Product Line Manager

Amphenol TCS; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Corporation's Power BU is seeking a Product Line Manager to drive growth, profitability, and capacity planning for key product families. You will coordinate with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Sales, and Finance to position products for long-term success.

The role emphasizes margin optimization, cost reduction through value engineering, and cross-functional leadership in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• 7-10 years of experience in product management, product line management, operations, supply chain, or business management within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working in high-speed interconnect, cable solutions, or related industry preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in demand planning, capacity planning, forecasting, inventory management, or supply chain operations.
• Strong understanding of product costing, pricing, gross margin analysis, and financial performance metrics.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and driving operational improvements.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Capacity Planning & Demand Management: Partner with Operations, Planning, and Supply Chain teams to develop and maintain product forecasts.
• Cost & Margin Management: Drive cost reduction initiatives through value engineering, sourcing optimization, manufacturing improvements, and product design changes.
• Sourcing & Margin: Analyze product cost structures and identify opportunities to improve gross margin.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to execute margin enhancement projects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related field

Job description

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

Power Solutions (Power) is the leading pioneer and sets the bar for power electrical connectors and cable assembly solutions across Datacom/Telecom (Servers, Data Centers, Networking), Industrial (Factory Automation, Energy Storage) and eMobility (Electrical vehicle / Automated Material Handling) market with innovative and award leading designs for the world's most demanding customers. As we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible, we are committed to lead the way in the Next-Gen power solutions.

As we continue to expand our portfolio and support global customers, we are seeking a Product Line Manager to drive operational and financial performance across key product families. This role reports to the General Manager of Power BU under ACPG and will be responsible for supporting product line growth, profitability, capacity planning, and cost optimization initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Sales, and Finance to ensure products are positioned for long‑term success while meeting customer and business objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Capacity Planning & Demand Management

• Partner with Operations, Planning, and Supply Chain teams to develop and maintain product forecasts.
• Analyze demand trends and capacity constraints to ensure alignment between customer requirements and manufacturing capabilities.
• Identify risks related to material availability, production capacity, and demand fluctuations and develop mitigation plans.
• Support sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes to improve forecast accuracy and inventory performance.

Cost & Margin Management

• Drive cost reduction initiatives through value engineering, sourcing optimization, manufacturing improvements, and product design changes.
• Analyze product cost structures and identify opportunities to improve gross margin.
• Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to execute margin enhancement projects.
• Monitor product profitability and provide recommendations to improve financial performance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• 7-10 years of experience in product management, product line management, operations, supply chain, or business management within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working in high-speed interconnect, cable solutions, or related industry preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in demand planning, capacity planning, forecasting, inventory management, or supply chain operations.
• Strong understanding of product costing, pricing, gross margin analysis, and financial performance metrics.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and driving operational improvements.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%.

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Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website athttps://www.amphenol-cs.com/.