Senior Product Manager

Amphenol LTD; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job description

With innovation and engineering at the heart of our business, Amphenol Ltd has been at the forefront of using the latest technologies and practices for over 50 years to meet the needs of interconnection in a variety of applications. As part of the Amphenol Corporation - a leading global interconnect Fortune 500 specialist company, we continue to grow and significantly invest in the future.

Based in Kent, we have maintained our status as a market leader in the Aerospace and Military industries and our growth targets remain on track as part of our strategic plan. With over 230 employees across a wide range of disciplines, our end-to-end manufacturing capabilities provide endless opportunities for our employees to grow their career and professional experiences.

Our Senior Product Manager is responsible for full product life cycle management and marketing of the assigned product line(s), ensuring business objectives are achieved.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Management of the assigned product lines shall include, but not be limited to the following:
• Achieving financial targets for the assigned product lines,
• Manage product line pricing and margin,
• Define pricing strategies for the assigned product lines,
• Quote and bid support,
• Customer pricing and contract negotiations,
• Identification of market product gaps / opportunities,
• Take ownership of new product and market opportunity business cases which strategically align with the assigned product lines.
• Steer new product development in line with business plans and market requirements, interfacing with engineers, designers, suppliers and customers to develop product requirements and specifications,
• Management of product line roadmaps providing long term visibility of product developments to the business,
• Manage product promotional activities including LinkedIn posts, Website updates and trade shows.
• Product lifecycle management including obsolescence and last time buy decisions when appropriate.
• Defining and manage distributor and VAD product line strategies,
• Provide guidance and mentoring within the PM team as and when required,
• Technical support for customers, distributors and sales team,
• Customer / distributor and internal department training,
• Customer visits / travel, as and when reasonably required to fulfil the role.
• Identify and recommend nonorganic growth M&A opportunities,
• Interaction with all internal departments and sister companies as and when required,
• Deliver best practice and ensure consistency for all activities, identifying and reducing non-value activities,
• Identify and recommend business process improvements,
• Ensure products are sourced responsibly to minimise risk to supply chain availability and that proactive measures are taken to protect against risk of obsolescence or cost increase,
• Ensure that conduct is professional and ethical at all times,
• Operate in strict adherence with all Company Policies and defined Business Processes,
• Carrying out such other duties that may be reasonably requested.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in business management or technical discipline.

Experience

• Proven experience within the connector industry.
• Product Management / Sales / Technical Support / Customer Engagement.

Knowledge

• Broad understanding of Aerospace and Defence markets and customers.
• Technical Aptitude.

Interested? Please apply directly to our Careers Page using the link Senior Product Manager - Career Portal.