Electrical Distribution Product Strategy Manager

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ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION PRODUCT STRATEGY MANAGER

SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN - WORLD HEADQUARTERS

As a member of the Product Management team, the Product Manager will be responsible for: Leading strategy projects to support Electrical Distribution Systems (Wire Harness). This will include research and analysis, building models, frameworks, and synthesizing insights into the clear strategic narratives.

The Role:

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement product strategies for automotive electrical distribution systems, focusing on market trends and customer needs
• Project Leadership: Lead advanced product projects from proposal approval to conclusion, accelerating future company products concept and business decisions
• Market Analysis: Understand market dynamics, including competitive landscape, customer profiles, and emerging technologies in wiring harnesses and connection systems
• Revenue Growth: Identify and explore new revenue opportunities through new technologies, products, and Vertical Integration, leveraging market insights and customer feedback
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, sales, marketing, and purchasing teams to ensure cohesive short, mid and long product strategies and advanced projects
• Customer Engagement: Support Sales team by exploring and analyzing customer profiles to tailor "plant-to-conquer" new project and business expansion
• Management Reports: Prepare and deliver compelling presentations to stakeholders, including executive leadership, customers, and partners

The Hour-by-Hour Task Breakdown:

Market research and analysis 60%

Strategic material building (Excels, Power Points, White Papers) 20%

Ad-Hoc Project Support 20%

Your Qualifications:

• Wiring Harness Experience: 5+ years of experience in wiring harness product development area related: product engineering, process engineering, product quality or program management, with ability to read wiring harness drawings (2D), BoMs and components specs
• EDS components understanding: know the diversified types of components used in wiring harness, their application in the product and assembled in vehicle, as well the main components suppliers
• Wiring Harness manufacturing awareness: familiarity with key processes of wiring harness production, main design enablers and constrains for manufacturing (DFM) and automation (DFA)
• Architecture notion: understand the basic E/E architecture with ability to read schematics and awareness of new architecture under development
• Data Analysis: experience with excel, ability to collect and analyze diversified data set, as well create graphics for data results and recommendations
• Presentation Proficiency: experience with Power Point, with ability to create cohesive and objective slides, from executive summary, key project data analysis to conclusion and recommendations

Bonus If You Have:

Master's in Business Administration or similar field

Consulting experience

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