Job Description

·        Reporting to PM Head and functionally reporting to Regional Product Management – APAC;

·        Development of product strategy for the product category and aligning Country based product plans with Regional and Global strategy;

·        Definition of line up, pricing and product life cycle management

·        Preparing value chains by customers and submitting to upper management for approval; controlling actual results vs approved ones

·        Fully in charge of product localization and compliance with local regulations

·        Leading local approval process (together with Supply chain dept);

·        Collecting product failures/defect feedbacks from the market and initiates immediate recovery plans with the related subsidiary and Regional departments

·        Actively supporting Sales in NPI process, takes part in monthly/quarterly meetings with key accounts

·        Initiating sales & marketing activities to support product launch, product phase out, sales increase

·        Collection and distribution of all kind of product information to internal and external customers, web sites and catalogues

·        Quantitative and qualitative analyses of market trends, competitor analysis and benchmarking

·        Managing inventory through sales forecasting, inventory analysis and sell in and sell out analysis

·        Active support of customers and sales department including actively engaging in the sales process as well as in the global product planning process.

·        Responsibility for achieving the product categories commercial targets, GP level and inventory related KPI's