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Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future.
At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.
Working as a Product Manager, you will be responsible for the profitable growth of the ABB’s global Cable Distribution Cabinets´ offering, and the mid- and long-term development of the product range. You will be driving to create customer value through managing, optimizing, and maintain the product range.
You will take the strategic market perspective to establish vision that will drive innovative product development that you’ll lead by determining and defining product requirements. You will lead the existing product range through all the product’s life cycle phases, according to relevant market needs, Product Group strategy and targets.
This position reports to Portfolio Manager.
Your responsibilities
Ensure that the product range of responsibility is optimized to serve the available market. Own the technical and market specification for the product needs and determine a business plan that supports sustainable growth. Lead life cycle management process.
Gather and analyse market intelligence and establish long-term vision for future offering. Understand and define market segmentation and related product positioning.
Act as interface and node-point between the external market and the internal functions (e.g., Sales, Operations, and R&D), forecasting trends on a regular basis to ensure Operation’s capability to fulfill customer orders. Set targets and monitor product costs, giving inputs to Operations functions to maximize competitiveness and profitability. Contribute to technical research and development efforts by envisioning future needs.
Define new product plans, set technical, price, cost, and capital expenditure targets. Contribute to development of new portfolios by leading customer need and value analysis, planning the roadmap to create maximum value, follow-up of product/system/service portfolio performance.
Prioritize new product development projects with responsibility for achievement of targets (product characteristics, time, costs, quality, capital expenditure, pay-back) and coordinating cross-functional teams.
Initiate and drive product market communication strategy, including product launch planning and implementation across channels.
Define product customer value proposition per segment and channel and ensure clear communication to channels and users.
Responsible for product profitability and margin. Monitor global sales target fulfilment and tender volumes and act as appropriate. Define pricing strategies and ensure correct pricing is applied for all countries within relevant business area.
Actively join in developing product management processes and tools, including interfaces to other key functions of the organization. Initiate and drive cross-functional and cross-organization product and solution innovation teams according to market needs.
Your background
5 to 10 years of experience, working in the field of electrical/low voltage equipment.
Capacity for strategic, systemic thinking and leading others through creating shared vision.
A collaborative, solution-focused approach, with strong communication and relationship-building skills.
Sound knowledge of low-voltage technologies, low-voltage distribution or cable distribution cabinets will be considered a plus.
Professional English-speaking skills are required, knowledge in Swedish is beneficial.
Be able to travel.
More about us
ABB Smart Power is a global technology leader, with products and solutions that make power supplies smart, connected and protected. Its intelligent products and solutions make power more competitive by improving the energy efficiency, productivity and reliability of almost any operation.
Recruiting Manager Oskari Uitto, +358 503-34 37 95, will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Niclas Fogelberg, +46 725-48 60 41; Unionen: Stefan Svedberg, +4632-27 71 80. All other questions can be directed to Talent Partner Linda Lundstedt, +4621-32 51 94.
You are welcome to apply the latest by November 27, 2022. Please note that selection will be done on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before last day of application.
We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.
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