Job Title:  Product Manager, Powder Metal

Scope:
Devises and implements strategy for market and new product development activities for the powder metal businesses.  Provides technical and commercial leadership for strategic capital expenditure projects for powder metal.  Leads the engineering and quality functions for Powder Metal Prodcuts.
Reports to DVP, Business Segment Manager.

Key Responsibilities:
•    Identify, manage, and win avenues for strategic profitable revenue growth. 
•    Drive to achieve the budget in terms of both revenue and profitability.
•    Oversight of monthly in-depth competitive analysis of sales price, volume, and lead-time comparison by customer.  
•    Product analytics which include market share and competitive landscape.
•    Reporting and forecasting for all powder metal products from the monthly through five year business planning cycle. 
•    Establish and meet annual and quarterly sales forecasts. 
•    Lead all aspects of new product development, this includes pricing, technology, target customers and process.
•    Develop strategic customer accounts and cultivate new business opportunities, including driving technology changes for powder production as market evolves.
•    Understands the nature of the of our products, technology, specifications, value added proposition for the customer and markets to effectively present to customers. 
•    Position the company as the differentiated technical leader in its field and have the foresight to understand where markets, industry and technology are headed in the future.
•    Develop and execute a marketing plan to identify, nurture and communicate with our customers and prospects.  
•    Lead budget setting process with respect to capturing market share for current and new products.

Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline, such as materials science, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or a related field. 
•    Prior experience in one or more of the following: Metallurgical powder, Additive manufacturing, MIM, testing, or analysis. 
•    Strong financial acumen is a must.
•    Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
•    Proven track record of setting aggressive targets and meeting business goals.
•    Demonstrated ability to communicate with multifunctional matrix teams.
•    Willingness and desire to be part of a fast moving, dynamic team. 
•    Ability to communicate effectively both externally with customers and internally at all levels of management.
•    Team player.
•    Strong organizational and time management skills.
•    Ability to travel up to 20%
•    Previous Product Manager Experience a plus