Global Product Manager Pulp & Paper
ABB
- Stockholm
- Permanent
- Heltid
- Overall responsibility for the strategic success of the OEM product line, consisting of products built on microwave technology, with respect to financial and non-financial KPIs
- Building customer relationships with our key OEM customers (10-15) with meetings at different levels and in different regions
- Translating customer needs into product requirements and managing the portfolio to ensure customer satisfaction and long-term profitable growth of the portfolio
- Developing the portfolio strategy by leading market analysis, understanding and defining current market segmentation, product positioning and identifying gaps in the portfolio (both against competition and new market opportunities)
- Leading life cycle management of the portfolio, defining pricing strategy, tracking product performance, planning appropriate measures and making decisions on product status to ensure that market requirements are met and to maximize profitability
- Acting as an interface between external market and internal functions (e.g. sales, operations, R&D), providing support to our sales while collaborating with R&D in development of new
- features and functionality
- Defining new product opportunities and plans, setting product targets, prioritizing new product development projects together with cross-functional teams and contributing to development of new portfolios by leading customer needs and value analysis
- Initiating and driving product market communication strategy including product launch and webinars. Defining product value proposition per segment and channel to ensure clear communication
- Continuously and together with the product management team developing processes and tools. Initiating and sometimes leading product trainings and programs
- Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business
- Engineering degree along with a genuine interest in business
- 2-5 years’ work experience within market and sales from process industries, preferably Pulp & Paper, or experience from product business similar to ABB Lorentzen & Wettre
- Highly driven and open-minded person with a team player attitude
- Capable in or ready to learn Product Management skills and willing to grow with the role
- Enjoy guiding, motivating and developing people in cross-functional teams
- Willingness to travel
- Fluent in English and Swedish, written and spoken alike German language skills are qualifying