Europe Regional Product Manager (m/f/d)

ZF Group; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private medical care

Life insurance

Cafeteria system/Sport Card

Global Referral Program

Job summary

ZF Group in Wrocław seeks an Europe Regional Product Manager (m/f/d) to drive regional product range development, lifecycle management and market readiness across IAM and OES segments. You will coordinate with multiple functions to ensure timely products and accurate master data.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering, 3+ years in product management, and strong IT tool proficiency (MS Office, SAP, Cognos, Salesforce).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent in business, engineering or related field.
• 3+ years in product management, spec and development processes.
• Knowledge of ZF products, footprint, structures and GD-PEP processes.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement regional product range development plans to meet KPI targets.
• Lead G2M strategy, service readiness and sales readiness for NPIs.
• Screen portfolio for exclusivity, roadblocks and OE conversion opportunities.
• Maintain up-to-date product master data and ensure visibility for customers.
• Coordinate change management (PLM, DCN, ECN, SCN) in portfolio.
• Coordinate cross referencing against competitors and OE with Product Information Management.
• Serve as point of contact for Customer Service Desk on range, product and commercial requests.

Skills

Product management

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Negotiation & relationship mgmt

Execution & drive

English language

German language (plus)

Polish language (plus)

IT tools - MS Office Excel

SAP

Cognos

Salesforce

C-Place (plus)

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or engineering or related

Tools

MS Office (Excel advanced)

SAP

Cognos

Salesforce

C-Place

Job description

The Europe Category Team is a driver of product strategy and portfolio excellence for the aftermarket. We manage product launches, product lifecycles, optimize offerings, and define the regional strategy for each portfolio.

Based in Europe but supporting worldwide operations, we collaborate across markets to ensure our products meet evolving customer needs, competitive benchmarks, and business goals.

What you can look forward to as Europe Regional Product Manager (m/f/d):

• Responsible for creating and implementing timely regional product range development plans for respective product line/s to achieve defined KPI targets derived from business/ customer requirements in IAM and OES according to GDPEP process and OP/SP targets;
• For NPIs (New Product Introduction0, responsible for G2M strategy, Service Readiness support and sales readiness (price, stock, AM portal, Xrefs, MarCom) for NPIs;
• Pro-actively screen the portfolio, identify exclusivity & roadblock and release OE conversion products when no projects are needed;
• Ensure that product master data are up to date internally and externally. Make sure that product information are visible for our customers;
• Responsible for change management (PLM, DCN, ECN, SCN) in respective portfolio;
• Coordinates cross referencing against competitors and OE with Product Information Management to guarantee customer range demands are fulfilled;
• Point of contact for Customer CustomerService Desk to process range, product and commercial related requests from customers.

Your profile as Europe Regional Product Manager (m/f/d):

• Education: Min. Bachelor of Science degree in business, engineering or related;
• Experience: min. 3 years experience in product management, specification & development processes;
• Knowledge of ZF products, footprint, structures and processes, in particular GD-PEP;
• Strategic and analytic thinking and active execution of Product Strategy targets;
• Negotiating, influencing and relationship management skills;
• Drive for results and execution Education: Bachelor of science degree in business, engineering or related;
• IT tools: MS Office (Excel advanced), SAP, (Cognos, Sales Force, C-Place is a plus);
• Languages: fluent in English, German and Polish is a plus.

Why you should choose ZF in Wrocław?

• An employment contract in a stable, global company;
• Implementation package-full training and support from experienced managers and employees who will make sure that you feel comfortable while performing newly entrusted tasks;
• Hybrid system work and flexible working hours;
• Possibility of participation in private medical care and life insurance;
• Cafeteria system/Sport Card;
• Global Referral Program;
• Very good working atmosphere; working in an international team, interesting projects, and tasks.