Product Line Manager, Gorilla(R) Glass China

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute product line strategy to support sales growth, profitability, and long-term portfolio health of the business:
o Identify product line priorities and critical initiatives required to deliver annual objectives
o Support planning processes including annual product line plans, long-range planning, and budget (Green book and Black book) inputs
o Understand and manage key profit and loss drivers for the product line
o Build business cases for new product opportunities, special requests, and portfolio decisions, including financial implications and pricing requirements

• Translate market and customer insight into action:
o Understand downstream market requirements, customer needs, and competitive dynamics to drive product decisions and lifecycle planning
o Articulate compelling value propositions, product positioning, and basis of competition
o Interpret customer needs and provide key input/decision for capacity planning through forecasting and demand management process
o Partner with commercial teams to support segmentation, prioritization, and product-level customer strategy

• Lead through cross-functional influence:
o Work closely with cross-functional partners across Development, Product Engineering, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Marketing, and Sales

• Manage the product line through the lifecycle:
o Guide the product line through stages of innovation, commercialization, and lifecycle management
o Collect voice of customer feedback regarding new products and services and product changes/upgrades
o Identify opportunities to reduce complexity, improve margins, and support cost reduction
o Lead or support end-of-life and obsolescence decisions to maximize value through the full product lifecycle
o Support pricing strategy and related commercial decision-making
o Provide product line tools and materials that enable effective execution by customer-facing teams

• Support strong communication and execution
o Create and maintain positioning materials, value proposition content, and other sales tools
o Support internal and external communication efforts related to product changes, launches, and product line messaging
o Partner with legal and sales teams on supply agreement inputs and product-related commercial terms
o Provide clear communication and training on product changes, new offerings, and lifecycle decisions

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related technical field
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree
• 5+ years of business, product, strategy, operations, or management experience
• Experience working with technical, manufacturing, or engineering teams
• Experience in consumer electronics, advanced materials, or other fast-moving, technically complex markets
• Experience working across cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes
• Experience using analysis and judgment to support strategic or commercial decisions

Required Skills

• Strong business acumen and analytical thinking
• Demonstrated ability to turn quantitative analysis into meaningful business insights
• Curiosity about technology and a willingness to learn quickly in a technical environment
• The ability to work effectively across functional and geographic boundaries
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with shifting priorities
• A structured, process-oriented approach to problem solving
• The ability to influence stakeholders through clarity, credibility, and sound judgment
• Leadership presence and the potential to grow into broader business or commercial leadership roles
• Demonstrated ability to interface and work in teams with people across functional and geographic boundaries
• Demonstrated self-confidence, ability to effectively communicate and influence senior management
• Potential to grow into commercial leadership roles
• Travel Frequency up 30%