Product Manager - Smart Grid
Location
Fairfield, OH | United States
Job description
Job Description
What You'll Do - Gathering information from customers on their needs and help design the product to meet those needs.
- Facilitate the technical exchange between the customer and Standex engineering teams.
- Successfully identify strategic customers and build strong technical relationships with industry leaders.
- Develop and maintain a working knowledge of end product landscape.
- Manages and drives strategic growth laneways and market tests within the Smart Grid product line.
- Set, monitor, report and achieve annual sales goals for assigned strategic growth laneways.
- Identify and solve technical concerns for new business opportunities in the field
- Understand and promote key technical capabilities of Standex Electronics to drive sales growth.
- Oversees the development of strategies to:
- Develop new customers and products.
- Identify new market opportunities for Standex Electronics competencies.
- Drive R D efforts by identifying trends of new products and new markets to drive long-term growth.
- Leverage their technical knowledge to become a subject matter expert on product line
- Participate/give new and existing customer’s technical sales presentations.
- Provides input towards new products and new markets to drive long-term growth.
- Support the regional sales team with CRM updates for assigned projects and opportunities.
- Assist marketing and communication team in designing and launching campaigns to increase awareness of Standex brand in target segments.
Additional Responsibilities - Promotes a positive image of Standex Electronics to customers and the industry in the region.
- Provides leadership to constantly improve Standex electronics customer-based cultures.
- Performs other duties and oversees projects/assignments as directed by the VP of Product Management, or his designee.
- Conduct training programs for field sales members and representatives.
What You'll Bring - BS degree in Engineering, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in a technical B-to B component environment, or BS in Business Administration. Background in sales, marketing or engineering experience in electromechanical products preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
What We Value - Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Demonstrated strong leadership and analytical skills.
- Strong Interpersonal skills – ability to establish and maintain successful cross functional relationships and collaborate closely with multiple teams.
- Detail orientation – strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Focused and results oriented - consistent ability to deliver results
- Can do attitude in an environment of opportunity and changing priorities
- Critical thinker with the ability to identify, solve problems, optimize process and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to create a strategy to drive top line sales growth
Who We Are Founded in 1955 and headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, Standex is a growing global ~$800 million, ~$1 Billion publicly-traded, diversified manufacturing company operating in five segments: Engraving, Electronics, Engineering Technologies, Hydraulics and Food Service Equipment. The company’s market-leading businesses are recognized for delivering high quality technical solutions to customers. With over 5,000 employees worldwide Standex leverages the combined strengths of its businesses to deliver profitable growth in current markets and expansion into new geographical and vertical markets. Standex has a unique culture where employees can make a difference by living our core values of accountability, innovation, integrity and teamwork to deliver on our promises to customers, shareholders, and communities.
Standex Electronics is a worldwide market leader in the design, development and manufacture of standard reed switch-based sensor solutions and custom electro-magnetic components, including magnetics products. We are a global team of problem solvers who can provide custom and/or standard solutions through our diverse and dynamic capabilities. Our approach is to strategically partner with customers to conquer challenges and deliver reliable high-quality results through our engineering and components. These parts serve an array of markets globally, and through our customer driven innovation – improve the overall performance and efficiency at which end products operate.
Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status
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