Job Description

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. Roles And Responsibility: OBJECTIVE : The Product Manager has to manage and control all Product Management activities for India. The primary objective is to manage Product lifecycle from development to positioning and pricing in line with company\'s Sales & P&L strategy. They will work across functions to manage all aspects of the product life cycle from strategic planning to day-to-day tactical activities, with an emphasis on supporting the tactical activities associated with running a product line. RESPONSIBILITIES : Market Sensing & Strategy Development - Research market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape - Conduct competitive analysis and benchmarking - Provide materials to support the 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 by providing product trend analysis to the lead PM(s) Develop Business Plan (Achieve cross-functional alignment to the plan) - Work cross functionally to achieve sales, technology and operations strategies and goals, in line with financial goals. - Implement pricing policy as defined by lead PM(s) Execution - New Product Development & Launch - Prepare financial analysis in support of new product launch - Provide product information and samples to customers and sales team in support of new product launches - Issue material change orders - Create RTS requests for new product development projects Execution - Post Launch Product Management - Perform pricing analysis in preparation of catalog price changes or in response to special pricing requests - Develop the sales forecast for the S&OP plan - Provide product information to customers, the sales team, customer service, field application engineering, etc. - Perform product cost and gross margin analysis and drive VAVE for the region - Responding to requests for proposals - Analyze excess and obsolete inventory - Assist in championing the resolution of product issues, e.g. delivery, quality, inventory. EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE . BE/ B.Tech (Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical). MBA preferred . Knowledge of MS-Office. CRITICAL EXPERIENCE . 10+ years of experience with a minimum of 3yrs in a national role managing bigger customer accounts and leading a team . Good customer relationship management in a matrix organization and good exposure all automotive OEM\'s, Tier-1s . Exposure to Interconnection ecosystem (Harness makers, component manufacturer\'s) preferred. Competencies Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation

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