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Strengthen the alignment around the product dimension in the region as well as evaluate and consolidate future market trends and customer demands. Drive the GPHE business towards the goals set in GPHE Business Plans by aligning the sales, product and operations activities.
Job Responsibility:
Promote new products internally to ensure their acceptance and drive product positioning effectively in the market
Identify trends by markets and applications and provide regional input to the global product strategy and supply process
Identify true future customer values of products, tools and supply chain through interaction with salespeople in the region and by initiating customer visits with Sales Companies
Actively manage the product assortment to optimize revenue and profitability
Specify needs for regional product adaptation and support their execution
Interact closely with central PMs to highlight regional needs in product scopes, product development and sales tools
Support SCs in establishing their GPHE training plans and hold product training sessions for local teams
Monitor competition in the region by e.g. customer visits and exhibitions to gather market input on competitors and decide on competitive actions
Follow up on factory cost development and support local supply in phasing in/out products
Establish and maintain alignment forums between Sales Companies and Operations
Provide quotation support (pricing/costing, lead time, technical input) for larger projects
Follow up on sales and delivery performance of GPHE products in the region
Requirements:
Strong Technical understanding
Customer-centric mindset, focus on real customers problems with a data mindset
Strategic thinking, ability to align product goals and business objectives and prioritize
Excellent Communication skills and ability to build relationships internally and externally
Leadership skills and ability to independently set goals and drive questions towards various stakeholders cross functionally
Result-oriented approach- set clear goals and drives project to completion with a win-win attitude
Learning Agility- embrace changes and quickly adapt to new information
Good knowledge of English in speech and writing
Engineering in Mechanical/Chemical is a must
MBA is preferred
12-15 years of experience preferably in Product Marketing & Sales domain
A go-getter, taking initiative to identify and drive various initiatives
Ability to work in sync with multiple stakeholders
Ability to form and assertively put forward a point of view
An eye for detail
What we offer:
Interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers
Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities to mingle and to learn
Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success
you will be learning new things every day
140 years old Swedish multinational company with stable growth and expansion
Sustainability and contributing back to the people and planet are motives behind everything we do