Assistant Product Line Manager

Corning•City of Corning, NY

1d•$100,646 - $138,388•Onsite

About The Position

Corning's Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world. The Assistant Product Line Manager will assist in the development and execution of a product line strategy that supports the achievement of desired product line sales growth and profitability required to deliver CET P&L objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or science
3+ years of business experience in commercial, strategy, engineering or technical areas
Knowledge of marketing, business analysis and commercial operations
Well organized, process oriented, and has systematic approach to problem solving
Demonstrated track record of leading multinational teams and managing projects
Strong business acumen and analytical skills, able to turn quantitative analysis into meaningful business insights
Ability to manage business relationships using combination of data driven analysis, strategic thinking, networking and strong interpersonal skills
Demonstrated ability to interface and team with people across functional and geographic boundaries
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to define and set a strategic vision and path forward
Ability to work independently, efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced working environment

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent desired
Financial analysis and accounting experience
Experience managing people
Work experience in manufacturing, engineering, and/or development
Work experience in a strategy group
International work experience
Participation in, or leadership of, multicultural and/or multi-geographic project
Previous product management experience
Knowledge/familiarity with the automotive industry

Responsibilities

Develop market insights through strategic assessments of the market, customers, competitors, and CET capabilities
Create effective product line vision, strategy, critical projects, roadmaps, and plans
Help define next gen product requirements and champion those projects
Drive cross functional teams to deliver the strategy and product line P&L goals
Provide and maintain sales tools (e.g. value proposition presentation, product offering) to customer-facing organizations to ensure effective deployment of product line strategy
Interpret customer needs and provide key input/decision for capacity planning through forecasting and demand management process; manage priorities and constraints; optimize short term demand/supply, monitor inventory and SLOB
Establish product pricing strategies and manage requests below strategy
Deliver timely, effective maintenance of business support required of customers across functional organizations
Monitor Product Line Performance and lead/support business process improvements