European Product Group Manager

Jonathan Lee Recruitment Ltd; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is seeking an experienced European Product Group Manager to drive product strategy and lead a team across the CNC machine tool market in Europe. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the industry, strong leadership skills, and the ability to engage with customers and stakeholders. This senior-level position includes a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Car allowance

Benefits package

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of CNC machine tool and related markets.
• Proven performance in a customer-facing environment.
• Developed strategic thinking and analytical skills using Business Intelligence Tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee product strategy for machine tool portfolio.
• Conduct market research and identify customer needs.
• Manage entire product lifecycle from concept to phase-out.
• Guide and develop team of Product Managers.

Skills

Knowledge of CNC machine tools

Leadership and management

Analytical skills

Sales presentation skills

Clear communication

Customer engagement

Job description

Overview

European Product Group Manager

Based on their manufacturing site in Worcester and reporting to the European Group Engineering Director, the European Group Product Manager is pivotal in shaping the strategic direction and success of our clients' market leading machine tool offerings across Europe.

Managing a small team of Product Managers while bridging engineering, marketing, and sales organisations to deliver high-impact products that meet market demands, this role is strategically important to their future product development in support of market and client needs.

With a strength of knowledge around machine tools or automation or relating peripheral equipment, this position has the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee the end-to-end product strategy and roadmaps for our client's machine tool portfolio across European markets.
• Conduct robust market research and competitor analysis across the European CNC markets to identify customer needs, emerging trends, and market gaps.
• Translate these insights into strategic business cases, with revenue and margin forecasting.
• Manage the entire product lifecycle from initial concepts and engineering development, through to launch, market commercialisation, and eventual phase-out.
• Develop core positioning and messaging for the product and support marketing with creation of product collateral and launch activities.
• Develop and deliver sales focused training and compelling competitor argumentation for use at product launches, sales training activities and major trade shows.
• Provision of business performance reports as defined.

Leadership responsibilities

• Guide, mentor, and develop the team of Product Managers with a culture of innovation, critical thinking and data-driven decision-making, together with customer-facing, market led product development.
• Set clear performance goals, monitor KPIs, and support career development.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate should have an in-depth knowledge of the CNC machine tool/relating equipment/application market, together with a commercial awareness of sales and marketing processes. Furthermore, you should be a proven departmental manager, self-motivated and organized, to deliver on tight timescales, with clear communication and presentation skills. Capability to build enduring internal and external relationships with business stakeholders.

Essential Criteria

• In-depth knowledge of CNC machine tool and relating markets.
• Strong track record in departmental leadership, management and staff development.
• Proven performance in a customer-facing environment.
• Developed critical and strategic thinking combined with analytical skills using Business Intelligence Tools.
• Clear communication skills at all levels, including business stakeholders.
• Skilled in positioning / preparation and delivery of sales presentations.
• Willing to travel to sales organizations and customers across Europe when required

This position offers a senior level salary, car and benefits. It is noted that this role is a significant and critical position and has an opportunity to further improve our clients market success.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency. In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.