Product Manager Industrial Machinery and VFDs

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Working as a Product Manager for General Purpose Drive products in our New Berlin WI location you will be a key member of the product management team in Motion Drive Products with local (US) responsibility for the General-Purpose drive product line for PG Drive Products BL Drives.

This role requires a customer-focused and collaborative person able to drive results with quality and this role you will be accountable to drive profitable growth of the ABB offering to the General-Purpose market by developing it through all its life cycle phases according to the market needs and Product Group strategy and business targets.

This role reports into the Manager of Product Management for Segment & General Purpose Drives with close collaboration with the Product Market Managers and OEM capture teams. This position is hybrid in New Berlin WI supporting the Motion Drive Products Division.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Owns the technical and market specifications for the regional products and determines an offering plan that supports sustainable growth.

• Leads regional life cycle management process to define & track performance metrics plans appropriate measures (e.g. upgrades cost cut) & make decisions on offering obsolescence & end-of life.

• Act as technical interface between external local market and internal technical cross functional teams.

• Participate in product development process stage gates for regional products own local product creation of global products and support production ramp-up.

• Participate or lead the commercial launch process to ensure the product is launched correctly to the market.

• Continuously monitor competitive offerings evaluating competing technologies and pricing strategies.

• Define new product plans set technical price cost and application targets. Contributes to development of new portfolios by leading customer need and value analysis prioritizes new product development project and coordinating cross functional teams.

• Capture and Drive the development of the features based on customer value and relevance to the market.

• Work with Global Product Management local Product Market Manager and marketing to define the market communication strategy including product launch planning and implementation.

• Define the regional market/segment attack strategy and drive disciplined execution across product pricing and go-to-market activities to deliver profitable revenue growth. attack strategy and drive disciplined execution across product pricing and go-to-market activities to deliver profitable revenue growth.

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Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelors degree and 8 years of work experience in a complex global business environment or an Associate degree and 10 years of work experience in a complex global business environment.

• Progressive experience in product management and customer relationship management required.

• Fundamental understanding of general machinery used in refrigeration systems pumps fans compressors conveyors and extruders.

• Technical Understanding of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and their variety of industrial applications highly preferred.

• Background in sales and/or managing customer relationships across the full customer lifecycle is preferred

• Proven track record of cross functional collaboration excellent stakeholder engagement and strategic mindset and passion to drive business results required.

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English required.

• This role will include 25% domestic travel requiring a valid US Drivers License.

• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

More about us

ABB Drive Products serves the industries and infrastructure segments with world-class drives and programmable logic controllers (PLC). With its products global scale and local presence the Division helps customers to improve energy efficiency productivity and safety.

Whats in it for you

We give you the space to lead the support to grow and the chance to make a difference. Whether youre solving problems building something new or helping others succeed your impact is real. Youll be part of a team that values your voice and celebrates your progress.

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Health Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.

• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus

• Vision benefit

• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)

• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)

• Voluntary life and AD&D 100% employee paid up to maximums

• Short Term Disability up to 26 weeks Company paid

• Long Term Disability 60% of pay Company paid. Ability to buy-up to 66 2/3% of pay.

• Supplemental benefits 100% employee paid (Accident insurance hospital indemnity critical illness pet insurance

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Assistance Program

• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health general health navigation and virtual health and infertility/adoption

• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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