VP Product Line Management

Objectives of the Role

• Successful positioning of product line in the market to ensure profitable growth
• strongly supporting or devoted to achievement of the product line’s financial targets
• Developing its PL know how, to enforce best practices, including working methods, tools,
  standards, systems, policies & procedures, as the product line expert

Tasks

• Strategic, customer‐centric development of an evidence‐based, future‐proof product
  portfolio across entire product life time
• Global management of the product line, ensuring competitive positioning and continuous
  improvement, especially based on PL Data (internal / external) and KPI’s Maintenance of
  project & portfolio tracking tools / data sources to facilitate communication and decision
  making
• Understand market trends / customer requirements and translate to product
  requirements and feed so the R&I funnel
• Initiate and supervise product strategy, new developments, upgrades and termination
  and, in coordination with R&I, PD and NPI
• Initiate and steer development of configuration, design, calculation and costing tools (eg
  KSRT), in coordination with C&P
• Develop themselves as Product Line experts, continuously collect and capitalize product
  know how, share across the organization best practices and lesson learn
• Maintain all necessary documentation (e.g., technical specifications for product
  developments, product brochures, handbooks and trainings materials, except PD
  operational documents).
• Competitor monitoring and analysis, including with MI support and input data
• Supports upstream GSE, Sales and Service teams as well as downstream operations teams
  in technical meetings with customers, collecting “Voice of Customer” from bid stage to
  recuring or major warrantee claims

Budget

•  direct / indirect responsibility for yearly PLM’s budget

Profession, Degree 

• preferably University degree (Master of Science of Dipl.Ing) or similar level in business field
  with significant and relevant/in the heat exchangers field technical experience

Special Qualifications 

• IWE, PE, Euro. Ing, chartered Engineer, etc, are a plus

Years, Area

• At least three years in product development (R&D, application engineering, PLM) or
  technical sales
• Experience in project & lateral management
• Experience in heat exchanger market
• Experience in customer‐facing positions

Languages

• Excellent written and spoken skills in English are required; other languages are a plus

IT Systems 

• Extensive knowledge of MS Office products (teams, word, excel, power point), base
  knowledge of SAP

Other 

• Analytical thinking, flexibility, client‐friendly approach

Personal, Social or
Methodological

• Ability to successfully lead a remote team
• Excellent communication skills
• High level of resiliency
• Team‐oriented
• Open‐minded and creative looking into the future
• Pragmatic and conscientious in analyzing of the past
• Occasional travel, largely at own discretion, depending of Product line needs

At Kelvion we thrive on collaboration, embracing diversity of thought, and valuing every voice. Within Kelvion creativity shines because people are listened to, their contributions recognised, and their ideas welcomed. Our flexible approach to the way we work places people’s health and satisfaction as a priority, enhancing engagement and fostering career opportunities. We empower engaged individuals to grow, progress and carve their own paths within the company. 

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