Global Product Manager Industrial Valves (m/f/d)

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At GF, we see our company as a forward-thinking leader in our field. Since 1802, we have been embracing innovations and sustainable solutions of the highest quality that add value to people’s lives around the globe.

Our global Product Management team of the Business Unit Industry is responsible for the piping systems components and ensures the best possible operational success through the definition and strategic development of the product range and the appropriate marketing strategy. If you share our purpose - Becoming better every day – join our growing team in our focus area of Process Automation (PA).

Global Product Manager Industrial Valves (m/f/d)

Your tasks:

• Manage the product portfolio through its lifecycle, develop product volume and revenue forecasts short, and long-term with our global manufacturing and supply chain
• Understanding and transferring global trends, market requirements, customer needs, and values as input for the product roadmap and conducting competitor analyses including identification of product gaps
• Develop attractive business cases with customer-centricity and global reach
• Defining the roadmap priorities with R&D and PA with long-term success in mind
• Owning, monitoring, and delivering on the agreed product roadmap, ensuring timely and successful launches, and executing the go-to-market strategy
• Keeping the global focus groups (e.g. sales, production, marketing, purchasing, and international sales support) informed on topics related to the product range and Process Automation.
• Embedding sustainability and circularity principles in everyday activities as both the right thing to do and profitable growth
• Supporting our customers with technical issues and becoming more environmentally sustainable and creating new market opportunities
• Comprehensive application understanding of the product portfolio including identification of synergy potential (across departments and business units)
• Provide best-in-class (digital) product material, sales enablement tools, training content, and product master data
• Develop customer proximity (of the various customer groups) and establish lasting relationships and networks together with the business development team and sales companies across the globe

Your profile:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in (industrial) engineering with a focus on business economics or a comparable technical and economic field of study.
• Pro-active nature – you like to take initiative and ownership
• Good communication and planning skills
• Attention to customers and stakeholders, result oriented, markets driven thinking, teamwork, systemic thinking, and innovation will complete your profile
• You are a real team player contributing with both marketing competency and hands-on support when needed
• Fluent English communication skills - German language is a plus
• Willingness to travel worldwide up to 20% of the time

Your contact:

René Paparusso

Talent Acquisition Manager

+41 52 631 37 86