, but also experience with customer and market analysis.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to deal with different levels of stakeholders including executive level.
• Strong proficiency in English and German.
• Willingness to travel internationally (approx. 20-30%) to our Swisslog offices and customer sites.