Product Line Manager WPHE (mfd)

At Kelvion our mission is to lead the industrial transformation by championing innovation and sustainability. From optimising data centres and advancing hydrogen production to revolutionising refrigeration and HVAC systems our mission-critical thermal solutions empower industries around the globe. United as One Kelvion our global team delivers innovative solutions that drive customer success and support a sustainable future.

Together We Shape the Future

Your responsibilities

• Strategic customercentric development of an evidencebased futureproof product
  portfolio across entire product life time
• Global management of the product line ensuring competitive positioning and continuous
  improvement especially based on PL Data (internal / external) and KPIs Maintenance of
  project & portfolio tracking tools / data sources to facilitate communication and decision
  making
• Understand market trends / customer requirements and translate to product
  requirements and feed so the R&I funnel
• Initiate and supervise product strategy new developments upgrades and termination
  and in coordination with R&I PD and NPI
• Initiate and steer development of configuration design calculation and costing tools (eg
  KSRT) in coordination with C&P
• Develop themselves as Product Line experts continuously collect and capitalize product
  know how share across the organization best practices and lesson learn
• Maintain all necessary documentation (e.g. technical specifications for product
  developments product brochures handbooks and trainings materials except PD
  operational documents).
• Competitor monitoring and analysis including with MI support and input data
• Supports upstream GSE Sales and Service teams as well as downstream operations teams
  in technical meetings with customers collecting Voice of Customer from bid stage to
  recuring or major warrantee claims

Your profile

• Preferably a university degree (Master of Science Dipl.-Ing. or equivalent) in a businessrelated or technical field.
• Significant and relevant technical experience in the heat exchanger industry is essential.
• Additional qualifications such as IWE PE Eur. Ing. or Chartered Engineer are considered a strong plus.
• At least 3 years of experience in product development (e.g. R&D application engineering PLM) or technical sales.
• Experience in project and lateral management.
• Solid understanding of the heat exchanger market.
• Experience in customerfacing roles ideally supporting technical or commercial discussions.
• Excellent written and spoken English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Strong command of MS Office applications (Teams Word Excel PowerPoint).
• Basic working knowledge of SAP.
• Strong analytical thinking flexibility and a customeroriented approach.
• Ability to lead and collaborate with remote teams successfully.
• Excellent communication skills and a high level of resilience.
• Teamoriented mindset combined with openness creativity and a forwardthinking attitude.
• Pragmatic and conscientious approach when analyzing past performance and deriving improvements.
• Willingness for occasional travel largely selfplanned depending on product line needs.
• Experience collaborating with teams in India or familiarity with Indian working culture is highly beneficial as one of our manufacturing sites is located there and regular interaction may be required.
  
  

At Kelvion we thrive on collaboration embracing diversity of thought and valuing every voice. Within Kelvion creativity shines because people are listened to their contributions recognised and their ideas welcomed. Our flexible approach to the way we work places peoples health and satisfaction as a priority enhancing engagement and fostering career opportunities. We empower engaged individuals to grow progress and carve their own paths within the company.