Product Line Manager

Acara solutions is looking for a Product Line Manager for our client located in Hauppauge, NY

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• Product Line Manager (PLM) is responsible for a variety of activities associated with the assigned product lines.
• The PLM is primarily responsible for the assigned product line revenue growth and managing the portfolio of products therein.
• This role has responsibility for understanding the company’s markets, customers, applications and programs for current products, know and understand the competitors related to the product line, and where/how to differentiate using the company’s core technologies and engineering capabilities.
• Using market knowledge and voice of the customer, the PLM will recommend new product development strategies to management for consideration in order to profitably grow the business.
• The PLM will report into the VP/GM Strategy & Development.
• Focus on maximizing revenue, profit and margin for assigned product lines.
• Participates and contributes to the overall business unit strategic plan.
• Responsible for recommending and executing long-range strategies consistent with the market, business, and corporate goals and objectives.
• These include, but are not limited to market, product, technology, customer penetration, and revenue growth.
• Understand, articulate, and capture customer market needs and problems and then translate them into recommended solutions addressing market requirements for new product development
• Rationalize current product portfolio.
• Responsible for each stock keeping unit (SKU) within the product line, ensuring each SKU is financially justified.
• Lead the product review process to rationalize unprofitable products.
• Seek to understand customers’ business models, technology, product, and program roadmaps and how it applies to the company’s products
• Assist in the business case analysis, return on investment (ROI) for research & development investments in accordance with roadmap priorities.
• Works with Site Leadership, Operations, and Sales to define product pricing strategies, ensuring future costs, and pricing meet market and internal margin demands.
• Monitors to ensure all products and projects meet the specific objectives, taking correction actions as needed
• PLS is responsible for building and maintaining close customer relationships
• Act as a key customer interface, advocate for the customer in program management and development
• Partner with sales and marketing communications in the execution of new product launches
• Contribute to the development of training tools for the Sales Team

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in product management, design engineering, sales engineering, or technical marketing in a manufacturing environment with increasing responsibility.

Preferred Skills / Qualifications:

• Communication skills (verbal and written); adapt to different audiences seamlessly.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks being needed at the same time
• Exhibit a sense of urgency and independent initiative toward accomplishing objectives
• Ability to work with and provide insight to management team
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.)
• Ability to travel on occasion to key customers, industry exhibitions, etc.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.

Acara Solutions, An Aleron Company