Product Manager

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Working as a Product Manager, you will be a key member of the product management team in Force Measurement business line. Your closest colleague will be the Product Line Manager for the Stressometer flatness systems. You will partner with internal and external stakeholders to offer the best services to our customers over the entire life cycle of our offering.

You will be able to develop new business and market opportunities. We also want you to take an active part in the development of solutions for our growth segments, such as battery, electrification products, packaging by leveraging digital opportunities.

Sustainability is key in this role, to manage the life cycle of products, systems and advanced services, including development, launch, maintenance, pricing and profitability of Stressometer flatness systems portfolio.

We offer you this newly created position to fuel our growth even more. We are leveraging our successful history with new business opportunities and this role can be designed together with the Product Line Manager. This position requires regular travel, as our business is truly global with customers all over the world.

Your responsibilities

• Driving the profitability and evolution of our offering for the best support to our customers over the entire life cycle
• Defining pricing guidelines and market position
• Overseeing sales volumes to ensure ability to meet customer orders, while tracking and analyzing the performance and trends
• Working closely with R&D to propose and evaluate product feasibility projects and roadmaps for new products and services
• Providing technical and commercial assistance to the sales team
• Guiding, coaching and developing the skills and knowledge of our global sales team

Your background

• Preferably 5-10 years of experience in the metal or process industry, working in marketing and sales, product management, R&D or another relevant field
• Sound knowledge of our customers, processes and needs is a big advantage
• Demonstrated experience of managing marketing and sales strategy
• Knowledge and experience of analyzing market trends and requirements, as well as developing service and digital solutions
• A collaborative, solution-focused approach, with strong communication and relationship-building skills as this position is handling several internal and external stakeholders
• A Bachelor or Masters degree in a relevant engineering field
• Fluency in English is a must, knowledge of Swedish is beneficial as this position is closely collaborating with the factory based in Västerås, Sweden

More about us

Recruiting Manager Ekkehart Neureither, +49 151 1761 2650, will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers: Jan Onsten, +46 705 32 22 58; Leaders: Leif Öhrberg, +46 724 64 40 16; Unionen: Krista Andersson, +46 706 44 02 85. All other questions can be directed to Talent Partner Medina Jakupovic, +46 724 64 46 98. We kindly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.

Please note that to be eligible for employment at ABB Sweden, you will need to pass our pre-employment screening steps. This includes a reference check, a drug test, and could also include an extended background check.

Apply latest by the 31st of May, 2024.

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website http://www.abb.com.