Product Manager / Junior Product Manager

About Us

WABCO (NYSE: WBC) is a leading global supplier of technologies and services that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles. Founded nearly 150 years ago, WABCO continues to pioneer breakthrough innovations for advanced driver assistance, braking, stability control, suspension, transmission automation and aerodynamics. Partnering with the transportation industry as it maps a route towards autonomous driving, WABCO also uniquely connects trucks, trailers, drivers, cargo, and fleet operators through telematics, as well as advanced fleet management and mobile solutions. WABCO reported sales of $2.8 billion in 2016. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, WABCO has 13,000 employees in 40 countries. For more information, visit www.wabco-auto.com.

Would you like to be a part of a global team and become an expert responsible for a broad product portfolio? To strengthen our team we are currently looking for a

Product Manager (f/m)

The Role

The Product Manager is the aftermarket product owner on a given portfolio. He/she manages the product portfolio on part number level in all product management regards ( e.g. new releases, withdraws, repair kit mgmt and respective communication material). In order to do so, he/she must understand the international market landscape (customers, competition, trends…) for the portfolio, meet the customer needs and collaborate with the sales teams to achieve the sales and margin targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for sales and margin of the respective product portfolio
• Manage product portfolio through its lifecycle by continuously analyzing prices, margins, sales and market shares and plan adequate action plan to optimize profit
• Generate new ideas that contribute to the overall growth target WABCO Aftermarket & build their high level business case
• Provide technical and commercial support to sales teams
• Create market information and launch package content in cooperation with AM MarCom, execute promotion campaign and roll-out plan
• Drive STRAP, AOP, monitor KPI´s and align with BE´s and AM Sales Teams
• Continuous margin and cost analysis, drive cost reduction activities
• Proactively contribute to AM projects

Skills & Experience

• Marketing, business or financial university studies in business management
• Automotive or commercial vehicle background is a plus
• 1-3 years in product marketing of durable goods, strategic and operational, in an international operational marketing environment
• Six Sigma & project management training is a plus
• Fluent in English (written and verbal)
• Experience in handling of MS office, extended knowledge in Excel (PIVOT, VLOOKUP etc.)
• Experience of managing and driving results in a multi-level distribution system
• Experienced project management contributor in a cross functional organization
• Willingness to travel (25%)
• Business acumen
• Strategic thinking
• Results oriented, ability to drive projects to completion
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Team player in an international environment
• Basic technical understanding
• Open minded and flexible

Other

There is so much more we could tell you about the vibrant world of WABCO! But, we believe it would be more interesting for you to discover yourself! We invite you to be part of the journey as our industry accelerates towards autonomous driving and a vision for zero accidents. Ride with us on the road to success and let’s build the future together!