Global Product Manager - Grid Solutions

• Play integral role in assuring the Franklin 5 Key Factors - Quality, Availability, Service, Innovation, and Cost are effectively maintained for assigned products.
• Drives product line business development, strategic direction and maintains product development road map. Also defines new product opportunities and develops robust business cases in support of new product development projects.
• Leads and prioritizes product line related projects and project team activities including new product development, quality improvement, and value improvement projects.
• Perform constant customer need assessments while understanding the competitive landscape in order to direct strategic actions that will improve market position and profitability.
• Analyzes new product requests, conducts pricing research and competitor research to manage products and product lines.
• Manages existing product line based on forecast, performance, and profitability, while implementing required changes or modifications.
• Identifies opportunities to achieve corporate sales goals, objectives, and action plans. Seeks new customer opportunities and maintains current customer relationships while achieving corporate goals.
• In conjunction with the market development manager, analyzes the market to clearly understand and position the product line in the marketplace while identifying potential acquisition targets.
• Develops short- and long-term forecasts, budgets, inventory plans, strategies and marketing programs required to meet sales objectives.
• Attend market specific trade shows, state and regional shows, and territory seminars and report on key trends, customers, competitors, market drivers and technologies. Travel requirement up to 10%.
• Works with the marketing communications team to ensure that marketing tools such as collateral, packaging, catalogs, Internet presence, etc., meets customer needs.
• Supports various company departments regarding specific product line information including but not limited to Sales, Customer Service and Technical Services teams.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

• 3-5+ years of technical Product Management experience.
• Ability to demonstrate complete ownership of the new product development experience, including forming a project team, obtaining voice of customer, launching a product that meet target dates, sales trajectory and profitability expectations.
• Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal and management skills.
• Experience in developing and executing a business strategy including organizing a financial analysis and providing an executive level summary presentation.
• Strong business development and analytical skills to formulate product line strategies
• Thrive working in a truly global, and fast paced work environment
• Works effectively leading cross functional teams including both technical and commercial resources
• Knows arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and their applications
• Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature and can make a recommendation on path forward to resolution
• Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems
• Identifies the underlying principles, reasons, facts, or information by breaking down information or data into separate parts
• Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, the public, and other employees of the organization
• Maintains confidentiality and uses discretion with business information
• Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Writes routine reports and correspondence
• Utilizes common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions
• Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation
• Frequently making decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees
• Manage excess and obsolete material and make recommendations for use or disposition with supporting evidence

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Engineering, or related field required, MBA a plus.
• Three to Five Years of experience in Product Management/Project Management required.
• Experience with utilities, telecommunication or data center market is a plus.

• Intermediate/Advanced: Excel, PowerPoint

Franklin Electric