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This Associate Product Manager role is responsible for working in close coordination with the Group Product Manager for defining and executing the strategy and product development vision for Automotive high-speed cabling and interconnects that enable connected vehicle networking, ADAS, Infotainment Systems, and autonomous applications.

Our Team

You will work interactively with Molex management, engineering, manufacturing, and sales to provide customer specific solutions that drive profitable growth. Responsible for product portfolio creation and expansion, roadmap visualization, P&L, and driving customer engagement to execute this vision.

What You Will Do

General

• Assist Group Product Manager to develop a short-term strategy to capture current market/revenue growth opportunities as well as a 5-10 year strategic vision.
• Help to define the product roadmap and development opportunities, providing prioritized guidance to the development organization.
• Develop sound points of view on technologies, product, customer, competitors, and convert market trends into actionable product line strategies.
• Assist Group Product Manager to define, execute, and manage pricing strategy, P&L, and manufacturing footprint for product portfolio, including compilation of competitive price points to manage future price erosion.
• Responsible for product line transactional activities through daily collaboration with sales, engineering, and the manufacturing facilities.
• Help to manage the product lifecycle and portfolio management activities.
• Interact with manufacturing plants to lead cost reduction efforts, capacity planning, and quality improvement initiatives.

Sales & Marketing

• Assist Group Product Manager to lead customer segmentation and value chain activities to identify key decision makers and design opportunities.
• Engage with customers in the development of specifications and technical requirements, which can be used to direct the development of new products, product variants or improvements.
• Track and monitor OEM and Tier program launches to support build timing and sample requirements.
• Create and deliver technical product trainings and technical brochures to support the global sales force and customers.
• Help to develop growth and penetration strategies for underdeveloped customers and markets.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business; MBA is a plus.
• 3+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Sales, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience working with a manufacturing or engineering organization, preference in the automotive industry.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of systems and processes.
• Domestic and international travel required (10%).

What Will Put You Ahead

Virtues & Talents

• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to embrace a challenge process by raising ideas, solutions, and issues across the organization.
• Intellectual curiosity and honesty.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability in indirectly manage people in matrix organization.
• Sound economic thinking skills and financial acumen (NPV, IRR, EBITDA, etc).
• Prior financial and economic thinking is preferred.
• Global work experience is preferred.
• Understanding of infotainment, ADAS architecture is preferred.
• Strong knowledge in high-speed data connectivity is preferred.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf