Controls Applications Product Manager

Carrier • Athens, GA

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About The Position

The Controls Application Manager is a critical and high visibility position to oversee the electronics controls and telematics strategy across the Carrier Transicold North America truck-trailer-APU product portfolio. The core activities of the Controls Application Manager are to define and manage the lifecycle activities including portfolio planning, passport development engagement, and sustaining activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of technical experience in embedded systems, telematics, and/or hardware/firmware design.
• 2+ years of experience in a front-line business position in Sales, Marketing, or Applications.
• Position requires a minimum of 20% to 25% travel throughout the US and to Canada

Nice To Haves

• Proven record of leadership, strategic thinking, and project management with a business mindset, including the ability to grasp complex situations and extract key points and motives and effectively communicate and quickly act on them.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and be able to professionally represent the company in both writing and in oral communications (media relations, presentations, sales training, management presentations, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing both short- and long-term product strategy initiatives
• Working with the program management team and marketing functions on new product introductions
• Interacting with cross functional groups (engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and sales) to ensure initiatives meet schedule, cost and quality targets
• Engage with industry partners to ensure compatibility and provide necessary VOC to business unit leadership
• Benchmarking competitive solutions and providing competitive comparisons
• Engaging with marketing resources to develop effective sales and promotional materials
• Developing and executing effective customer focused messages and campaigns
• Traveling to customer and dealer locations to assist sales organization with high level presentations, or new product introductions
• Developing and delivering presentation materials for large audiences
• Providing interviews with trade media or representing the company on discussion panels at trade shows
• Interacting closely with Carrier’s sales force, field service engineers, and dealer network to assist with applications and sales efforts

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
• Retirement benefits
• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance
• This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level