Air Supply Product Manager

Experteer Italy; Torino; In loco; EUR 60.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Air Supply Product Manager to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of innovation, leading the product lifecycle from concept to market. Your expertise will guide market analysis, product strategies, and collaboration with cross-functional teams, ensuring that products meet customer needs and maintain high quality. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in a company dedicated to revolutionizing transportation solutions. If you are passionate about product management and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Competenze

• 10+ years of experience in product management or business development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Mansioni

• Lead market analysis to identify trends and customer needs.
• Manage product development projects from concept to launch.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product success.

Conoscenze

Product Management

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Project Management

Strategic Thinking

Problem-Solving

Agile Methodologies

Cost and Value Analysis

Fluent English

Formazione

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree (preferred)

Descrizione del lavoro

It's not just about your career or job title… It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Product Line Overview
Wabtec Transit Brakes & Couplers is a world leader in the supply of braking systems and couplers for all types of trains, on all continents. With more than a century of expertise, our braking systems range from brake manipulators to friction materials, air supply systems, brake control and bogie brake equipment. We deliver the widest range of couplers, covering most world standards. We are a leader in innovation, with the aim of making rail more attractive, more competitive over the whole life cycle and more sustainable.

How will you make a difference (Job summary)?
As an Air Supply product manager, you will work with an interdisciplinary team of sales and marketing, product engineers, sourcing, product quality, and other functions to deliver best-in-class quality for the backlog, and to create the product roadmap for the short and long term, ensuring that we keep an adequate balance of Technology Push (to ensure that our products set standards and continue to surprise and inspire our customers) and Market Pull (to ensure we deliver on what customers expect).

You will own the product catalogue for Air Supply (its definition, maintenance, and continuous improvement) and you will contribute to defining the rules and processes for the product catalogue management.

You will own the complete lifecycle of the products:

1. Ensuring they meet the current and anticipated market needs.
2. Ensuring an adequate time-to-market, while meeting Quality and Cost requirements; we are on a journey to decrease time-to-market and you will have a key role in the success of this journey.
3. Monitoring product performance in terms of cost competitiveness, suitability for manufacturing, quality and reliability, and leading the definition of correction plans as necessary.
4. Monitor the use and re-use in tenders and projects, and the evolution of product configurations in applications; identify root causes for low re-use rate or for the creation of a multiplicity of variants, and lead the definition of correction plans as necessary.

Your attitude and energetic approach will motivate all colleagues working on air supply to challenge the status quo, benchmark against competitors, and deliver top performance.

You will work within a dynamic product management team, along product managers for other product groups, driving the product management function to new standards in terms of ownership and contribution to the business. In this journey, you will contribute to the definition and update of rules and processes for product management.

What will be your key Responsibilities?

1. Lead market analysis to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
2. Engage with customers and stakeholders to gather feedback and drive continuous improvement.
3. Develop profitable business cases and product plans, overseeing the selection, definition, development, validation, scheduling, and market introduction of products.
4. Develop and execute product strategies and roadmaps, covering the whole lifecycle, and in close cooperation with services product management.
5. Oversee the development and lifecycle management of products and their use in systems.
6. Manage product development projects from concept to launch, ensuring timely delivery and quality.
7. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in the requirements management process - from defining product requirements and specifications, to verification and validation.
8. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, specially operations, in the definition and evolution of the operations' footprint for the product family.
9. Work closely with engineering, quality, sourcing, project management and operations teams to ensure product performance and reliability.
10. Monitor product performance and implement corrective actions as needed.
11. Drive continuous improvement in the competitiveness of our products, working closely with operations and sourcing focusing on areas such as LCC, RAMS, engineering, manufacturing, methods, suppliers.
12. Prepare and present product updates and reports to senior leaders.
13. Communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap with key stakeholders across various functions.
14. Ensure that standard products are used in tenders and projects, and that these standards meet the tenders and projects needs.
15. Establish and maintain strong relationships with sales, engineering, technical product management, to align on strategy, foster innovation, and promote best practices.

What do we want to know about you and your experience?

1. Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.
2. 10+ years of proven experience in product management, business development or related functions, preferably in the railway or automotive industry.
3. Preferably, strong understanding of the railway market.
4. Preferably, knowledge of Agile development methodologies, ideally applies to complex systems and in regulated environments.
5. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and good judgment for complex business decisions and strategic planning.
6. Leadership experience to successfully coordinate multidisciplinary, multicultural global teams.
7. Ability to get-things-done and challenge the status-quo. Entrepreneurial spirit.
8. Strong strategic thinking and influencing skills.
9. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
10. Excellent project management skills and ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and international team environment.
11. Skills on cost and value analysis.
12. Ability to travel as required.
13. Fluent English mandatory, other European languages appreciated.
14. Located close to a Wabtec site.

Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.