Strategic Product Manager - Seals & Bearings (Remote)

DRiV; Skokie (IL); Hybrid; USD 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DRiV, a leading automotive supplier, seeks a Product Manager to grow the National seals and bearings brand across the full product life cycle. You will identify market opportunities, develop strategies, and lead New Product Introduction and launch plans with internal teams, suppliers, and customers.

You will manage product-line coverage, pricing, profitability, and integrated launches, collaborating with Purchasing, Engineering, Sales, and Supply Chain to strengthen market position and ensure

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, Automotive Technology, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, or a related field.
• One to three years of product management experience.
• Experience in the automotive or commercial vehicle industry, aftermarket or service parts.
• Familiarity with oil seals and bearings, including their applications, specifications, and basic product-selection considerations.
• Experience supporting product launches, product data, market research, competitive analysis, and financial performance.
• Experience with SAP is preferred but not required.

Aufgaben

• Manage assigned product lines and support growth, coverage, profitability, and life-cycle objectives.
• Manage NPI and NPLI activities, including project creation, coordination, execution, tracking, and completion.
• Research original equipment and aftermarket competitors’ catalogs, pricing, interchanges, and component information to identify market gaps and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain product-line coverage, specifications, pricing strategies, and launch plans.
• Manage product-line financial performance, including analysis of sales, margins, costs, and profitability.
• Analyze global sales data to identify opportunities for growth, coverage expansion, and margin improvement.
• Maintain competitor interchange files and support competitive product analysis.
• Support Program Management with product extensions and new product launches.
• Collaborate with Purchasing and Engineering to support effective and timely product introductions.
• Coordinate with suppliers and Purchasing to support resourcing activities and development of a competitive cost base.
• Create customer-specific load templates and support product-data requirements.
• Assist with customer, sales, and field inquiries related to product coverage, specifications, and availability.
• Support Quality and Warranty teams with investigation and resolution of customer complaints.
• Create and maintain SAP product data, including NPI load templates, product life-cycle information, country of origin, bills of material, and material determinations.
• Support the New Item Investigation process in FileMaker Pro.
• Prepare product support materials, including product bulletins and other launch communications.
• Manage products throughout the full product life cycle, from opportunity identification and development through launch, post-release changes, stock-category updates, and discontinuations.
• Partner with Supply Chain to resolve inventory, minimum-order-quantity, and availability issues.
• Support the catalog team with application loading, image development, and product attributes that improve digital content and customer experience.
• Assist with additional product-line initiatives and projects as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Data management

Excel

Power BI

Analytical thinking

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/Automotive/Supply Chain/Marketing

Tools

SAP

Jobbeschreibung

DRiV, a leading automotive supplier, seeks a Product Manager to grow the National seals and bearings brand across the full product life cycle. You will identify market opportunities, develop strategies, and lead New Product Introduction and launch plans with internal teams, suppliers, and customers.

You will manage product-line coverage, pricing, profitability, and integrated launches, collaborating with Purchasing, Engineering, Sales, and Supply Chain to strengthen market position and ensure