Your Contribution
Product Manager Laser Glass & Chalcogenide Material
- Market Intelligence: Perform continued monitoring of product related markets and competition. Understand lead applications, product value chains and customer/market needs.
- Product strategy & planning: Define and implement the product strategy in alignment with the overall SBF strategy. Define the financial plan; derive a value proposition (competitive advantage); derive a Market & Product roadmap, define the IP strategy.
- Product Portfolio Management: Ensure state of the art product portfolio and manage the product life cycle with regards to variations, modifications, improvements and out‐phasing of obsolete products. Give guidelines for the marketing mix; Build a market network; Do sales team support
- Monitoring: Monitor the execution and business success incl. initiation of countermeasures if necessary.
Business Development Optical Industry North America
- Create new ideas: Collect new product ideas considering product relevant market trends. Identify and evaluate new business opportunities. Work out product ideas incl. business plans.
- Project lead for strategic growth initiatives. Understand the (new) product and / or application fields. Engage customers and guide the organization to create opportunities. Hand‐over to sales team for opportunity management.
- (Optional) Regional Market Team Coordinator: Focus Market strategy and business development. Define the Focus Market strategy and execution plan. Ensure and review strategic execution. Ensure close alignment with other functions on all topics.
Your Profile
- University degree in engineering or science
- At least 5 years’ experience in project management, product management, technical sales engineering or business development for high engineering content products. Preferably in the field of Optical Components. Experience working with international customers in a cross-functional organization.
- English language (written and spoken), advanced MS Office, project & product management skills/tools. Ability to travel.
Your Benefits
At SCHOTT, you can expect a unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know: motivated and committed employees are the precondition for the success of our company. We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your needs to include medical, dental, vision, 401K, vacation, holidays, short-term/long-term disability, etc.
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