General Description

As Product Manager, you will be overall responsible for the global product strategy and competitiveness for the Product Group Spares, Repair & Services.

You are located in the Geldrop office or Esbjerg office and will report directly to the Product Group Director Spares, Repair & Services.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• Support the product group and the BU in the Strategy development process
• Development the business plans with respect to the product (Sales, GM targets) in collaboration with the GSS, Product Group Management, Business Innovation, Technologists
• Develop competitive product portfolio incl. scope, performance, price, standardization and development / life cycle roadmap
• Develop and create Market Intelligence incl. customer requirements, competitor analysis, price and performance analysis
• Develop Product/Process Strategy and -Development, Portfolio, Roadmap, Standardization / CoC Development
• Continuous improvement on know how (training) internally and externally
• Interaction with other segments, Business innovation and other segments and product groups
• Developing USP’s (unique selling points) and value proposition for each product group
• Support and give product training for the region sales organizations to meet target volumes
• Managing profitability of individual products based on actual COGS levels and market pricing

Key activities:

• Primary Technical interface with sales support teams, regional sales, field service and customer base providing support as needed and including travel to customer meetings and installations
• Work closely with other Product Managers within ANDRITZ FB
• Supporting Sales management, in developing marketing/promotion plan including identification of where we can sell, the strategy for selling as well as developing marketing materials per global Product Management guidelines
• Drive R&D ideas and implementation of new products as a part of the global Product Team together with the R&D/engineering team

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
 

• Education: Bachelor/Master degree in Engineering or similar technical background required
• Preferably, experience from a similar position within the Feed & Biofuel industry and thereby knowledge about market, products and customer demands
• Analytic thinking
• Communication
• Self-driven and Result orientation skills
• Relationship and Interpersonal skills
• Leadership and People management
• Work independently
• Ability to set targets and follow up on milestones
• Project management principles
• Machinery/engineering skills
• Excellent commercial awareness for interaction with customers 
• Technology skills (ANDRITZ IT Tools)
• Leadership skills to handle task independently.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in English.
• German, Dutch or Danish knowledge preferred.