Product Manager IV - High Voltage Cable Accessories

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

Strategy Development

• Develop and drive the HVCA product portfolio strategy for the AMS region, ensuring scalable, profitable, and above-market growth.
• Create product roadmaps and innovation strategies in collaboration with R&D.
• Develop efficient product supply strategies, including stocking proposals aligned with market needs.
• Translate global trends and local insights into actionable strategies, focusing on customer needs and competition.
• Lead the development and execution of business plans, ensuring alignment across teams and geographies.
• Identify and support the assessment of M&A target companies.

Operational Excellence

• Manage P&L for the assigned product portfolio in AMS, ensuring revenue growth and gross margin expansion.
• Optimize product lines through rationalization and cost reduction programs.
• Conduct financial analysis of the responsible product portfolio.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) aligns with organizational objectives.
• Prepare and present regular reports on product range performance against key performance metrics (e.g., revenue growth, margin, new product sales).
• Drive product acceptance and approval with all target customers.

Market and Innovation Leadership

• Analyze market trends, competitive landscapes, and customer feedback.
• Drive new product developments, automation, and sustainability initiatives.
• Identify and pursue business expansion opportunities, including FTAM expansion, M&A, and strategic partnerships.
• Conduct market research to define optimized pricing levels for new products.
• Obtain and coordinate market/customer requirements through Voice of Customer (VOC) meetings.    

Requirements:

 Qualifications & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in product management or business development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
• Strong understanding of the global energy market, specifically power generation, distribution, and transmission.
• Knowledge of the high-voltage market is a plus.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strategic thinking abilities.
• Ability to work remotely, with occasional travel (up to 20% in LAM & NAM regions).
• Fluency in English; Spanish is a plus.
• Experience working within an international matrix organization.
• Must be based in the United States.