Category Solution Leader 产品经理

该职位来源于猎聘 Roles and Responsibilities: Customer and Digital Obsession, Customer Solution Engagement and Roadmap, Application Research and Roadmap, Design and Delivery. The CSL for Product Management is responsible managing and developing the product portfolio and roadmap for the OEM/ODM group across multiple brands and categories. You will work with vendors and internal teams to ensure that the strategic vision is accomplished. You will participate in collaborative work to translate high-level product requirements to low-risk designs that meet product performance and reliability metrics. The individual is responsible for the product planning and execution of the assigned categories throughout its lifecycle from product conception through end of life. This includes defining the specific products, product mix, product families, and ongoing evaluation of products to be added, enhanced, refined, developed or eliminated.

Candidate must have a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. Candidate must be able to communicate with all areas of the company and our OEM factories. This person will be tasked with working closely with; CSL’s, project managers and other strategic partners to execute our overall product vision and articulate our requirements to our internal and external partners to deliver products that are effective, reliable, and easy to manufacture. Responsibilities:

• Manage the product life cycle including strategic planning and tactical activities.
• Specify market requirements for current and future products by bridging the gap between (1) Sales (sellable and distributable), (2) Engineering (feasible and possible) and (3) Marketing (useful and desirable).
• Serve as the internal and external product champion for the product offering and work with the sales teams and key customers to ensure that products meet and exceed the requirements of the customer.
• Manage on-going profitability of mature products and ensure that new products meet guidelines for both the company and customer profitability.
• Guide the development of new products by building from existing ideas, ideas based on industry experience, new and future trends and contact with customers and prospects.
• Develop competitor company profiles and competitive product database.
• Evaluate competitive products.
• Cross-matrix communications with sales, marketing, sourcing and management to help them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer.
• Define, manage and execute product roadmaps identifying near, mid, and long-term product direction in line with, market trends and the company’s vision.
• Develop product requirement documents and use cases for new product features and functions.
• Effectively research, analyze and present new product ideas, concepts and business plans to management.
• Work with a global sales team to support product sales; identify customer and consumer needs and develop product solutions based on the regional requirements and trends along with the company vision.
• Ability to juggle multiple new product development initiatives at the same time.
• A love of music, audio and consumer technology (an early adopter).
• Be organized and proactive to ensure projects are always moving forward.
• Be able to multi-task and manage several products at varying levels of development.
• Have the necessary intuitive problem-solving skills to identify issues and bring them to resolution quickly and effectively.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills to open and maintain communication channels all stakeholders.
• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate a project team to achieve above average-results.
• Be able to work in a complex technical environment and be able to understand and interpret the impact of technology changes in the market and to the product.
• Ensure feedback is sought after and accurately reflected in prioritization of product features and functions.
• Understand pricing of competitive products.
• High sense of urgency, knows how to prioritize and deliver on critical deliverables.
• Become an expert on products being managed and how they compare to other offerings in the marketplace.
• Have significant computer skills using a variety of software applications to clearly and concisely present complex data. 任职要求： QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified candidates must have 6 or more years of progressive, responsible experience as a Product Manager or Category Manager in any of these categories; PA Speaker, Instrument, microphones, headphones, lighting and audio accessories with a successful track record delivering exceptional, profitable products based upon their strategic vision and direction. Successful candidates possess a powerful drive to innovate, prioritize and multi-task in a dynamic environment. An effective communicator in small groups and to large audiences.
• BA/MA degree in marketing, management, or equivalent.
• Capable of hands on problem-solving, with ability to generate ideas and solutions to achieve target goals.
• 6+ years of product management/marketing experience, consumer electronics or consumer packaged goods experience is ideal.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to work independently and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience participating in cross-functional teams.
• Technical competency, business acumen, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong MS Office skills, Power Point, Word, Excel, SharePoint and other collaboration programs.
• High level written and spoken English, can communicate with global colleagues independently.