Company Description Robert Bosch LLC seeks Senior Product Manager at its facility located at 1 Tower Lane - Suite 3100, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181. Will be part of a high performing product management team and manage part of the US, Canada and Mexico product portfolio along its complete product lifecycle and ensure its profitability. Combine automotive technical experience working with Remanufactured products and process with Product Management activities. Lead global reverse engineering projects, manage the P&L business activities and regional strategy definition / implementation. Develop and maintain a competitive program in the marketplace. Handle Business management, Strategy definition and implementation, unfolding targets & tracking results, Profit & Loss, identify deviations, define, implement, and track the action plan. Manage new products launches, define new products sources, costs reductions activities & PLCM "Product Life Cycle Management". Responsible for Breakeven, to define strategy to turnaround the profitability. Lead other departments to achieve the product growth strategy. Analyze market for growth potential, explore/identify new market requirements & opportunities, which requires close collaboration with the Trade Marketing and Sales departments. Analyze program gaps and competitor programs. Develop and define product features and benefits, USPs. Work with Senior Product Managers on ensuring a competitive, market relevant product program and program coverage Technical Support. Create Technical Release Sheets for program development / new products. Plan and execute installation tests with external workshops. Interface with Technical Service team on quality assurance Customer, Market and Promotional Reporting. Monitor and manage consolidated profitability, including product cost development. Trigger/initiate and follow through on Product Life Cycle Management (PLCM) projects to retain profitability along the product life cycle. Support active, market-based price management and right product-/price positioning in the market, in collaboration with Trade Marketing and Sales. Support analysis and management of excess inventory. Analyze customer- and market requirements, based on input from trade marketing and sales, as well as based on own research. Maintain 'Marketing Data Warehouse' data for creation of catalogs, provide information for update of Vehicle-/Product Database and cross reference. Provide necessary input such as product features and benefits to Communication team, support timely execution of plan. Support team members and other functions by sharing knowledge and experiences. Telecommuting: 2 days/week work from home. Travel Requirements: 20% domestic and international travel[AW1] . REQS: This position requires a bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering or a related field. Plus 5 years of experience as a Product Manager, Category Manager or in an occupation involving strategy and development of products and product lines. Additionally, the applicant must have employment experience with: 1) Remanufacturing product and process around cores, reverse logistics, and issues that are not found with new products; 2) SAP (logistic, sales and engineering modules); 3) PDCA, User Experience, PLCM, Power BI, and Microsoft Office (MS Project, MS Access, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint), and FMEA; 4) Up-to-date Car Technology; and 5) Acting as a product owner and leading cross functional teams. RATE OF PAY: $122,616 - $125,000 per year. Applicants who are interested in this position should apply https://jobs.bosch.com/en/?country=us, search Senior Product Manager / REF300615J. Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
