Product Manager Optical Connectivity

Your JobThe Product Manager will be the focal point driving commercialization, sales, and product development efforts with broad responsibilities to lead activity across internal and external clients including customers, suppliers, engineering, manufacturing, quality, channel partners and strategic marketing. Focus product and markets include fiber optic broadband access market products including optical cable, drop cable assemblies, enclosures and a wide array of connectivity products.Molex is expanding its Optical Solutions Business Unit into new market segments and is looking for a growth minded person to join our team as a Product Manager. If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of a great company, this may be the opportunity for you. In this role you will have the opportunity to work with highly dedicated professionals at Molex and bring your experience and knowledge to be recognized as a Product Manager within the Fiber Optic Connectivity Product Management Group.This role will include engagement with distribution and channel partners, pricing and cost analysis, supporting marketing efforts and driving commercialization of a product to market.What You Will DoGeneralDevelop strategy to capture current market/revenue growth opportunities as well as a 5-10 year strategic vision.Define product roadmaps, functional requirements, documentation and market development opportunities, prioritizing guidance to the development organization.Develop sound points of view on technologies, product, customer, competitors, and convert market trends into actionable product line strategies.Define, execute, and manage pricing strategy, P&L, and manufacturing footprint for product portfolio, including compilation of competitive price points to manage future price erosion.Responsible for directing product line transactional activities through daily collaboration with support staff, channel partners, representative firms, engineering, and the manufacturing facilities.Manage product lifecycle and portfolio management activities.Interact with manufacturing plants to lead cost reduction efforts, capacity planning, and quality improvement initiatives.Sales & MarketingLead customer segmentation and value chain activities to identify key decision makers and design opportunities.Drive creation and implementation of data sheets, brochures, web content and marketing collateral within various Molex content management systems.Engage with customers in the development of new products, specifications and technical requirements which are used by the various teams in commercialization activities.Create strategy and inputs to pricing systems for assigned product lines.Track and monitor product and program launches to support build timing and sample requirements.Drive creation and deliver product trainings to support the global sales force and customers.Develop growth and penetration strategies for underdeveloped customers and markets.Manage a team of Molex business development managers and rep firms who are working with end users and distributors to design in Molex access market products.Travel to meet with customers, channel partners and suppliers to understand needs, capabilities and ultimately design in products that meet & exceed requirements.Define and coordinate marketing strategies for trade shows, advertising, promotions, incentive programs and channel partner programs.Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)Bachelor's degree in product management, engineering, business, or related discipline.10+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Development.5+ years of experience in access, broadband markets with fiber connectivity and apparatus products.Experience in P&L, cost analysis, pricing.Desire to interface directly with customers and suppliers at multiple levels.Demonstrated skills in preparing business plans, product promotion, customer and industry engagement with strong presentation and speaking skills.Ability to travel ~40% of the time.What Will Put You AheadExperience with customer engagements.Working with, in or supporting distribution sales and representative firms.Experience with reporting and analysis, PowerBI.B2B business or technical experience.

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