Diamond Product Manager

What's the role?

Responsible for product development, launch, product support, pricing, initiatives, and growth of Hilti’s Product Leadership products. Product Manager is a key partner to our Product Leadership marketing teams in Schaan as well as our trade managers in Hilti North America marketing.

What does the role involve?

• Strategy – Define and communicate the strategy for product leadership (PLS) for the assigned Business Unit in Hilti North America (HNA)
• Global integration – Align Hilti global PLS initiatives with HNA market needs; contribute best practice solutions to Hilti’s global PLS effort
• Process leadership – Lead the implementation of the Hilti process Product Portfolio Management (PPM) with a focus on the HNA Time to Money (TTM) new product development activity
• Trade Strategy – Support the efforts of the Hilti North America trade team to develop content and support account managers on product and application knowledge
• Key deliverables – Responsible for assigned product lines revenue, gross margin, and operating expenses (OPEX)
• Manage the matrix of HNA team members – Product Manager position is responsible to collaborate with materials management, direct marketing, market reach, training, marketing communications, trade, Hilti online, customer service, engineering, and the marketing organizations to properly support their product and control information flow
• Market Research – Product Manager is responsible to monitor the activity, innovation, market reach strategy, and pricing of the competition in the North American market; additionally, PM will work closely with trade manager to communicate product improvement and portfolio enhancements to the HAG product development teams in the business units
• Training – Product Manager will service at the North American content expert with regards to the product they support and will collaborate with training and marketing communications to build training content and product launch materials
• Additional duties as assigned

What you need is:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or engineering; master’s degree preferred
• Minimum 3 years combined sales or marketing experience
• Proven success in motivating teams and exerting influence across multiple departments and geographies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated understanding of Hilti products, product applications, and customer preferred
• Strong MS Office skills required (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Strong analytical skills; ability to analyze sales and market data, draw conclusions, and present findings
• Ability to learn quickly and operate effectively and independently in a dynamic environment
• Proven effectiveness in developing and executing comprehensive business and launch plans
• Presentation skills
• Business strategy development experience preferred

Why should you apply?

We're a big company with a family-owned feel. You will be given the opportunity to make big changes that will ripple throughout the industry while feeling right at home with the Hilti family.

What do we offer?

In addition to a competitive base salary and bonus potential, we offer a robust benefits package including a generous paid time off policy that includes vacation, personal days, health & wellness, and 2 days per year to give back in your local community, paid family leave, educational reimbursement, 401(k) matching, medical/dental/vision coverage, and a variety of other benefits to fit the needs of our employees.
We will give you the tools you need to succeed through hands-on integration training and will support your continued professional development through ongoing training and mentoring, targeted leadership programs, and opportunities for international assignments in any of the 120+ countries in which we operate. #J-18808-Ljbffr