Product Manager - America

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Product Management Teams manage all aspects of a product, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans in order to meet sales and profit targets.Manages all aspects of a regional product line or portfolio, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing and sales. Runs the portfolio as a “mini” GM. Responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans in order to meet sales and gross (or standard) margin targets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Articulate market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape
• Conduct market segmentation exercises to develop market segment-specific strategies.
• Conduct competitive analysis and benchmarking
• Define segment –specific value propositions that beat the competition
• Develop product roadmaps that aligns with business strategy
• Design go to market strategy, inclusive of channel strategy and partnerships
• Work with R&D and operations in the development of new products to meet current and future customer requirements.
• Manage the product lifecycle.
• Define resource requirements necessary to execute the product roadmap
• Work cross functionally to define sales, technology and operations strategies and goals, in line with financial goals. Build consensus on specific tasks.
• Establish pricing policy
• Develop the annual operating plan (Sales and gross or standard margin)
• Be the opportunity champion for PAC projects.
• Plans product launches, including the development of marketing and sales plans.
• Provide demand forecast inputs to S&OP.
• Attend customer meetings in support of winning new business
• Exercise thought leadership.
• Provide inputs to Marcom for the development of collateral, including e-commerce.
• Manage the P&L (sales and gross or standard margin) for the assigned portfolio.
• Deliver sustained profitable growth
• Enable sales to promote product line via training and the development of collateral materials that help articulate the value proposition.
• Manage special price requests
• Track progress to the business plan and facilitate resolution to gaps.
• Be the champion for resolution of product issues (e.g., quality, delivery, etc.)
  
  

Background

What your background should look like:

• Min 5y of professional experience with – at least - 1- 3y experience in Product Management.
• Experience in Automotive or Heavy Duty Transportation (truck, buses, construction equipment) is a must
• Experience is Sensor is a big plus (can drive to higher compensation)
• Experience with a global company and international business is a plus.
  
  

Education

• Bachelor degree
• Master Degree-preferred
• Location: Great Lakes, preferably Detroit area (where the customers are located)
  
  

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

About Te Connectivity

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.

Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Compensation

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $139,300 - 209,000 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total Compensation = Base Salary Incentive(s) Benefits
  
  

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
  
  

EOE, Including Disability/Vets

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