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Head of Product Management Motion and Bellows
Location:
Haag, St. Gallen, CH
Employment Type: Permanent
BE GREAT TOGETHER WITH US.
Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition: this is what VAT has stood for over 50 years. With this passion, VAT has grown to become the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology, employing over 2000 people worldwide. The headquarters are located in Haag (Switzerland), the production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan.
Our team in Haag, Switzerland is looking for you:
Head of Product Management Motion and Bellows
YOUR CHALLENGES
1. Owns the overall business strategy development, mid-to-long term planning, budgeting, sales projections and profit and loss results in line with corporate and Business Units targets.
2. Drives market and competitive intelligence (market-size, market requirements, market share, customer share of wallet, technology trends, etc.) as a base to draft respective strategies and short- to mid-term measures to remain competitive and growing market share.
3. Assigns, allocates, and develops resources with regular prioritization and communication to the stakeholders to achieve business results.
4. Leads the product management and directs the engineering team to achieve business unit goals.
5. Actively drives engagement within the teams and proactively garners support from other matrix functions such as core tech, BU engineering, operations and quality.
6. Continuously monitors and improves the product development process enhancing efficiencies.
7. Defines and manages the product portfolio and roadmaps as to set clear cost and time goals for core tech, BU engineering, operations and quality.
8. Interacts actively with VAT innovation groups, such as corporate R&D and other BUs to foster innovation and share platforms in products and technology.
9. Supports operations to release the supply chain for the owned products.
10. Interacts actively with sales to monitor and drive the business results.
11. Interacts actively with quality striving for a zero-defect culture.
12. Incorporates company standards of excellence into daily work to foster a total quality environment and demonstrate personal commitment to excellence.
13. Defines the minimum requirements and the totality of the offerings, identifying the synergies across portfolio and drives with head of engineering the platform development.
14. Supported by legal counsels manages contracts, such as NDA, JDA, etc.
YOUR COMPETENCIES
1. Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in engineering related science.
2. Fluent business English skills written and spoken.
3. Profound project management skills in an international acting company.
4. Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate in customer escalations.
5. Experience in product management within highly differentiated industrial businesses.
6. Knowledge of the practical application of product life cycle management.
7. Strong entrepreneurship and strategic thinking.
8. Solid experience in managing international projects.
9. Know-how of Semiconductor market or extensive experience in vacuum industry.
10. Management experience in leading teams at the professional level.
11. Willingness to travel 20-25%.
Interested? Then we look forward receiving your online application.
You can expect a dynamic and successful company where innovation, courage, fairness, openness and transparency are encouraged and your ideas are welcome. We offer flexible options for hybrid working. Your development according to your strengths and aspirations in your career is of great importance to us.
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