Product Manager (m/f/d) 80 – 100%

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Product Manager (m/f/d) 80 – 100%

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We are looking for a Product Manager for the Installation Product Division in Uster, Switzerland, to support the Global Product Manager in Cable Protection Systems, in various product life cycle activities (market analysis, conceptualization, product development, launch, maintenance, pricing and profitability) to ensure a sustainable growth within the expansion plan of some product lines. If you are an energetic, entrepreneurial person with communication skills, assertive behavior, and team spirit, then we are looking for you!

Your responsibilities

• Perform portfolio management and various product life cycle activities (market analysis, conceptualization, product development, launch, maintenance, pricing, and profitability) related to the product lines.
• Ensure that ABB has a full understanding of market requirements and can translate these into effective products and service offerings. Prepares various analyses by market, product, and competitors. Conducts valuations of market size and trends, conducts competitor analyses including identification of product/system/service gaps and evaluates ABB position
• Support the product lifecycle activities from introduction to product obsoleting. Maintain databases, product datasheets, cross references. Review periodically the results of the product lines and proposes solutions for optimizing gross margin and service to the customer
• Propose new product development or product enhancements to offer suitable and unique solutions to customer needs and in so doing collects and analyses standards, market requirements, customer needs and values as an input for producing a product roadmap. From identified opportunities, supports the Global Product Manager in creating the business case for product development projects
• Facilitate information transfer between customers, product management and R&D teams in the development of correct solution. Monitor major warranty cases and quality cost drivers for assigned products and ensure effective resolution
• Manage technical specifications of assigned products and support in developing compelling business case for product development, including cost streamlining and pricing setup
• Create and delivers product training to internal teams and external customers
• Collaborate to define marketing plans to promote sales activities. Assists in the creation and distribution of materials and key message information. Contribute to the preparation and maintenance of marketing tools to support the business and the sales organizations, for the existing products and in the launch and introduction of new products.
• Prepare and follow up detailed planning for assignments in the product responsibilities, coordinate actions between different functions, such as product management, engineering, operations, supply chain, quality and marketing to ensure projects are delivered within the time frame established
  
  

Your background

• Bachelor or master’s degree in engineering or equivalent qualification
• Over 5 years’ experience in the role in a B2B multi-discipline environment
• Experience with cable protection solutions or similar industrial products would be an asset.
• Business acumen
• Ability to prioritize activities and respect deadlines
• Willingness to travel (30% of time, worldwide)
• Fluency in English both written and verbal
• Project management skills
• Able to work independently under own initiative
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach, with strong communication and relationship building skills with colleagues of other departments
• Should be an analytical and conceptual thinking, strategic thinking.
• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting, decisiveness, result orientation
• Presentation and communication to different levels of stakeholders
  
  

More about us

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts),is the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer- focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day – orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home. With a portfolio of more than 200,000 products marketed under more than 38 premium brand names, our Division offerings are found wherever electricity is used.

We look forward to receiving your application. The recruiting process is led by Stephan Kühne, Talent Partner ABB Switzerland Ltd. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.

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