Senior Product Line Manager

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USA - Minnesota - Minneapolis - 5900 Golden Hills Drivetime type:
Full time posted on:
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** JOB SUMMARY
** The Product Line Manager manages the product life cycle to ensure that it meets the requirements of customers. They devise the product development strategy and supervise multiple teams throughout the process, ensuring the delivery of a product that meets customer expectations while achieving anticipated profitability. Product Line Managers work with other department heads such as the Sales teams, Applications Engineering, Customer Service Representatives etc.

They establish the key features of a product and use market trends, competitive positioning and customer buying habits data to create specifications. Product Line Managers also develop strategies for positioning and pricing products as well as the strategy for end-of-life and product rationalization.  They are champions supporting Nordson Business Systems (NBS Next) through all aspects.
* Responsible for setting the direction, leading, and managing the Product Line (PL) globally to maximize sales revenue and profitability, in alignment with the financial and strategic plans for the division.
* As a key member of the cross-functional PL team, drive excellence in all aspects of the business through implementation and application of the Nordson Business Systems (NBS Next) and Nordson ASCEND growth strategies.
* Program management of Wafer Sense product family.
* Manage product portfolio for Wafer Sense
** ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
**** Product Line

Roadmap:

*** Own the Product Roadmap, gathering insights from Sales, Engineering, Operations, and market studies.
* Collaborate with Regional Sales for an innovative revenue-focused roadmap, ensuring competitive pricing and alignment with market trends.
* Work closely with Engineering for precise product requirements adaptable to market needs.
* Partner with Operations Director to address manufacturing, sourcing, and quality risks for new products.
* Utilize market intelligence to develop a roadmap addressing future customer needs and driving revenue growth.
* Ensure competitive price/performance alignment with industry standards.
* Disseminate relevant market intelligence to teams and identify competitor products for benchmarking.
* Support service & spares, optimizing the product life cycle for maximum aftermarket revenue.
** Program Management:
*** Directs all phases of programs from inception to completion.
* Promotes tradeoff proposals to key stakeholders and proactively negotiates product specifications that simultaneously ensure customer needs are met in a realizable product.
* Supervises translation of product requirements into product specifications.
* Provides leadership for all product development aspects including hardware and software
* Directs cross-functional product teams, including R&D, manufacturing engineering, and quality
* Manages programs with plans and objectives to address technical, performance, cost, schedule, and quality risks
* Facilitates design reviews of requirements, system architecture, integration tests, and final design verification and validation testing and provide regular program updates to senior management
** Strategic Product Marketing contribution:
*** Developing annual strategic marketing plans which drive the product line expected growth.
* Work with Marketing Manager to identify relevant trade shows and advertising spend to achieve target customer/industry growth.
* Work with the engineering, quality, and procurement departments of front end semiconductor OEM tool makers to facilitate product adoption
* Support the marcom team to generate impactful content for Regional Sales teams such as sales presentations, brochures, application notes, specification data sheets, web information and other promotional activities.
** Product Line Commercials:
*** Assume commercial responsibility for the Product Line and specifically Top New Products revenue and gross margin.  Provide Go To Market Strategy (GTSM) for product line & hold monthly regional calls for…