Product Manager II

Amphenol and its Affiliated Companies•Liberty Lake, WA

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

As Product Manager, you will be the owner/advocate of your product line. You will be responsible for increasing the profitability of existing products and developing new products. You will build products from existing ideas and help to develop new ideas based on your interactions with market managers, outside sales and customers. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy. You must enjoy spending time in the business collaborating with other parts of the organization to understand customer’s problems and leading other departments in the efforts to find innovative solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field
5-8 years of product management experience
Soft skills a must - must possess strong verbal and written communications skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills with ability to relate at all levels
Strong analytical skills
Must be tech savvy and able to read and understand product drawings
Must be a self-starter with the ability to be continually proactive
Must always be able to communicate in a professional manner.
Must be a good listener and be able to analyze and problem solve quickly.
Must be proficient in the use of MS Office 365, including Teams, Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to, or experience in, the telecommunications industry is preferred
Salesforce, Tableau, and Teamwork experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities

Communicate with all areas of the company.
Work with engineering counterparts to define product release requirements.
Work with marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer.
Serve as the internal and external champion for your product offering, working with the inside and outside sales, sales channels, operations, other departments, and key customers.
Understands and supports successful product line and product family strategies, including growth, product rationalizations and consolidation efforts.
Develops robust recommendations on future product direction.
Understands market size, growth rate, trends and market share associated with the product line.
Mentors other Product Managers and Product Specialists on best practices.
Be recognized internally and externally as a knowledgeable resource on applications, needs analysis and best product fit.
Clearly understands and can communicate a compelling value proposition for each product.
Captures new opportunities and initiates development or engineering projects through justifiable business cases that support the strategy.
Manages the “cradle-to-grave” product lifecycle.
Establishes and maintains pricing strategies while optimizing margins and ROI.
Provides leadership and guidance to product planning, including S&OP, demand planning, inventory, and lead times.
Recommends product manufacturing strategies in collaboration with Operations.
Generates successful product launches in collaboration with Marketing.
Collects and analyzes competitor product offerings, pricing, market positioning and develops counter-selling strategies against specific competitive products.
Demonstrates a high degree of technical aptitude and competence and can clearly articulate technical information, applications and solution fit.