Group Commercial Product Manager

Bremsen Technik Group; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual holiday plus statutory holidays

Pension contributions

Group Life Assurance Scheme

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

A leading automotive solutions provider is seeking a Group Commercial Product Manager to define product vision and strategy. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams to evaluate market trends and launching new products. Ideal candidates should have experience in the automotive industry, strong interpersonal skills, and excellent project management abilities. The role offers flexible location options, including remote and hybrid work.

Qualifications

• Experience in the automotive industry, particularly Heavy Vehicles.
• Proven experience in a dynamic product management role.
• Excellent organisation and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a clear product vision aligned with company goals.
• Collaborate with the commercial team to evaluate market trends and customer needs.
• Work with the commercial team during new product launches.

Skills

Product life cycle management

Interpersonal and communication skills

Project management

Knowledge of market trends

Customer relationship management

Job description

Bremsen Technik Group is one of the leading global suppliers of automotive brake friction and related components. We are passionate about solving our customers’ problems using our technology, knowledge, and experience, and are the partner of choice for many major distributors of braking, clutch, and suspension products in the automotive industry.

Proud to be headquartered in our birthplace of North Yorkshire, our Group consists of six companies across the UK, Europe, USA, and China. As a result, we are a diverse and exciting business in terms of what we do, our products, and our people.

Job Overview

We are looking to appoint a Group Commercial Product Manager who will be responsible for defining the vision, strategy, and roadmap across our product categories. Reporting to the Commercial Director this role will need to work collaboratively with the commercial team, engineering team, customers, and supplier partners to ensure our new and existing product categories meet market needs and support short, medium and long term business objectives. You will work with global partners across the automotive sectors and travel internationally to meet customers, visit suppliers and represent the business at leading exhibitions and trade shows. The job location for this role is flexible, the role can be based in the UK or internationally with remote and hybrid working available.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a clear product vision aligned with company goals.
• Collaborate with the commercial team to evaluate market trends and customer needs to identify opportunities.
• Work with the commercial team and the customer to meet customer requirements covering the range of products that they require.
• Identify and evaluate the best supplier partner to suit the customer’s needs and quality level for new product categories.
• Work with the commercial team during a new product launch to a customer to ensure a smooth rollout.
• Along with commercial team work to resolve any issues impacting customer experience.
• Work with the engineering team to manage training programmes and material required for each product category.

About You

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of the automotive industry particularly Heavy Vehicles.
• Proven experience in a dynamic product management role, ideally in the automotive industry including hands on experience of managing all aspects of the product life cycle.
• Experience of working closely with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to understand product requirements and translate them into product specifications.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Excellent organisation and project management skills with the ability to multi-task.

Employee benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme.
• Annual holiday entitlement is 25 days per year plus statutory holidays.
• Pension contributions.
• Group Life Assurance Scheme.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and other benefits including remote GP, physiotherapy sessions and other counselling and wellbeing services.
• Job location for this role is flexible, based in the UK or internationally with remote and hybrid working available.

To apply:

Please email your CV, and covering letter demonstrating your suitability for the role, to: [e-mail]