PRODUCT MANAGER III

TE Connectivity; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity's Product Management teams manage all aspects of a product, from development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans to meet sales and profit targets.

They drive growth through new product introductions, pricing, and cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Sales, Marketing and Operations to scale the business and expand into adjacent applications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience in an automotive environment.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering (electronics/electrical) preferred.
• Strong knowledge of terminals and connectors in automotive applications.
• Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience leading market, product management, and sales targets.
• Learning agility and growth mindset; executing for results.
• Ability to build relationships and influence targets.
• Strong communication and business acumen.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and timely work management.
• Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Create and control a rolling strategy plan for the product family to deliver strong financial results.
• Develop breakthroughs through an ideas funnel and scale-up of validated ideas.
• Cascade vision and strategy with near-term plans and measurable buy-in.
• Articulate market trends, demand drivers, and competitive landscape.
• Understand major competitors to inform strategic decisions.
• Develop product and technology roadmaps aligned with market needs.
• Collaborate with R&D and operations to develop new products and foster a learning culture.
• Communicate across levels in the organization.

Skills

Product management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (electronics/electrical)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

This position manages all aspects of the assigned portfolio throughout the lifecycle, including strategy, revenue, profitability, portfolio decisions, roadmaps, and new product developments. Responsible for revenue and gross margin of the portfolio and will play a pivotal role in driving the strategy to scale the business substantially and accelerate growth over the next years based on new product introduction, go-to-market expansion, and entry into adjacent applications. You will rationalize the portfolio and drive gross margin expansion through mixed improvement and production cost reduction. Bring a strategic, growth- and margin-oriented mind-set paired with excellent commercial acumen. This position cooperates with all functions of the company including but not limited to R&D, Sales, Marketing and Business Development, Manufacturing & Operations, Finance, Legal and Sales Operations.

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Strat plan – Create and control a rolling strategy plan for the assigned product family to deliver strong financial results – That includes organic growth strategy through expansion of the product bag, launching new products into market adjacencies, as well as inorganic strategy to expand product depth and/or breadth enhancing relevance to customers/channel.
• Creates breakthroughs (e.g., new market entry, new products, new business models, partnerships) through excellence in creating an ideas funnel, idea selection, prioritization, active experimentation, and scale-up of proven ideas.
• Cascades the vision and strategy throughout the organization and ties it to clear near-term plans and metrics. Creates buy-in from the organization for the plan through early engagement.
• Articulates market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape.
• Expected to develop an in-depth understanding of major competitors in the key product markets. Can leverage competitive knowledge for strategic decision-making.
• Develop product and technology roadmaps that align with business strategy and market needs.
• Work with R&D and operations in the development of new products to meet current and future customer and market requirements. Creates / inspires a humble, learning and growth oriented, and continuous improvement mindset and culture in the organization.
• Communicates widely and at multiple levels in the organization.

Develop Business Plan

• Define resource requirements necessary to execute the product and technology roadmaps.
• Establish and execute pricing policy.
• Work effectively with the Regional Product Management teams to drive execution of the product line strategies.
• Partners with the sales organization and drives empowerment that accelerates speed and responsiveness while jointly defining GTM strategies.
• Establish and develop close relationships and intimacy with key customers and focus distributors for the assigned product family.

Drive Profitable Growth Of Assigned Portfolio

• Manage the P&L (sales and gross margin) for the assigned product line.
• Deliver growth above market through strong NPI (New Product Introduction) and share gain execution.
• Drives YoY gross margin expansion by developing and executing robust pricing strategies, driving operational productivity, and improving product mix (when relevant).
• Lead critical projects to drive competitive advantage for the assigned product line.
• Track progress to the business plan and facilitate resolution to gaps.
• Work on Futuristic applications and think ahead of time to spec-in new products into the market.
• Work on gaining market intelligence with the help of cross functional team members to drive revenue growth pipeline and execute the same with utmost accuracy.

Qualifications And Experience Required

• 7+ years of product management experience in an automotive environment.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline preferably Electronics and Electrical.
• Well versed with Terminal and connectors and automotive applications.
• Strong hold in Microsoft excels and presentation.
• Evidence of leadership responsibility for market, product management, product development and sales targets.
• Learning agility and Strategic Growth Mindset Executing for Results.
• Building Relationships and Using Influence to reach set targets.
• Highly Effective communication skills.
• Business acumen combined with entrepreneurial mind-set.
• Managing and Measuring Work on timely basis.
• Motivating Others while keeping a tap on project timelines.
• Networking with CFT for close collaboration to achieve desired targets.
• Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Product Management Teams manage all aspects of a product, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans in order to meet sales and profit targets.

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork