Product Line Manager

Coherent Corp.•Fremont, CA

About The Position

This position will play a key supporting role in the growth and improved profitability of Coherent Corp Datacenter & Communications BU. This position would involve significant external (customers, suppliers, contract manufacturers, industry experts) and internal (R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal) interactions.

Requirements

BA or BS in Engineering required. MBA or MS/PhD in Engineering preferred
Understanding of high speed optical transceivers and related technology preferred
Familiarity with hyper scale and switch/ASIC vendor ecosystems.
The ideal candidate demonstrates potential for ownership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional leadership, and driving product vision / roadmap
Knowledge and understanding of financial instruments: P&L, balance sheet, income statement preferred
Ability to easily and successfully work with employees and customers in a multi-cultural, global team environment
Ability to handle multiple priorities and complex issues involving external and internal priorities
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
Set a high standard of ethics, professionalism, leadership, and competency

Responsibilities

Support Management of P&L and Financial Performance
Support revenue and gross margin for the business
Monitor sales and backlogs
Review financial and shipping results and monitor monthly taking action as required
Initiate, drive and monitor costs reduction activities
Support business case preparations of R&D investments and CapEx investments.
Support 5 Year Planning process with forward looking input and plans to achieve number one market share and industry profits
Support Design Wins and Ongoing Business/Market Share
Work with sales channels/distributors and product marketing worldwide to bring in identified design-in opportunities into the BU
Support strong business/technical relationships at customers
Review customer requirements and work with Sales/marketing/R&D/Ops teams on winning proposals – specs & pricing
Support gathering customer product requirements
Monitor the competitive landscape and performance/announcements of our key competitors
Work with Product Development teams to ensure new products are executing on schedule and on budget with improvements in cycle time
Support business case creation for new development projects.
Monitor progress of R&D projects and metrics
Assist with forecasting and tracking material planning.
Drive on-going cost-reduction activities
Support creation of business case’s for capital expansion
Assist in defining and driving product strategy
Monitor competitive landscape
Develop salesware and support marketing by preparing product launch collateral
Lead creation of datasheets