Product Strategy Manager, Stamping

Eaton is a leading company focused on power management technologies aimed at improving lives and the environment. The Product Strategy Manager, Stamping will be responsible for developing global product strategies, leading technical sales and marketing activities, and driving growth initiatives for the stamping product line.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the growth strategy, including leadership reviews communicating product top priorities, growth opportunities, business risks and opportunities, demo plan, competitive landscape and contribute to commercial and pricing strategies
• Partners with sales organizations develop and drive execution of customer engagement strategies to achieve targeted commercial wins in accordance with Power Connection’s strategic growth plans
• Collects and communicates Voice of Customer (VOC) inputs used to generate new product innovations to solve customer needs, often above and beyond immediate requests
• Identify global product portfolio needs for profitable growth, assuring customer needs and wants are contemplated in strategic planning and new product developments
• Leads product management functions including market analysis, establishing product and associated service requirements, target segmentation, competitive analysis and industry trends
• Directs development of strategies designed to increase market share in accordance with agreed objectives in established and new sales territories
• Provides functional leadership and direction to MarCom
• Responsible for building organizational capability in the global product group functions
• Leverages regional business teams to ensure that product, market-based, and customer strategies are driven across multiple regions
• Manage products from inception to phase out, including product launch and support; and resolves problems with existing products working across cross-functional teams
• Leads the product line’s annual strategic planning process
• Accountable for growth and standard profit in the product group

Requirements:

• Bachelors' degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum seven (7) years' experience in Automotive or Electrical Sector within system design, testing, manufacturing, product management, product planning, or sales related roles
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship both now and in the future
• MBA or Masters in Business, Supply Chain or Engineering
• Previous experience in Automotive sector
• Minimum of 2 years' experience with busbar connectivity market and products
• Minimum 2 years' experience with automotive wire harness design
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment
• Prior experience of Advanced Planning Systems
• Experiencing building strong partnerships and influencing cross functional stakeholders in sales, finance, product line leaders and HR
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen
• Ability to manage multiple projects/activities; results driven
• Must exhibit a high level of motivation, sense of urgency, and energetic approach to job duties and requirements