What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Line Manager – Capacitor Products Valencia, CA position at Knowles Precision Devices?
Department: Sales, Marketing, and Product Management
Location: Valencia, California
Compensation: $100,000 - $150,000 / year
As part of the product organization, the Product Line Manager will be responsible for assisting the GM of the high reliability capacitors portfolio develop and execute the product line growth strategy for the Valencia CA facility. The candidate is expected to work with cross functional teams driving internal and external resources for the timely fulfillment of customer requirements, internal projects and internal information requests.
Taking inputs from the GM of Hi-Rel Capacitors, Applications Engineering and Sales, the Product Line Manager will drive product roadmap planning and implementation at a site level.
The successful candidate will be an integral part of the team contributing to the continued growth of this high end, life critical, component portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with GM of Hi-Rel Capacitors to implement priorities at a site level with operations and engineering
- Determine the value propositions of individual products in the product line
- Drive internal and external resources to support customer product fulfillment and to solve customer issues in a timely manner.
- Advocate for excellence in line performance, site voice of customer:
- Timely quotations
- Line efficiency
- On time delivery
- Defect-free product
- Feed into marketing strategy and work with the sales team to achieve design wins at target customers.
- Engage with customers, engineering, sales, customer service, and factory for the delivery of quotations, samples, and information in support of new business development
- Work closely with site operations team on production and SIOP planning
- Develop product roadmap that outlines short and long-term strategies for sub-product lines
- Monitor competitive products and capabilities as input to new product/capabilities development
- Coordinate resources to deliver product improvements, new products, and capabilities to meet current and emerging market needs.
- Work with Product Marketing to develop assets and sales tools to facilitate selling of Hi-Rel Capacitor products and capabilities
Any other duties that may be assigned
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant Engineering discipline
- Experience in electrical components manufacturing environments preferred, experience in ceramic capacitors a plus
- Ability to understand business strategies/goals, complex products and reinterpret in a way that is meaningful, relevant and consistent with the target audiences
- Ability to draw inferences and use deductive reasoning with no prescribed procedures to solve complex problems
- Ability to be flexible in a very fluid and dynamic environment including dealing with changing processes and priorities
- Understanding of global and domestic market trend, sensitivity to new technologies and passion to influence internal and external customers.
- Outstanding prioritization and project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams
- Strong analytical, quantitative and deductive skills
- Good interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Comfortable as a team player and also able to work independently
- Able to work in a dynamic, high-pace environment
- 2 years of Product marketing, technical marketing, FAE/AE or technical sales experience; industry experience related to medical and or military market.
- All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. without restriction to ITAR documentation and materials.
- Must be a U.S. citizen. This position requires the ability to call on customers with ITAR restrictions.
- Strong PC skills; competency with Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
- Ability to work non-traditional hours.
What's in it for you on Day 1:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance plans
- Prescription Drug Plans
- Basic Life Insurance
- 401k plan with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Employee Referral Program
- PTO and Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Free coffee available at our cafeteria
- Employee Appreciation Events
One element in our total compensation package is base pay. The starting salary for this role is targeted to be between $100,000 and $150,000 per year.
Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining Knowles, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Knowles Precision Devices prohibits pay discrimination and discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or other legally protected status.
Notice to Staffing Agencies, Search Firms and Recruitment Agencies: The recruitment process at Knowles is managed through the Human Resources department. Knowles does not accept resumes submitted from 3rd party agencies outside of our system. To submit resumes, 3rd party agencies will need to be a pre-approved vendor with a valid contract in place, be actively engaged by Knowles to recruit for a specific position and have agency log in credentials to submit candidates to our careers portal. Please do not submit resumes via e-mail, through our external website or directly to our employees. Any resumes submitted in this way become the property of Knowles and will not be eligible for any placement fee.
Salary : $100,000 - $150,000
