Global Product Line Manager

Skf USA - Blue Bell, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Blue Bell, PA

10,001+ employees

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Global Product Line Manager at SKF is responsible for leading the Mounted Bearings Product Line, which includes mounted ball bearing units, roller bearing units, and split housings. This role focuses on driving value selling, ensuring business growth, and managing the profit and loss status of the product line. The manager will also be the expert in application, market, and product requirements, while conducting competitor analysis to maintain competitiveness in the market.

Responsibilities

• Design the Mounted Bearings Product Line Global Strategy.
• Responsible for driving value selling for the concerned product line.
• Drive the global capacity planning and footprint, including make or buy decisions, to optimize the product line profitability and growth.
• Responsible for the profit and loss status of your product line.
• Combine the ball and the roller offers through the assortment management.
• Be the expert for a product line in respect of application, market, and product requirements as well as competitor analysis.
• Make the Product Line competitive in close cooperation with Industries, Sales, and Operations.
• Make competitors benchmark and market analysis.
• Share knowledge pertaining to the development of new products in close cooperation with Industries, Customers, and Product Development.
• Ensure business growth.

Requirements

• Engineering Degree or equivalent experience.
• Deep technical knowledge mounted products and applications.
• Project Management experience and background are highly appreciated.
• Strong IT and customer integration knowledge.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Sales skills and operational experience are highly desirable.
• Can-do, hands-on capability, with high energy to build world class practices and experience.
• A positive drive for change to create improved performance and adapt to global trends.
• Ability to influence and lead people at all levels.

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management experience and background are highly appreciated.
• Sales skills and operational experience are highly desirable.

Benefits

• Generous PTO policy and 13 paid holidays.
• Flexible work options available, depending on role.
• Comprehensive healthcare options to fit your needs and opt out payment.
• Company paid life insurance, STD, LTD.
• Supplemental benefits include critical illness coverage, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs.
• 401K program with a 10% employer contribution: 100% match up to 5% of your elected contribution (100% Vested) plus an additional 5% company contribution.