Product Line Manager

Career at Bourns

If working for an organization with a long history of technological innovation and high advancement potential in a supportive, collaborative, and positive work environment are top considerations for your next career move, then you need to look at the opportunities at Bourns.

Bourns was founded 75 years ago with the guiding principles of providing breakthrough technology solutions, high-quality products, responsive service, and exceptional value. Those principles still hold true today and have instilled a culture that is committed to excellence and ethical operations. As a leading provider of advanced components for power conversion, circuit protection, and motion control sensing solutions, Bourns employs more than 9,000 people in 21 countries and operates 17 manufacturing centers and 15 R&D facilities.

Our customers and partners rely on Bourns to meet strict design requirements and satisfy international standards in a broad range of industries and applications. We achieve this stature because Bourns employees excel in the development of new products and continuous improvement processes that keep the company a global leader in delivering outstanding service.

Profit and loss responsibility for Trimpot® product line operations manufactured by Bourns and sourced by Bourns. Champions, promotes and manages the Trimpot® product line to grow sales revenue and optimize profitability. Ensures product line remains competitive and develops leadership position in target market segments. Supports Sales team in targeting key customers. Provides leadership for all direct functions dedicated to the Trimpot® product line, including application engineering, and pricing specialist.

Develops, formulates and executes short- and long-term product business plans. Keeps abreast of product, market, technology and applications trends and provides leadership for selection and execution of product development and technology adoption. Drives a culture of highest customer service level. Ensures that consistent quality practices and process controls are in place.

• Champions and promotes Trimpot® product line to optimize market share position and sales revenue in partnership and cooperation with sales and market management functions.
• Develop and execute short- and long-term business plans for the Trimpot® product line.
• Maintain and update product and technology roadmap and identify opportunities for new product development
• Drive customer focused culture through the product line.
• Establish and execute effective recovery and improvement actions as required.
• Establish meaningful measurable goals for direct reports and continually review performance, recommend pay increases, disciplinary actions and other personnel changes.
• Ensure appropriate representation in applicable industry association and standards committees.
• Establishes goals and improvement strategies for model families and product related processes. Manages projects in conjunction with engineering, manufacturing, and other functions to improve technical performance and cost competitiveness.
• Plans, directs and implements product related service improvement projects (Digitization/EOL of old records) on a worldwide basis to meet customer and business needs.
• Establishes and monitors service performance matrices to improve overall plant service levels, enhance efficiencies and minimize product returns from plants.
• Plans and implements model line modifications, product obsolescence, and product training.
• Establishes and maintains complete portfolio of competition, including product strategies, product line analysis, testing and competitor product changes. Ensures effective competitive training of the sales organizations and engineering functions.
• Establishes product support and distribution channel growth programs and is responsible for the development and implementation of marketing communications materials and field training.
• Evaluates and approves all proposed engineering changes and coordinates customer approvals when required.
• Manages Trimpot® pricing worldwide to optimize volume, market share and profitability.
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