Regional Product Manager - Device
HARTING ·
- Category
- Product
- Experience
- 10+ years
Regional product manager in Shanghai owning the China positioning, pricing, and full product lifecycle of HARTING's PCB and device interface connectors, coordinating co-development with local customers and driving product launches. Requires 10+ years in electromechanical products and knowledge of China's railway, automation, robotics, and data-center industries.
Location: Shanghai, China
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Define the regional positioning of globally available product ranges (PCB connectors & device interface connectors).
- In cooperation with GPM he develops a local product portfolio strategy under consideration of time, cost and quality aspects.
- Based on his knowledge of the local market needs he defines new products for China Market (including definition of product specifications).
- Coordinator for co-development projects with selected target customers in the region.
- Responsible product manager for regional product lines (complete product life cycle).
- Define a regional pricing strategy in coordination with GPM.
- Acts as responsible PM within China project teams for products within scope of own product responsibilities.
- Close connection to regional PD and Production for having the knowledge about existing possibilities.
- Responsible for product-oriented knowledge transfer into China within the regional setup.
- Technical contact partner for China mainly in the region within scope of product responsibilities.
- Acts as regional PM for product responsibilities which do have a China market focus.
- Implementation of international strategy guidelines for China market and pushes the launch of his products in China. Furthermore, he leads the LSs functionally regarding commercialization of his products.
- By an intensive travel activity to selected target customers input for the development of our roadmap is granted.
- Contact to the market, technology providers and customers.
Education and Background:
- Graduation of a study in electrical engineering, mechatronics, industrial engineering with technical focus or comparable
- International experience in the area of electrical or electromechanical components used in the respective applications
- At least 10 years of experience with products and applications within the electromechanical area
- Good knowledge of China market/industry (Railway, Automation, Robotics, Data Centre etc. )
- Extensive experience in customized product business
- Strong in strategic planning and thinking
- High willingness for worldwide travel activities with intercultural understanding
- Self-motivation and strong target/goal orientation
- Great coach and people development skills
- Good communication skills
- Solid background and professional skills with product management
- Skills in acting within an international company
- Pragmatic and solution oriented. Attitude in decision-making and problem-solving
- Knowledge and experience in intercultural behaviour
- Professional English spoken and written