About this role
Job title: Product Line Manager, Gorilla Glass China
What You'll Do
- Develop and execute product line strategy to support sales growth, profitability, and long-term portfolio health of the business: identify product line priorities, support annual product line plans, long-range planning, and budget inputs; understand and manage key P&L drivers; build business cases for new opportunities, including pricing requirements.
- Translate market and customer insight into action: understand downstream market requirements, customer needs, and competitive dynamics; articulate compelling value propositions, product positioning, and basis of competition; interpret customer needs for capacity planning through forecasting and demand management; partner with commercial teams on segmentation and prioritization.
- Lead through cross-functional influence: work closely with Development, Product Engineering, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Marketing, and Sales.
- Manage the product line through the lifecycle: guide the product line through stages of innovation, commercialization, and lifecycle management; collect voice of customer feedback regarding new products and services and product changes/upgrades; identify opportunities to reduce complexity, improve margins, and support cost reduction; lead or support end-of-life and obsolescence decisions to maximize value through the full product lifecycle; support pricing strategy and related commercial decision-making; provide product line tools and materials that enable effective execution by customer-facing teams.
- Support strong communication and execution: create and maintain positioning materials, value proposition content, and other sales tools; support internal and external communication efforts related to product changes, launches, and product line messaging; partner with legal and sales teams on supply agreement inputs and product-related commercial terms; provide clear communication and training.