Product Manager - Industrial Flooring

Sika; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sika India seeks a Product Manager - Industrial Flooring to drive the technical lifecycle, validate products, and coordinate with R&D, Quality, Marketing and customers to ensure commercial success.

The role demands hands-on technical leadership, deep knowledge of flooring systems, and the ability to translate findings into actionable support, documentation, and training across India.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of industrial flooring systems and flooring product chemistry.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical lifecycle of assigned Industrial Flooring products and systems; develop positioning and benchmarks.
• Provide expert technical support for complex flooring applications; evaluate methodologies and system compatibility.
• Collaborate with R&D on product development, field validation and testing; drive field trials.
• Support Sales and BDM teams on strategic opportunities; travel across India as needed.
• Maintain technical literature and documentation; conduct training for Sales, applicators and stakeholders.

Skills

Industrial flooring knowledge

Flooring codes & test methods

Root-cause analysis

Technical training

Competitor benchmarking

Job description

1. Position Purpose

The Product Manager - Industrial Flooring will be responsible for driving the technical, product, application Support, site trouble shooting leading to commercial success of Sika India's Industrial Flooring portfolio. The role will act as a critical interface between R&D, Quality, Marketing, and Target Market Team Manager and key Customers or consultants, with primary responsibility for product validation, technical documentation, application excellence, product development, technical training, competitive benchmarking and strategic project support. The incumbent is expected to bring strong practical knowledge of industrial flooring systems, flooring application techniques, construction practices, failure analysis and flooring product chemistry, combined with the ability to translate technical knowledge into valied and satisfactory customer complaint resolutions. The position requires a hands-on technical leader who can independently assess flooring systems at site and in Lab with R&D Team, identify application and product-related risks, develop solutions and support the business in establishing Flooring portfolio in India.

2. Core Responsibilities

• Product Management – Own the technical lifecycle of assigned Industrial Flooring products and systems. Develop product positioning and technical differentiation. Conduct competitor and market benchmarking. Provide inputs for product positioning and portfolio strategy. Monitor product performance in the field and initiate corrective actions where required.
• Technical & Application Excellence – Provide expert technical support for complex industrial flooring applications. Must be able to evaluate and write application methodologies and system compatibility. Support applicators during mock-ups, trials and critical applications. Conduct technical audits and investigate flooring failures. Develop root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action recommendations.
• R&D & Innovation – Must work closely with R&D on product development, testing and field validation purposes. Convert customer/market requirements into product development briefs. Drive field trials and validation of new products. Identify opportunities for product enhancement and cost optimisation in alignment with Target Market Manager - Flooring. Benchmark Sika flooring systems against competing technologies.
• Sales & Business Support – Support Sales and BDM teams on strategic opportunities. Must be willing to travel extensively across India as per business need. Participate in consultant/customer presentations. Provide technical inputs during specification development. Support key project conversions through system recommendations and value propositions as and when needed. Develop technical tools that enable the Sales team to effectively communicate product/system benefits like method statements, value charts, Product BOQs, Product Specification documents, standard product presentations etc.
• Technical Communication & Knowledge Management – Maintain technical literature and product documentation. Develop technical case studies and success stories of strategic products and new launches. Conduct technical training for Sales, applicators and other stakeholders. Ensure effective dissemination of technical updates across the organization.

Key Competencies Required

• Technical Competencies – The candidate should have strong practical knowledge of:
  Basis flooring codes and test methods
  Epoxy, Polyurethane, Polyurea and Polyaspartic flooring systems
  PU Cement / Ucrete-type flooring systems
  ESD / conductive flooring
  Car park flooring systems
  Underlayments and self-levelling systems
  Concrete substrate preparation and technologies used for it.
  Moisture management and substrate assessment
  Mechanical grinding, shot blasting and scarification process Flooring application equipment and techniques Flooring failure investigation and root-cause analysis