About this role
Job Description
Product planning and strategies:
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Develop proper product segmentation for the markets to capture growth segments in the region sustainability.
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Establish product strategy clarity re. targeted segments, positioning (feature/rel.competitiveness/benefits and close work w/ pricing) and ensure inter-brand and inter-line pricing application
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Active Update of product strategies and roadmap w/ OE and RE market trends, technology trends
Collect and decide product requirement:
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product requirement by markets differences and searching for commonalities and growth opportunities
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understanding the customer requirements bridging to technical requirements
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close understanding of OE requirements and trends and technical implications
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ensure these requirements are translated into requirements to R&D development
Product portfolio management:
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Secure R&D support to implement road map of APAC, drive to discover gaps and actions to close gaps
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Execution of short term product development requests and TLA requests
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Managing phase in and phase out, managing product lifecycle with reasonable complexity, incl. clearing of articles or tranfers
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Inform and active coordate with markets and markets Product management re. changes and additions
Product development and launches:
-Initiating and steering product development process with R&D, and all relevant functions
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Evaluate the product releases with input of market demands and support of controlling to ensure profitable business
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Ensure product launches with support of Launch manager interfacing operations and market launches
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Assisting Sales and Marketing in product launches/presentations and deliver input for product technical and sales literates
Tools and process:
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Owner of Product Premises tool for PLT, work with all supporting central and regional systems, Owner of APAC PPT
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Managing Product databasis, updates and ensures that databasis is implemented in the COD systems -effective portfolio analysis and management in compared to main competitors in order to continuously improve our Product competitiveness (incl. performance, positioning, USPs) in cooperation w/ other marketing functions
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Continuously review on product cost and drive for cost optimization.
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drive optimization of product related process to enable speed and efficiency.
People management:
'- PM knowledge transfer to markets PM
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Establish necessary PM Knowledges (process, tool, analysis etc.)
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Coaching and supervising the PM APAC team
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Coaching markets PM
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managing Priority and allocate necessary resources to ensure implementation of the priorities
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Develop talents for the organization
Input to related functions:
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Identifying business potential for brands with market insights and collaboration with markets and marketing manager
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Input to "Marketing Communication" for developing E37 product communication, esp. make the product performance visible
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Work with brand com mananger on product testing strategy, ensure improving product testing voices in markets
'- acting as core member for PROMT project to ensure market-driven definition of product requirements, development of R&D projects and finally launch into the market
- Tracking with KPI and lesson learned for the business success
Qualifications
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University degree in Economics or Engineering or related subjects with a strong focus in Product Management (combincation of technical and commercial knowledges)
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Fluent in English. Chinese is a plus but not a requirement.
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10 years + experience in product management
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working experience in Hanover HQ in and with R&D OE and/or RE, Product management, Marketing and/or - Product Industrialization is necessary
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Rich experience on Market Launch of new product line and brands into the markets with proven success track record
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Project experience needed
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Drive of cross funtional team work, initiative and problem-solving,
Additional Information
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