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Bourns, Inc. · 1 day ago

Product Line Manager - Trimpot (Hybrid)

Riverside, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$155K/yr - $166K/yr

Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of electronic components, and they are seeking a Product Line Manager for their Trimpot® product line. This role will be responsible for managing product line operations, driving sales revenue, and ensuring competitiveness in the market while providing leadership across various functions dedicated to the product line.

ElectronicsManufacturing

Responsibilities

Champions and promotes Trimpot® product line to optimize market share position and sales revenue in partnership and cooperation with sales and market management functions

Develop and execute short- and long-term business plans for the Trimpot® product line

Maintain and update product and technology roadmap and identify opportunities for new product development

Drive customer focused culture through the product line

Establish and execute effective recovery and improvement actions as required

Establish meaningful measurable goals for direct reports and continually review performance, recommend pay increases, disciplinary actions and other personnel changes

Ensure appropriate representation in applicable industry association and standards committees

Establishes goals and improvement strategies for model families and product related processes. Manages projects in conjunction with engineering, manufacturing, and other functions to improve technical performance and cost competitiveness

Plans, directs and implements product related service improvement projects (Digitization/EOL of old records) on a worldwide basis to meet customer and business needs

Establishes and monitors service performance matrices to improve overall plant service levels, enhance efficiencies and minimize product returns from plants

Plans and implements model line modifications, product obsolescence, and product training

Establishes and maintains complete portfolio of competition, including product strategies, product line analysis, testing and competitor product changes. Ensures effective competitive training of the sales organizations and engineering functions

Establishes product support and distribution channel growth programs and is responsible for the development and implementation of marketing communications materials and field training

Evaluates and approves all proposed engineering changes and coordinates customer approvals when required

Manages Trimpot® pricing worldwide to optimize volume, market share and profitability

Provides direction and matrix manages Engineering programs to improve product line competitiveness

Monitors SAP database relating to price minimums, multiples and stock adjustability

Qualification

Product Line ManagementFinancial AcumenEngineering DegreeMaterial Science KnowledgeSAPTime ManagementInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsProject Management

Required

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with an Engineering Degree (Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred), or equivalent education, training or experience

Demonstrated ability to perform the above duties

Good time management skills, able to continually evaluate priorities and make appropriate adjustments

Financial acumen required

Potential to grow into future roles with increasing responsibilities

Excellent interpersonal skills

Independence, resourcefulness and ability to self-motivate

Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, internal departments

Efficient and positive interaction with customers and assumes a leading role towards closure in negotiations

Strong results-oriented management skills and assumes leadership

Efficient communication, articulating value propositions and effectively marshaling direct and indirect resources to achieve their mission

Cultural sensitivity

Flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment and travel frequently

Excellent communication skills to present information to all levels of employees and customers

Excellent language skills required to communicate instructions and present ideas, concepts, and solutions to all levels of customer organizations as well as within the company

Excellent written skills to issue instructions, present ideas, concepts, and solutions to all levels of personnel via letters, memos, presentations, graphs, charts, documents, etc

Involvement in daily, short-term and long-range planning activities and project management

Frequent travel up to 50% of the time