Marketing & Product Manager Schellen, Klemmen u. Steckverbindungen

This search procedure has been closed (30-09-2012).
Field
Marketing
Salary
Salary undisclosed
Location
Germany
Employment
Unspecified
Headhunter
Hunting Heads Executive Search International

Als Headhunter suchen wir für einen unserer Klienten:

Marketing & Product Manager Schellen, Klemmen u. Steckverbindungen (m/w)

Das Unternehmen

Der Auftraggeber ist ein multinationales Familienunternehmen. Seine Kernkompetenzen zeigen sich in vier ausgereiften und bewährten Produktgruppen: Vielseitigste Klemmen, Schellen und Ringe für Verbindungen und Befestigungen aller Art. Eigene Schliesswerkzeuge für die optimale Montage des Klemmensortiments. Steckverbindungen ohne Werkzeug und diverse Kupplungen für Anwendungen in Druckluftsystemen werden hergestellt.

Hauptaufgaben/Zuständigkeiten

As Marketing and Product Manager EMEA, you will manage the client product portfolio from strategic planning to tactical activities in the EMEA sales region. This extends from managing the product knowhow transfer of existing products to our sales engineers as well to customers, to developing new products in the field of connecting technology. You will build products from existing ideas, and help to develop new ideas based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects. You possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. You enjoy spending time in the market to understand their problems, and find innovative solutions for the broader market.

Key responsibilities

You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will work with an engineering counterpart to define product release requirements. Together with your direct report, the Marketing and Sales Support responsible EMEA, you will work with our sales, application and development engineers to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the market requirements, product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product offering, occasionally working with the sales and key customers. A product manager's key role is strategic, not tactical. This position requires travel to customer and non-customer sites in Europe (20-30%).

Anforderungsprofil / Persönlichkeit

  • 3+ years directly related experience in Product Management 
  • The ideal candidate can demonstrate the ability to influence cross-functionally to meet market requirements 
  • Customer oriented and ability to provide effective direction, leadership and team building
  • Detail-oriented with experience developing business requirements and product roadmaps
  • Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to interact with all levels of management
  • Strong working knowledge of business processes
  • Knowledge and experience in an industrial work environment desirable.

Education:

  • The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s or Master Degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience in both areas, engineering and business
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English and German, any further European language would be a benefit

Gefragt ist eine Persönlichkeit mit Führungserfahrung, sozialer Kompetenz, Durchsetzungsfähigkeit. Die Arbeitsweise sollte durch einen motivierenden, kooperativen und informativen Führungsstil geprägt sein.

Es erwartet Sie eine vielfältige und herausfordernde Aufgabe in einem außerordentlich attraktiven Umfeld.

Interessiert?

Bewerben Sie sich ausschliesslich mit dem untenstehenden Formular. Höchste Diskretion ist selbstverständlich.
 

This search procedure has been closed (30-09-2012).