Product Manager
Company: Gast Manufacturing
Location: Troy
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
If you're looking for a special place to build or grow your
career, you've found it. Whether you're an experienced
professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between,
IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn
new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.
With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales,
supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40
diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something
special for you.
Scope of Role: As Product Manager, you will act as a leader for
your assigned air moving products through all aspects of their life
cycle including vision to execution; roadmap definition, business
case creation, feature prioritization, and external
communication/promotion. In this role, you will be involved with
product strategy and execution from beginning to end, working with
a cross-functional team that includes sales, marketing, operations,
new product development, and engineering.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
--- Lead the cross-functional team to analyze market trends,
voice-of-customer requirements, and competitive strategy to
identify opportunities to drive revenue and gross margin and
improve product quality and company capability.
--- Develop business cases for new projects based on market needs
and customer requirements.
--- Lead creation of high-flow application product roadmaps and
lead cross-functional teams through new product development
execution.
--- Serve as the subject matter expert and knowledge resource for
the commercial team and customers
--- Organize and conduct new and existing product training for
sales, customer service, OEMs, and distribution.
--- Work with Global Pricing Manager to set product pricing.
--- Assist with global marketing activities including internal team
training, collateral generation, tradeshow representation, and
customer interaction.
--- Develop and present ongoing competitive product analyses
--- For products being replaced with new products, develop
transitions plan to ensure quick conversion which includes support
customer test requirements and limit stranded inventory.
--- Using product line simplification methodology, continually
analyze GAST's current portfolio for opportunities to reduce
complexity, improve profitability and exit poor performing
models
--- Perform other assignments as directed by the Business Line
Director
--- Travel up to 25%
A Unit of IDEX Corporation
Measures of Performance
--- New Product Sales, Profitability, productivity, SKU
reduction
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OR EQUIVALENCIES:
--- Bachelor's degree in business, manufacturing, engineering
discipline, or technical degree
--- Minimum of 5 years of Product Management experience required;
preferably with a B2B or manufacturing company
--- Experience working with air moving products preferred
--- Solid proficiency with Microsoft Office software - particularly
Excel and PowerPoint
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:
--- Integrity, trust, and interpersonal savvy
--- Ability to work successfully in a multi-cultural
environment
--- Excellent communication/presentation skills (written and
verbal)
--- Strong analytical skills: ability to assess situations and make
sound decisions with incomplete information
--- Ability to manage by influence in a matrix-managed
organization
--- Experience working closely with Engineering to ensure
appropriate trade-offs during product development are discussed and
decided upon, and projects are completed on time
--- Ability to prioritize activities and drive to achieve goals
GAST Manufacturing, a Unit of IDEX Corporation is an Equal
Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative
summary of the essential duties and responsibilities performed by
incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform
job-related tasks other than those specifically presented.
Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people,
our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing
trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?
IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action
Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified
applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic
information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability,
protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected
category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws
(Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).
Attention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability
and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the
application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are
limited in the ability to access or use this online application
process and need an alternative method for applying, we will
determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact our
Talent Acquisition Team at lfcareers@idexcorp.com for assistance
with an accommodation. These contact tools may be used only by
individuals with a disability for accommodation requests. Do not
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