Daimler Truck North America · 12 hours ago
Product Strategy & Planning Manager
Gaffney, SC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$104K/yr - $133K/yr
5+ years expDaimler Truck North America is a leader in the automotive industry, and they are seeking a Product Strategy & Planning Manager. This role is responsible for overseeing the product lifecycle roadmap and strategy, managing product performance targets, and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure quality and compliance throughout the product development process.
LogisticsManufacturingTransportation
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Plans, monitors, and managing product planning from initiation through quality gates process
Work with market data, surveys and analysis to determine customer priorities and key selling points
Establish product performance targets based on VOC, competitors’ assessment and future market trends
Aligns strategy and plans within DTSV and with DTNA partners for consistency and clarity
Ensures project results meet requirements regarding technical quality, reliability, schedule, and cost
Monitors performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments or resource additions
Identifies market opportunities and associate new product strategies
Supports related strategic activities such as Long Term Volumes, pricing positioning and specs
Work with all manufacturing facilities and departments, and interfacing departments for the purpose of analyzing existing structures, methods, systems, and workflows with the objective of streamlining and cost improvement
Develops new product value propositions and targeted feature sets
Prepares complexity optimization proposals for the chassis/body options
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business Administration or related field
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Product Strategy or Product Management
Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to execute product development implementation
Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to operate with minimal guidance
Business acumen to ensure proper decisions aligned with the company goals
Customer and user centric focus aligned with market trends
Strong ability to lead and influence in a matrix cross functional organization by collaborating with key stakeholders in sales, engineering, finance and operations
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently with initiative and resilience
Results and detailed oriented
Preferred
MBA
Automotive experience
Good technical/mechanical understanding of chassis, engines, bus and RVs systems
Experience in Marketing
Benefits
Annual bonus program
401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age
Starting at 4 weeks paid vacation
13+ calendar holidays
8 weeks paid parental leave
Employee assistance program
Comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs
Onsite fitness (at some locations)
Tuition assistance
Volunteer paid time off
Short-term and long-term disability plans
Company
Daimler Truck North America
Daimler Truck North America, a Daimler Truck AG company, is the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America and a leading producer of medium-duty trucks and specialized commercial vehicles.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Lutz Beck
CIO Chief Information Officer
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