Product Manager

Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries.

From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Reporting to Global Product Manager, you as a Product Manager will be responsible for …

• Define pricing for assigned products to support pricing and revenue goals 15%
• Review performance regularly and define and implement actions as necessary to drive top line growth and/or return product margins to required levels 10%
• Support and lead product rationalization, as required by profit profitability, product strategy and
• supplier strategy.
• Work with sales & customers to assess future demand forecast and provide this input to Operations (for capacity and demand management); also as needed, set safety stock requirements and manage inventory obsolescence.
• Coordinate and ensure that product change requests are implemented according to required processes and customer notification / responses are tracked.
• Actively support and participate in cost reduction initiatives
• Support sales in responding to quotes and requests for proposals
• Drive engineering and sales in the development of new products according to the Product Roadmap and company strategy
• Work with Sales, Engineering and Marcom to ensure that emerging and new products have sufficient product support material, prototypes, early samples and documentation to commiserate with the opportunity and stage in product development
• Contribute to product line strategy formation and execution 5%
• Participate in the development, maintenance, and execution of product roadmaps and other product management tools

• College degree required in technical field (Electrical Engineering Degree preferred)
• 4 years bachelor’s degree preferred;
  Degree in engineering or quantitative discipline preferred. This job requires a great deal of mathematics, analysis and communications. As a result, formal education in these areas is required.
• At least 3 years’ experience in technical or technical sales role
• At least 3 years’ experience in a customer interfacing position
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office applications; SAP experience preferred
• Experience in electrical, industrial distribution and/or electrical OEM industries
• Good communication skills: must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and nonverbally in written reports and emails
• Evidence of good organizational skills with history of handling multiple tasks within a rapid pace environment.

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values – Customer Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Results Driven – supports us on our mission to improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance of our customers’ products and systems.