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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailCompany:CLAAS of America Inc.
Location:Omaha
Start Date:07/21/2025
Professional Level:Professionals
Key Area:Marketing
MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE U.S.
CLAAS of America is part of a family-owned company that has people throughout North America. As a team we stand for the successful sales and service of the CLAAS product range in North America. Together with our sales partners we strive to empower farmers to be the best in their fields.
Do you have what it takes to work with todays most advanced agricultural machinery If you are ready to make the move for a brighter future apply and become part of our success story!
The Product Manager (PM) supports designated product development for CLAAS in the North American (NA) Market. This position provides technical and feature knowledge of the designated products to various audiences. PM performs comparisons to competitive equipment and develops demonstration and training guidelines of CLAAS equipment. Additionally the position provides product information and promotes the development of the CLAAS Brand to customers dealers and other CLAAS employees. Moreover in this position digital dealer enablement is another key function. This means tracking and reinforcing the digital competencies of the dealer and establishing the digital business model in digital services.
Gathers market intelligence and product requests to formalize List of Demands (LOD) and communicates to Group.
Analyzes and formulates competitive pricing and feature comparisons.
Manages product development planning and feature/price positioning.
Conducts product systems maintenance e.g. configurator SAP-bundling price books and models.
Manages product portfolio and segment strategies.
Analyzes and supports the introduction of new models.
Represents NA market view at cross company functions.
Regularly communicates with BUSS-Digital Solution team.
Establishes product training development and Train the Trainer lead for product segment in collaboration with NA Academy.
Conducts market focus group discussions to understand evolving market demands.
Enables dealers to develop digital competencies through the CLAAS Digital Dealer Enable Program regular training sessions and additional dealer-specific measures.
Establishes a competitive business model for digital products.
Documents the CLAAS product market development and competitive product development.
Note: This position includes 35-40% domestic and international travel by auto and air; valid drivers license with an acceptable driving history & passport is required.
Bachelors degree in Ag Business Ag Engineering or closely related field preferred not required or equivalent work experience.
Minimum 5 years related
Minimum of 5 years experience leading exempt level employees including training and staff development; Ability to give employee feedback in verbal and written form succinctly and timely preferred.
Must have field experience with agriculture equipment.
Ability to read engineering specifications a plus.
Ability to effectively communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
Agriculture background highly desirable.
Must be able to meet deadlines and handle a high-volume workload in a fast-paced environment with a strong attention to detail.
German language skills a plus not required.
We look forward to your application.
Your contact from our CLAAS Recruiting Team
Michelle Schefcik
CLAAS of America Inc.
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