Business Unit Director - CIJ

Videojet Technologies; Wood Dale (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Career development

Health benefits

Job summary

Videojet Technologies is seeking a Business Unit Director – Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) to lead the CIJ product line with global scope. You will set strategy, drive growth, and own P&L in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Engineering and R&D.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Business Unit Management, you will work with regional leaders to deliver 1- and 3-year visions, develop key materials, and ensure successful launches while balancing resources across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of product management experience with a track record of launching new products.
• Experience in a senior product role at director level with a technical product.
• Strong understanding of the marking and coding market and industry trends.
• Proficiency in market research tools and techniques.
• Ability to create product vision and lead cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop product line strategy plans with 1-3 year vision and revenue plans.
• Analyze competitors and understand their positioning and plans of attack.
• Own sales growth and P&L for CIJ products across regions.
• Create fight sheets, value selling documents, ROI/TCO tools, and guides.
• Develop global launch plans and internal support materials.
• Collaborate with Marketing on demand generation campaigns and materials.
• Engage with regional leaders to understand customer, competitor and market dynamics.
• Lead efforts to address bugs, updates, upgrades and enhancements.
• Coordinate with engineering, production, marketing and sales for product releases.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

Market research

Strategic vision

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or related field

Job description

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impacton the world around you.
• Growing your expertiseand expanding your skillset with every project.
• Owning your ambitionand fueling your career growth.

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impacton the world around you.
• Growing your expertiseand expanding your skillset with every project.
• Owning your ambitionand fueling your career growth.

Videojet is proud to be a Product Quality & Innovation company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources.

Videojet Technologies (www.videojet.com) is a leading global manufacturer of coding and marking solutions. With more than 400,000 units installed worldwide, Videojet covers all major technologies, including continuous and thermal inkjet, laser, thermal transfer overprinting, and case coding.

As part of our team, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on safeguarding everyday essentials. You’ll also belong to a respectful and collaborative community that fosters career growth and professional development. You’ll be supported by resources that make a positive difference in your life because, at Videojet, we value your authenticity and want your talents to shine.

We offer

• Paid holidays and a permissive paid time off policy emphasizing flexibility and trust
• Ongoing investment in your career through dedicated training, on-the-job development, and coaching
• Total rewards that support your success at work and beyond, including comprehensive health benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with employer match, and associate wellbeing programming with rewards

About the role

The Business Unit Director (BUD) – Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) position is responsible for general management, sales and P&L of the CIJ product line within a matrix organization. In direct coordination with Sales, Marketing, Product Planning, Service, Operations, Procurement, Engineering and R&D, this individual will establish a strategic vision for the product lines driving growth, profitability, and on a global basis.

This position is part of the global Business Unit Management group and will report to the Sr. Director of Business Unit Management.

In this role, you will

• Develop product line strategy plan: 1 and 3 year vision, business cases, high-level use cases/requirements, and revenue that compliments Videojet’s overall strategy.
• In depth understanding of competitors, their products and strategies with an eye to understand their full positioning and plans of attack.
• Working very closely with the regional leaders, the BUD owns the sales growth and P&L for their products (equipment, supplies and parts).
• Develop comprehensive materials and tools to help sales win opportunities. These include fight sheets, value selling documents, ROI/TCO tools, solution guides, etc.
• Develop global plans for launch and develop internal support material.
• With Marketing, review/approve marketing materials, develop target customer segments and develop appropriate demand generation campaigns.
• Get to Gemba (point of impact/field) to really understand customer, competitor and market dynamics.
• Lead activities to address bugs, updates, upgrades and enhancements, and drive items to completion.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams in the development, QA, and release of products, and balance resources to ensure success for the entire organization.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in product management or a related role, ideally including a track record of successfully delivering successful new products launchings
• Experience in a senior product role at a director’s level working with a technical product is preferred.
• A strong understanding of the marking and coding market, industry trends, and user experiences
• Strong expertise in market research tools and techniques.
• Proficiency in creating product vision and leading cross-team collaboration across engineering and commercial organizations.

US ONLY

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $ 160000 - $ 200000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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