Product Manager – Industrial Equipment & Automation
About The Position
The Product Manager for Miller Electric Mfg LLC’s Industrial Equipment & Automation (IE&A) division serves as the business owner for an assigned product portfolio. The role owns product strategy, roadmap direction, lifecycle management, pricing, margin performance, and commercialization outcomes, and leads marketing responsibilities within the Customer-Back Innovation (CBI) process. This is an onsite position in Carol Stream, Illinois, or Appleton, Wisconsin, with travel up to 25%. The compensation range is $90,000 to $130,000 annually, depending on geographic location, qualifications, and prior experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- At least 5 years of experience in product management, product development, or related roles in a B2B environment.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives from concept through launch.
- Technical aptitude to understand product capabilities and customer needs.
- Ability to analyze current business issues and end-user needs.
- Strong relationship-building skills with cross-functional teams, sales, and key end-users.
- Ability to present and facilitate effectively in front of groups with varying levels of technical knowledge.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to establish plans independently with limited direction or supervision.
- Well organized, self-driven, motivated to learn and grow, and able to make sound decisions.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment that values an entrepreneurial spirit.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Nice To Haves
- A degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- Technical aptitude or experience with industrial equipment, automation, welding, software, or related technologies.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute the portfolio strategy, roadmap, positioning, pricing, and lifecycle plan.
- Translate customer needs, market trends, competitive intelligence, and business objectives into portfolio priorities and strategic choices.
- Maintain portfolio architecture that balances customer value, operational simplicity, and profitable growth.
- Prioritize growth, defend, refresh, simplification, sustaining, and end-of-life initiatives.
- Partner with Segment Managers to evaluate opportunities emerging from Explore and determine portfolio fit and prioritization.
- Lead Product Management and marketing activities from Discover through Deploy, including product-level voice of the customer, value proposition definition, requirements, business case development, and go-to-market planning.
- Ensure Customer-Back Innovation projects deliver revenue, margin, adoption, and customer experience commitments.
- Serve as the product contact for sales, product support, and key customers.
- Own product revenue, variable margin, profitability, and overall portfolio performance.
- Improve portfolio performance through pricing, cost, quality, positioning, and product rationalization.
- Balance customer value, growth opportunities, operational realities, technical constraints, and financial performance.
- Lead high-level projects and cross-functional teams from start to completion.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
