Global Product Line Director

$180,000 - $210,000/Yr

Belcan - Tampa, FL

Full-time - Senior

Tampa, FL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Global Product Line Director is responsible for overseeing the P&L of the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) product line, ensuring the achievement of gross and operating margin targets. This role involves strategic planning, market analysis, and collaboration with various departments to drive product success and organizational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for A&D Product Line P&L and delivering gross and operating margin targets.
• Supervise other Connectors Product Line Managers by providing executive level guidance and coaching.
• Utilize pricing power framework to establish reference prices and volume pricing.
• Develop strategy and marketing plans for the product line.
• Conduct market, customer, competitor, and user research; analyze potential partner relationships for the product line.
• Ensure profit and loss for product lines.
• Work with RD&T to define product release requirements and roadmap.
• Analyze sales for the product lines on a regular basis to assess their financial performance.
• Define product market communication objectives, go-to-market strategy, and launch plan in collaboration with Marketing Communications.
• Maintain a comprehensive product offering presentation.
• Contribute to business unit synergies, manufacturing, and sales.
• Provide sales team training and presentations.
• Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research and customer visits.
• Provide market-specific price guidelines to colleagues in Sales and Marketing.
• Actively manage product lifecycle - concept, launch, production, and end of life.
• Co-define strategic customers list and associated level of service with sales.
• Monitor business unit and competitors' share in the addressed market.
• Collaborate with Human Resources for staffing decisions and talent development programs.
• Collaborate with shared services to improve organizational efficiencies and capabilities.
• Support appropriate diligence and integration associated with inorganic activities including partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

Requirements

• B.S. Degree in Engineering preferred.
• Experience managing P&L for a product line is vital.
• Aerospace and defense background.
• Technical marketing background.
• In-depth experience with defense and aerospace industry as a product line manager in a senior level role.
• Working knowledge of electrical systems and curiosity about the markets.
• Project management skills required.
• People management skills and experience required.
• Experience and good knowledge of key customers in key market segments.
• Demonstrated skills working across functional structures and teaming with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering.
• Effective communicator and business leader.
• Strategic thinking and self-sufficient team player.
• Highly organized and internally driven.
• Experienced in client interactions and solution presentations.
• Strong decision-making skills required.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships internally and externally.
• Excellent listening, verbal, numerical, writing, and presentation skills.