Product Manager, Roll Shop & Maintenance Solutions

SMS group; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401k with company match

Training in Germany

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

SMS group seeks a Product Manager to orchestrate repair and maintenance solutions across North America. You will align engineering with operational needs, rolling out standardized repair packages and digital tools for roll shops in WA, IL, IN, and AR.

You will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with OEMs, and drive market analysis for new services while traveling to customer sites and workshops up to 50% of the time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of advanced knowledge of Flat Rolling Mill Roll Shops / steel production / mill maintenance / chock maintenance / roll grinding / operation.
• Strong mechanical background with a deep understanding of flat rolling processes and roll shop operations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and align multiple regional sites under a single strategic vision.
• Travel up to 50% to customer sites and North American workshop locations.

Responsibilities

• Maintains dialog with SMS Service/roll Shops, SMS sales & customers to offer solutions for roll shops + WR + BUR chock & oil film bearing repairs / modernizations / spares / services
• Regular customer visits to hot, cold, aluminum mills for in collaboration with our central sales responsible person
• Supports customers operation issues by analysis of IBA data, dimensional inspection, etc. utilizing onsite resources to perform inspection, and gather data to provide a maintenance, modernization & or new solution for the operational issues
• Identifies repairs to be developed / executed in the SMS workshops
• Develops standard repairs ,modifications, modernization packages that can be scaled across multiple customers
• Collaborate with OEM engineer for engineered repairs & enhancements
• Creates market analysis for new and existing products & services
• Responsible tracking of chock fleet program and oil film bearings
• Collaborates with OPS team to create and implement digital inspection & ERP system
• Creates data base of chocks & oil film bearings that can be altered to cover multiple customers equipment
• Supports spare part group for chocks & oil film bearings
• Collaborates with marketing to create & or update roll shop & chock & oil film bearing products service website & product brochures
• In addition to above, support all customer and roll shop / workshop needs in regard to flat rolling where applicable
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Travel

Flat rolling knowledge

Mechanical understanding

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

SMS group seeks a Product Manager to orchestrate repair and maintenance solutions across North America. You will align engineering with operational needs, rolling out standardized repair packages and digital tools for roll shops in WA, IL, IN, and AR.

You will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with OEMs, and drive market analysis for new services while traveling to customer sites and workshops up to 50% of the time.