Product Manager

Haier Air Conditioning & Heating - Europe; Veneto; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 55.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Haier HVAC Solutions is seeking a Product Manager to own and guide chiller product lines. You will work with R&D, sales, and marketing to deliver successful launches and maintain the existing portfolio.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in product management within HVAC, with strong go-to-market knowledge and full product lifecycle experience. The role requires collaboration across teams and some travel, including Europe and China, with relocation to Northeast Italy possible for EU candidates.

Competenze

• At least 5 years of proven experience in product management or similar chiller-focused role in HVAC.
• Strong understanding of HVAC go-to-market strategies and full product lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with sales enablement and marketing strategies.
• You will be one of the technical experts on your product.
• Proactive and inquisitive, with excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Mansioni

• Define and communicate product vision and strategy based on market and customer insights.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, marketing, and sales teams.
• Develop and prioritise roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Create specifications and user stories; maintain product docs.
• Define technical specs, pricing targets, and forecast sales; prepare launch literature.
• Produce project and launch plans with Marketing and Sales teams.

Conoscenze

Product management

HVAC industry knowledge

Go-to-market strategies

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Strumenti

QAD ERP

Descrizione del lavoro

Here at Haier HVAC Solutions we are looking for a Product Manager to cover our Chiller product lines. This is your chance to take real ownership of the future.

This role is integral to the development and success of one of our most exciting new product lines. You will be working cross-functionally to ensure our product meets customer needs and align with the company’s strategic goals. You will be a highly proactive individual, results driven technical professional, that’s keen to make an impact in the HVAC world. This role gives you the chance to be at the hub of future products and services as you will be working with the RD teams as well as the sales Marketing teams to ensure a great new product launch as well as maintain the success we have in the market with our existing portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research with the market and customers to define latest trends and needs then transfer this into the product vision and strategy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, marketing, and sales.
• Develop and prioritise product roadmaps that align with business objectives.
• Create and maintain product documentation, such as specifications and user stories.
• Develop a detailed product remit that includes technical specifications, target pricing, and forecast sales, ensuring support literature is ready for launch date.
• Produce project and launch plans, coordinating with the Marketing Sales Teams to ensure successful execution.
• Analyse product performance metrics and customer feedback for continuous improvement.
• Understand market drivers, unique selling points (USPs), positioning, and differentiation as well as maintaining a market bench mark document.
• Monitor market, competitor, and industry trends to implement actions that leverage market opportunities.
• Estimate demand forecasts for goods by analysing trends and seasonality patterns, updating ERP (QAD) accordingly.
• Participate in meetings to facilitate business decisions on inventory and manufacturing.
• Monitor and maintain optimised inventory levels of stock.

About You

• At least 5 years proven experience in product management or a similar chiller focused role in the HVAC industry.
• Strong understanding of HVAC go-to-market strategies and full product lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with sales enablement and marketing strategies.
• You will be one of the technical experts on your product.
• Proactive and inquisitive nature, coupled with excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with diverse teams.
• Good presentation skills.
• Ideally a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline but not essential
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
• We're open to candidates based anywhere within the EU but would need to live or be prepared to relocate to Northeast Italy (no relocation costs will be offered).
• The role would entail some travel with the need to visit the markets in Europe as well as our own offices, and you should also consider at least one trip per year to China.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

What We Offer

Employment Type: Permanent Contract; Full-Time

Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement: CCNL Terziario, Distribuzione e Servizi – Confcommercio

Minimum Gross Annual Salary : € 50.000

The Company may offer a compensation package that differs from the amount indicated above, based on objective criteria identified during the selection process, such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications, or changes in the scope and responsibilities of the role. Any such variation will not, under any circumstances, be based on previous salary history or on personal or discriminatory factors.

All compensation-related decisions are made in accordance with the principles of equal pay, the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement, EU Directive 2023/970 on pay transparency, and any relevant national implementing legislation.