About this role
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Job Overview</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The primary responsibility is to drive the successful introduction of new products and manage the life cycle within the local sales companies. In addition to this, she/he has the power to steer and push the portfolio through the organization, influencing its strategic direction. The focus is on the products themselves, rather than the industry as a whole, and she/he plays a pivotal role in promoting products and indirectly supporting sales to high-potential new and existing customers. She/he will take charge of managing the portfolio in the market, overseeing phase in, phase out, positioning, strategy, growth programs, and competitiveness. Furthermore, she/he will act as a product and technology trainer, sharing expertise with others. While holding responsibility for turnover she/he won't have specific customer responsibility. Her/him understanding of target applications and solutions equips them to identify and develop business opportunities, ensuring that the market is thoroughly analyzed and a clear focus is defined.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="line-height:115%">Job Responsibilities</span></strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Drives profitable growth through regional product steering</span><span style="line-height:115%"> </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Improves gross margin and commercial discipline</span><span style="line-height:115%"> </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Increases forecast accuracy and supply reliability</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Accelerates revenue realization across the lifecycle</span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Expands portfolio contribution and competitiveness</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Supports investment decision-making and local capability building </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Introduces structured product steering governance </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Continuously optimizes portfolio and segmentation </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Drives lifecycle excellence and change adoption </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Enables “test-and-learn” innovation </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Improves commercial effectiveness through new go-to-market approaches </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Builds capability for scalable growth </span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To perform any ad-hoc tasks assigned from Line Manager</span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt 0.0px"> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt 0.0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="line-height:115%">Job Requirements</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:MetaPlusLF"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Mechatronics)</span></p> </li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">3-4 years in relevant business experience necessary</span></span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Marketing or Business Management experience highly desirable</span></span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Experience in Industrial Automation either in product marketing, market research or product management/development functions</span></span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Experience to handle product life cycle management and implementation of product marketing activities</span></span></li> <li style="line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Industry knowledge in Process Automation and/or Life Technologies domains is highly advantageous</span></li> </ul><p> </p> <p>Reference code: 14336</p> <p>Location: Indonesia or Malaysia</p> <p>Company: Festo</p>