Product Manager (m,f,d)

Product Manager (m,f,d)

Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schopfheim, Product Management

About Us

As Gardner Denver Schopfheim GmbH, we are part of Ingersoll Rand. At Ingersoll Rand, we place great importance on ensuring our teams work with inspiration. As a high-performing and progressive global company, we are looking for talented, action-oriented applicants with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to become part of our team. Our employees are given the opportunity to act independently on behalf of our customers, our communities, and themselves. With us, you can build a successful and fulfilling career in an innovative company.

Your Job

The Product Manager is responsible for all elements of Product Management and will focus on delivering a detailed product strategy to achieve significant profitable growth within our Ingersoll Rand vacuum pump segment with focus on the core products of Elmo Rietschle. This will require proactive cross-functional collaboration and significant customer interface.

This role is considered a valuable member of the Product Management Team, and the individual must have vision, drive, and interpersonal skills to succeed in a growth environment.    

Responsibilities

• Manage, sustain and develop current product range
• Develop and execute effective product strategies for vacuum pump product range within our key markets, providing the required level of competitor analysis, market analysis and application information to identify short-, medium- and long-term business opportunities
• Manage the product portfolio through the complete product life cycle
• Analysis of the current product line through the product life cycle. Monitoring costs, profitability, sales volumes and market share and identifying activities to provide growth
• Ensuring the products development strategy meets the needs of our customers, whilst maximizing profitability
• Define the product vision, product roadmap, product positioning and pricing structure
• Support the marketing activities and ensure appropriate marketing materials, customer communication and training programmes are available to support our growth plans
• Working with the regional sales structure, ensure we drive sales growth and improved profitability

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in Product Management, including project management skills.
• Work Experience of 5 years+ is preferred
• High level of commercial awareness
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills. English and German required

• Data analytics and metrics management skills
• Team player with good interpersonal skills
• Ability to solve problems and a “can do” attitude
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, autonomous, diverse, and evolving work environment
• Strong Drive for results and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines & achieve targets

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements

• Hybrid – Travel + Site

• Site based, with possibility of working from home, flexible working hours, 15% travel

What we Offer

• Agile working and flexible working hours
• Permanent employment contract with 30 vacation days
• Individual training and development opportunities
• Dynamic working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
• LinkedIn Learning
• Fitness with EGYM Wellpass
• Bicycle leasing
• Employee share program