As a Strategic Product Manager, you will understand and integrate various internal and external inputs to address all elements of the product portfolio life cycle. To facilitate improved market share gain and profitability, develop, prioritize, communicate, implement, and manage product portfolio strategies, and action plans. Can you build a vision, lead a large team, and interface effectively with sales, technical and manufacturing management? If so, read on!
Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, management, and support to all internal functions to ensure alignment of product related strategies, improvement opportunities, and to complete activities for successful completion.
• Work with various functions to establish product pricing based on quantifiable benefits, competitive landscape, and other market factors.
• Plan, prioritize, communicate, implement, and manage new product conceptualization / development and existing product optimizations within a framework to ensure success in meeting growth and profitability goals.
• Analyze financial performance across all product platforms; identify issues to develop product portfolio optimization initiatives, product renewal, product mix, product development, product elimination and product life cycle strategies to maintain and ensure product segment profitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical/business equivalent with 8+ years of proven experience in a senior technical management, sales, marketing, or other commercial role; Master's degree (including international studies) preferred.
• Ability to influence senior external and internal contacts, sales achievements, and people management with experience in managing across country boundaries.
• Training and utilization of project management techniques, value selling, and sigma logic tools required.

If you have strong negotiating and financial leadership skills plus demonstrable market and customer awareness, apply today!

About us:
Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

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